Max Mosley opens a can of worms.

So, Ioan, who was it that sold the 100 year, non-negotiable commercial rights to this evil Bernie for US$350 million, without putting it up to tender in a deal every analyst says was undervalued by billions?

that would be your innocent max, and it would have only happened two ways.

1. he was a poor negotiator, beaten up in negotiations by the evil bernie and even reaping less of a cut of F1's profits for the FIA's cash tin than the much-derided Balestre had negotiated.

2. he was in cahoots with so called evil bernie (which might explain the mysterious US$300 million payment that encouraged his residential move to monaco in the first place.

there is not another explanation for that deal and it doesn't matter which one is the real reason, because either way, he's not fit to continue in that position.

Not only that, but he is trying to renegotiate the non-negotiable (it was written into the original contract), largely to reduce evil bernie's tax liability.

poor evil bernie, who from 2010 will pay just US$3.5 million a year for global commercial rights to Formula One and who will have to pay tax as well!

how will he ever manage between chuckling to himself about the President of the FIA and his negotiating powers...

if you want to ignore the ignimony of the scandal - and plenty of people do, even though lesser scandals have brought down bigger corporate leaders - measure him on his professional record and financial record as FIA president. and you'll still arrive at the conclusion that the man is not fit for the job.

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Originally Posted by ioan

Good news for Max, he can claim he was set up for reasons that he doesn't know.

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Good news for Max (if this latest 'twist' is good news for anyone) is not the same as good news for the FIA and motorsport.

IIRC Max has said he will stand down at the end of his current term (October '09?), but that term, and the work he does, will be dominated by this saga.

That's why he should resign now and pursue any legal action as a private citizen.

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Originally Posted by thunderbolt

i am not defending max

this sounds like entrapment
Link with Mosley sex scandal forces MI5 officer to resign
MI5 faces probe over agent's prostitute wife who took part in ...
MI5 man quits over wife's Mosley link

Yeah!! he got his balls trapped in a leather strap, and his bum whacked for good measure.

from google

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Yeah!! he got his balls trapped in a leather strap, and his bum whacked for good measure.

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

Good news for Max (if this latest 'twist' is good news for anyone) is not the same as good news for the FIA and motorsport.

IIRC Max has said he will stand down at the end of his current term (October '09?), but that term, and the work he does, will be dominated by this saga.

That's why he should resign now and pursue any legal action as a private citizen.

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Resigning would mean he surrenders to this blackmailing, and he would lose any chance of walking with his head up.

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Originally Posted by ioan

Resigning would mean he surrenders to this blackmailing, and he would lose any chance of walking with his head up.

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:laugh: :laugh:

Sorry ioan, he'll never 'walk with his head up' as a figure of authority again.

And also, this isn't blackmail.

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Originally Posted by ioan

Resigning would mean he surrenders to this blackmailing, and he would lose any chance of walking with his head up.

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What blackmail? There is no blackmail going on that I know of. Did he have personal videos stored on Sutils Hard Drive then?

As for walking with his head up. :laugh:

The man's an embarrassment to the FIA and F1.

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Originally Posted by Knock-on

What blackmail? There is no blackmail going on that I know of.

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One suggestion is that, following Martin Brundle expressing his views on "spygate" in the Sunday Times and Max making clear his intention to sue, the Murdoch owned papers set out to "get" Max. Or, there was the suggestion, that Ron Dennis was behind all of this, but Radovan Novak has apologised for that one.

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

One suggestion is that, following Martin Brundle expressing his views on "spygate" in the Sunday Times and Max making clear his intention to sue, the Murdoch owned papers set out to "get" Max. Or, there was the suggestion, that Ron Dennis was behind all of this, but Radovan Novak has apologised for that one.

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And none of that speculation points to blackmail.

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Originally Posted by Malllen

And none of that speculation points to blackmail.

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Indeed :)

In addition, The Times story does say:

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MI5 was forced to deny through Whitehall channels that the orgy had been a “sting” that it had set up to discredit Mosley. “Any suggestion that the service was involved in setting up Mosley is total nonsense,” a senior Whitehall official said.

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

One suggestion is that, following Martin Brundle expressing his views on "spygate" in the Sunday Times and Max making clear his intention to sue, the Murdoch owned papers set out to "get" Max.

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Which may be true, but it isn't blackmail.

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

Which may be true, but it isn't blackmail.

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What was our friends definition of a Lie again.

Oh, how Karma can be a cruel mistress. Just goes to show how it's silly to throw accusations around like confetti :laugh:

http://www.motorsportforums.com/foru...2&postcount=60

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Originally Posted by Malllen

And also, this isn't blackmail.

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OK, wrong term, let's call it dirty payback! ;)

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Originally Posted by ioan

Resigning would mean he surrenders to this blackmailing, and he would lose any chance of walking with his head up.

