Was Dominique Strauss-Kahn set up?

Release Date 29 Nov, 2011 in Salon

A Rather Ridiculous DSK Theory The Atlantic - 29 Nov, 2011 (H)ere is one moment, though, that is summed up in a strikingly vague paragraph, comparatively free of detail, until it hurries on to the next phone call, as if that were a refuge. It turns out to be a fairly important juncture: ...
	Was Dominique Strauss-Kahn set up? Daily Mail - 29 Nov, 2011 Enter the initials of the disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn into Google from a computer in France and the first suggestion for completing the search term is the word for 'conspiracy'. As one periodical remarked after ...
Questions Raised About DSK Saga Irish Times (blog) - 29 Nov, 2011 Journalism is getting a bit of a kicking these days with the Leveson inquiry in the UK and the furore over the RTE “Mission to Prey” programme. In that context, it is good to come across an example of sustained research and “digging” in the case of ...
Does the DSK conspiracy theory stack up? The Independent - 29 Nov, 2011 It is an incendiary story that has all Paris buzzing: that Nicolas Sarkozy's cronies could have concocted an allegation of rape. But can it be true? John Lichfield analyses the evidence John Lichfield has been The Independent's man in Paris since 1997, ...
Strauss-Kahn and the Dancing Men New Yorker (blog) - 29 Nov, 2011 Edward Jay Epstein has written an article for the New York Review of Books which suggests, without quite saying so, that Dominique Strauss-Kahn was the victim of a nefarious conspiracy at the highest levels of the French government. ...
New York lawyer for hotel maid says civil case against Strauss-Kahn not likely ... Washington Post - 29 Nov, 2011 PARIS �" A lawyer for the New York hotel maid who claims she was sexually assaulted by former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn says he thinks it will be two years before the civil trial opens. But Douglas Wigdor, in France gathering information for his ...
A file photo of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn. National Post (blog) - 29 Nov, 2011 A detailed report on the circumstances of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest for rape has prompted the owners of the Sofitel hotel in Manhattan to deny their employees were captured on security video doing a “celebratory dance” after calling police, ...
	Who set up Dominique Strauss-Kahn? RT - 29 Nov, 2011 Dominique Strauss-Kahn, leaving the financial crimes unit of the French police. (AFP Photo/Miguel Medina) In less than a year, the sexual assault case against former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn came and went �" as did his career. ...
Could This Be a French Watergate? Huffington Post (blog) - 29 Nov, 2011 On May 14, 2011, Dominique Strauss-Kahn (known as DSK), the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was arrested in New York for allegedly sexually assaulting a maid. I must admit I kept an open mind for about two days, and then assumed ...
party chief denies DSK 'plot claim' CNN - 29 Nov, 2011 The scandal ended Dominique Strauss-Kahn's career as head of the IMF and his political ambitions. (CNN) -- A leading figure in French President Nicolas Sarkozy's party, the UMP, has dismissed any suggestion that ex-International ...
	Dominique Strauss-Kahn ally dismisses 'grand plot' to discredit him Telegraph.co.uk - 29 Nov, 2011 A close Socialist friend of Dominique Strauss-Kahn has poured cold water on reports that the former IMF chief had been the victim of a grand "plot" to discredit him. Dominique Strauss-Kahn Photo: AP By Henry Samuel, Paris Jean-Christophe Cambadélis, ...
The great DSK shrug The Economist (blog) - 29 Nov, 2011 WAS Dominique Strauss-Kahn stitched up? Some of his supporters suggest that a story in the New York Review of Books by Edward Jay Epstein, a veteran American journalist with a fascination for conspiracy stories, provides evidence that he was. ...
We did not smear Strauss-Kahn, insists Sarkozy's party New Zealand Herald - 29 Nov, 2011 Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Photo / AP Suggestions the French ruling party may have been involved in a plot to disgrace former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn were dismissed as "fantasy" yesterday by one of President ...
DSK Hotel Lashes Out msnbc.com - 29 Nov, 2011 In the months after one of its housekeepers alleged Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted her when she went to clean his room, the luxury Sofitel Hotel in New York City kept a low public profile. ...
	'Conspiracy' claims bolster DSK mystery BBC News - 29 Nov, 2011 Dominique Strauss-Kahn is no longer a front-runner in the French presidential race. His political career is finished. But the events in the New York Sofitel in May this year still enthral the French media ...