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Substitute head for right arm, if we are led to believe it all. ;)

The MI5 story made big news in The West Australian, which rather surprised me, as motorsport news normally gets shuffled anonymously to the Wednesday Motoring section. :p :

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

Good news for Max (if this latest 'twist' is good news for anyone) is not the same as good news for the FIA and motorsport.

IIRC Max has said he will stand down at the end of his current term (October '09?), but that term, and the work he does, will be dominated by this saga.

That's why he should resign now and pursue any legal action as a private citizen.

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Which I agree with totally, although I would also add that since nobody high-up at Mclaren has resigned after their scandal, why should Max?

The fact that a governmental spy organization is intimately involved in a scandal such as this should be a bigger story than Max's back room antics .
I wondered about how fast Max had news about the fact that he was being investigated . One would think MI5 would be rather tense about having to declare they had no involvement in a sting , and as a result , rather eager to find the person or people responsible for the surveillance , so they could point fingers .
Alas , no response so far , but for a scandalous quote from nobody Novak from nowhere .

In fact , the fact that an MI5 agent has a hooker for a wife should be a bigger story .

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Originally Posted by tamburello

Which I agree with totally, although I would also add that since nobody high-up at Mclaren has resigned after their scandal, why should Max?

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Who at McLaren has been banging wives of MI5 employees then?

So, any bookies taking bets on whether Max stays or not?

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Originally Posted by ioan

Resigning would mean he surrenders to this blackmailing, and he would lose any chance of walking with his head up.

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I think he prefers to bend over for his whacks :D

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Originally Posted by Monaro Doorslammer

Substitute head for right arm, if we are led to believe it all. ;)

The MI5 story made big news in The West Australian, which rather surprised me, as motorsport news normally gets shuffled anonymously to the Wednesday Motoring section. :p :

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i copied this yesterday from google

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So, any bookies taking bets on whether Max stays or not?

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Call the MGM in Las Vegas. :)

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

The fact that a governmental spy organization is intimately involved in a scandal such as this should be a bigger story than Max's back room antics .

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Well, no, MI5 isn't involved in this matter at all.
And why would it? Mosley is hardly a menace to British national security and one would think they had better things to do on their free time than to go bother some old man.

It's as much involved as Hamilton was involved in the Sutil blackmail case.

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Originally Posted by janneppi

Well, no, MI5 isn't involved in this matter at all.
And why would it? Mosley is hardly a menace to British national security and one would think they had better things to do on their free time than to go bother some old man.

It's as much involved as Hamilton was involved in the Sutil blackmail case.

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So , you don't consider having a hooker involved in a sting , found to be the wife of an agent , being involved ?
Illegal activities being carried out by the wife of a security agent makes you feel secure , does it ?

Certainly , they have denied it , but only after this info was found out .
And , this was more than bothering some old man .

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

So , you don't consider having a hooker involved in a sting , found to be the wife of an agent , being involved ?

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No, not unless MI5 was responsible for hiring the women for this job, which i doubt very much. How do you find there to be a direct link?

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Illegal activities being carried out by the wife of a security agent makes you feel secure , does it ?

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I goes to show poor judgement on part of the husband and people who do safety checks on MI5 staff, nothing to do with F1 or Mosley.

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Certainly , they have denied it , but only after this info was found out .
And , this was more than bothering some old man .

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why would MI5 come out saying, oh, by the way, one of our emplyee's wife is a prostitute?
The question is why would MI5 bother Mosley?
BTW, did you know that Kevin Bacon is involved in this as well because he knows people, who know people, who know people, who know Mosley? That can't be a coincidense. :p :

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

So , you don't consider having a hooker involved in a sting , found to be the wife of an agent , being involved ?

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I certainly don't. If it was the wife of, say, a Shell employee, would anyone even think that there was any Shell 'involvement' in the sting? Of course not, but because it was apparently the wife of an MI5 employee, the conspiracy theories start.

And another thing - it would be utterly stupid for MI5 to have any direct involvement in such a thing, because they would know that parts of the media inevitably try and find the prostitutes in question and get them to sell their stories.

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

Illegal activities being carried out by the wife of a security agent makes you feel secure , does it ?

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It makes me feel neither more nor less secure, and to be honest I don't think it matters at all what they get up to. Even genuine breaches of security don't make me feel more or less secure, because the chances of being harmed by anything resulting from it are so minimal.

It's been unofficially reported Max feels he's been singled out for corporal punishment, and he's so angry and upset his cheeks are crimson, the backlash has left him a beaten man, why he asks is he being caned this way, at a stroke those he feels were his friends think he is so over valued they wish to flog him, what a blow, do they have no knowledge of the backlash, his future could be clobbered, he's throbbing with indignation, and feels as if he's been thwacked, and then there is his sole mate Berni, a poor man struggling to make ends meet, down to his last couple of billion he said he feels frustrated and said, I should be horsewhipped, nay-nay he's never chastised me like that before, I'm gob smacked, it feels as if I'd been birched, however I feel contrite and sorry for him, I offered to make a quick whip round for him, and he agreed, Ho Heaven we'll have such a thrashing time, all together now Flagellation, Flagellation, Flagellation, we love pain, we love pain, we love pain, we love---- we---- AHHHHHHHH.

Regards scaliwag.

It's been unofficially reported Max feels he's been singled out for corporal punishment, and he's so angry and upset his cheeks are crimson, the backlash has left him a beaten man, why he asks is he being caned this way, at a stroke those he feels were his friends think he is so over valued they wish to flog him, what a blow, do they have no knowledge of the backlash, his future could be clobbered, he's throbbing with indignation, and feels as if he's been thwacked, and then there is his sole mate Berni, a poor man struggling to make ends meet, down to his last couple of billion he said he feels frustrated and said, I should be horsewhipped, nay-nay he's never chastised me like that before, I'm gob smacked, it feels as if I'd been birched, however I feel contrite and sorry for him, I offered to make a quick whip round for him, and he agreed, Ho Heaven we'll have such a thrashing time, all together now Flagellation, Flagellation, Flagellation, we love pain, we love pain, we love pain, we love---- we---- AHHHHHHHH.

Regards scaliwag.

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It's been unofficially reported Max feels he's been singled out for corporal punishment, and he's so angry and upset his cheeks are crimson, the backlash has left him a beaten man, why he asks is he being caned this way, at a stroke those he feels were his friends think he is so over valued they wish to flog him, what a blow, do they have no knowledge of the backlash, his future could be clobbered, he's throbbing with indignation, and feels as if he's been thwacked, and then there is his sole mate Berni, a poor man struggling to make ends meet, down to his last couple of billion he said he feels frustrated and said, I should be horsewhipped, nay-nay he's never chastised me like that before, I'm gob smacked, it feels as if I'd been birched, however I feel contrite and sorry for him, I offered to make a quick whip round for him, and he agreed, Ho Heaven we'll have such a thrashing time, all together now Flagellation, Flagellation, Flagellation, we love pain, we love pain, we love pain, we love---- we---- AHHHHHHHH.

Regards scaliwag.

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You are the prostitute and I claim my $250,000.

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Originally Posted by janneppi

No, not unless MI5 was responsible for hiring the women for this job, which i doubt very much. How do you find there to be a direct link?
I goes to show poor judgement on part of the husband and people who do safety checks on MI5 staff, nothing to do with F1 or Mosley.
why would MI5 come out saying, oh, by the way, one of our emplyee's wife is a prostitute?
The question is why would MI5 bother Mosley?
BTW, did you know that Kevin Bacon is involved in this as well because he knows people, who know people, who know people, who know Mosley? That can't be a coincidense. :p :

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I didn't ask the question about whether the MI5 set Mosely up . They were already being asked that question by the press , as it's a logical possibility . That's why they quickly made a statement denying involvement .

They were forced to fire the man . That's how serious it was to have him married to this woman involved in this sting .

As to why MI5 would bother Mosely , it does bring up a potential can of worms , as others might be involved .

If you are not worried that the screening process used by British secret service is either incapable of finding this info out , or that they knew but turned a blind eye to the wife of an agent being involved in illegal activities , then that's great .
Perhaps you feel that one's private life has , or should have nothing to do with whether they are capable of performing duties for which you are paying .

I find your Kevin Bacon comment a poor attempt to try to discredit my point and would suggest you leave this kind of condescending quip out of this debate , as it is inflamatory , and does not befit one in a moderator's seat .

Whilst I don't believe for one moment that MI5 were involved, it's pretty obvious that an MI5 member cannot have his wife working as a prostitute because of the risks of blackmailing the M15 member with this information.

Come to think of it, if Max is as sharp a lawyer as he reckons, he could now claim that he was doing His Majesty a great service by bravely unveiling the soft underbelly of MI5 before this information fell into the hands of the Queens enemies.

Thank Goodness for Max Mosley. Now we can all sleep safe in our beds tonight!!!!!

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I didn't ask the question about whether the MI5 set Mosely up . They were already being asked that question by the press , as it's a logical possibility . That's why they quickly made a statement denying involvement .

They were forced to fire the man . That's how serious it was to have him married to this woman involved in this sting .

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And firing the man is propably the right thing to do, but I'm still not seeing how MI5 is directly linked to this case? I think BDunnel said what I mean better in his post #63

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As to why MI5 would bother Mosely , it does bring up a potential can of worms , as others might be involved .

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If they indeed were, which sounds ludicrous to even suggest, being targeted by the office that handles security threats inside UK, would make Max's indiscressions with prostitutes least of his problems.