	Sofitel hotel group denies Strauss-Kahn CCTV film claim BBC News - 29 Nov, 2011 A hotel group has rejected claims that a video showed two employees celebrating after police were called to investigate Dominique Strauss-Kahn. According to the report, the New York Sofitel hotel's chief engineer and another man are seen clapping hands ...
	Dominique Strauss-Kahn and wife celebrate anniversary as sex case 'set-up ... Daily Mail - 29 Nov, 2011 If Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his wife were concerned over claims that he was allegedly set-up over his high-profile sex case, they did not show it as they celebrated their wedding anniversary. ...
To-Do List: Elections in Egypt, a Mission to Mars New Yorker (blog) - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ To read: At The New York Review of Books, a detailed account of the day Dominique Strauss-Kahn was imprisoned on a charge of sexual assault and the several mysteries that remain surrounding that incident. To count: An infographic from Al Jazeera ...
	Six out of 10 for the Dominique Strauss-Kahn conspiracy theory The Guardian (blog) - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ Tabloid kiss-and-tell stories about film stars and footballers usually bore me. But political conspiracy theories have a similar pornographic quality I find harder to resist, even though I know they're usually bad for me �" and probably untrue. ...
Unresolved scandals titillate suspicious imaginations The Australian - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ WE will never know if Dominique Strauss-Kahn was set up. There was no doubt of that over our French Sunday lunch as our friends reviewed the latest episode in l'affaire DSK. In the New York Review of Books, investigative journalist Edward Jay Epstein ...
	French rivals reject DSK 'set-up plot' Sydney Morning Herald - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy's party has rejected as ''grotesque'' suggestions that Dominique Strauss-Kahn was the victim of a plot to ruin his presidential ambitions. ''This plot argument is grotesque,'' said UMP party leader Jean-Francois Cope, ...
Strauss-Kahn supporters demand probe into 'email hacking' claims Daily News & Analysis - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ Shamed former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's supporters have appealed to French authorities to launch an investigation into new claims that President Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP party may have improperly accessed his ...
Plot to get Strauss-Kahn 'pure fantasy' The Province - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ French President Nicolas Sarkozy's party Sunday rejected as "grotesque" suggestions that Dominique Strauss-Kahn was brought down by a plot to wreck his presidential ambitions. "This story is ridiculous . . . this plot argument is grotesque," said UMP ...
Was Strauss-Kahn set up? BBC News - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ Was former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was accused of attempting to rape a chambermaid in New York, set up by political opponents? Investigative journalist Edward Epstein of the New York Review of Books explains the inconsistencies he believes ...
	Dominique Strauss-Kahn supporters seek French probe Telegraph.co.uk - ‎Nov 27, 2011‎ Supporters of disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Sunday appealed to French authorities to investigate new allegations that President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative political party may have improperly accessed his personal email. ...
	Was Strauss-Kahn set up in sexual assault case? Firstpost - ‎Nov 27, 2011‎ New York: Months after former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid, an investigative report shedding fresh light on the incident implies that the one time French presidential hopeful may have been set up in a ...
New report implies Strauss-Kahn was set up in sexual assault case Times of India - ‎Nov 27, 2011‎ PTI \| Nov 28, 2011, 09.51AM IST NEW YORK: Months after former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid, an investigative report shedding fresh light on the incident implies that the one time French presidential ...
Two hours that sunk DSK Indian Express - ‎Nov 27, 2011‎ It is a saga that begins with a hotel maid entering a presidential suite in New York and ends with high fives near the security office as police arrive to arrest the high-profile guest. It is the most detailed account to date of the two hours that ...
	Sarkozy's party denies claim of plot against DSK Irish Times - ‎Nov 27, 2011‎ FRENCH PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP party has rejected allegations of a political plot to bring down former International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The denial followed publication of a report by a US investigative ...
We didn't smear DSK, insists Sarkozy's party The Independent - ‎Nov 27, 2011‎ John Lichfield has been The Independent's man in Paris since 1997, covering French news. Before that, he was the paper's Foreign Editor and he has also worked in Brussels and Washington. The French Interior Minister, Claude Guéant, said that an article ...