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If you are not worried that the screening process used by British secret service is either incapable of finding this info out , or that they knew but turned a blind eye to the wife of an agent being involved in illegal activities , then that's great .
Perhaps you feel that one's private life has , or should have nothing to do with whether they are capable of performing duties for which you are paying .

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Being a Finn, I'm not paying for British agents paycheques, so no, I don't care much.

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I find your Kevin Bacon comment a poor attempt to try to discredit my point and would suggest you leave this kind of condescending quip out of this debate , as it is inflamatory , and does not befit one in a moderator's seat .

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Am I right assuming you aware of the six degrees of Kevin Bacon game?

It was not mean as neither inflamatrory, nor condesending and I'm rather disappointed in you if you see it as such.

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Originally Posted by tamburello

Come to think of it, if Max is as sharp a lawyer as he reckons, he could now claim that he was doing His Majesty a great service by bravely unveiling the soft underbelly of MI5 before this information fell into the hands of the Queens enemies.

Thank Goodness for Max Mosley. Now we can all sleep safe in our beds tonight!!!!!

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What a cunning plan.... He was stinging their sting..

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Originally Posted by JSH

What a cunning plan.... He was stinging their sting..

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I think it was a case of a lot of Whacks rather than a sting. :p :

The way I see it, the prostitute was already in the business when they found out that they could get a fair bit of extra cash out of a tabloid by providing "News" footage with a hidden camera. That's what Prostitutes do - make money!! And if they can give him a few whacks in the process, so much the better.

I'll say this much for Max tho' - at his age to last out 5 hours in an S&M orgy is quite remarkable. That guy must have great stamina!! He must have access to some great vitamin pills as well as Viagra.

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They were forced to fire the man . That's how serious it was to have him married to this woman involved in this sting .

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Yes, but the fact that Max Mosley was involved is neither here nor there.

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As to why MI5 would bother Mosely , it does bring up a potential can of worms , as others might be involved .

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Like who? I'd like to know your theory behind this.

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

If you are not worried that the screening process used by British secret service is either incapable of finding this info out , or that they knew but turned a blind eye to the wife of an agent being involved in illegal activities , then that's great .
Perhaps you feel that one's private life has , or should have nothing to do with whether they are capable of performing duties for which you are paying .

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I think you might be a bit over-concerned about the competence or otherwise of MI5. I don't see people in the UK quaking in their boots about what this might mean for national security.

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I find your Kevin Bacon comment a poor attempt to try to discredit my point and would suggest you leave this kind of condescending quip out of this debate , as it is inflamatory , and does not befit one in a moderator's seat .

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I would much rather moderators were allowed to make points however they wish rather than having to remain bland and faceless.

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If they indeed were, which sounds ludicrous to even suggest, being targeted by the office that handles security threats inside UK, would make Max's indiscressions with prostitutes least of his problems.

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Very good point indeed.

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

I would much rather moderators were allowed to make points however they wish rather than having to remain bland and faceless.

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I totally agree with this. I have said many times before that the mods do a great job here, and I see absolutely no reason why they cannot and/or should not enjoy this forum the same as everyone else with some light hearted quips.

Sorry Baggy!! but I stand by our mods on this one, mate!!

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And firing the man is propably the right thing to do, but I'm still not seeing how MI5 is directly linked to this case? I think BDunnel said what I mean better in his post #63

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From what I've read, the person in question wasn't fired, but resigned.

I've also read where it is suggested that it was his wife that "organised" the pictures and videos for news of the world. So therefor its easy to assume that her husband had given her a hand with it, seeing as he was part of a servailence team. He may have been off duty at the time, but they may have been using MI5 equipment to get the video and pictures.

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If they indeed were, which sounds ludicrous to even suggest, being targeted by the office that handles security threats inside UK, would make Max's indiscressions with prostitutes least of his problems.

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I wouldn't decribe it as ludicrous that the MI5 could take an interest in Max's affairs. He has a very "global" career, and may unwittingly give terrorist access to the uk

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Originally Posted by janneppi

Am I right assuming you aware of the six degrees of Kevin Bacon game?

It was not mean as neither inflamatrory, nor condesending and I'm rather disappointed in you if you see it as such.

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Well, I doubt you have a complete understanding of the game. It is meant to connect Actors to Kevin Bacon.. not people who happen to know people.

However, it can be expanded to "Television" shows as well. in which case, Max Mosley has a Bacon score of three:

Max Mosley has a Kevin Bacon number of 3.

Max Mosley was in "ITV - Formula One" (1997) {2007 British Grand Prix} with Frankie Dettori
Frankie Dettori was in "Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway" (2002) {(#3.4)} with Sarah Michelle Gellar
Sarah Michelle Gellar was in Air I Breathe, The (2007) with Kevin Bacon

BTW: One summer we had a vacation, had we video taped it all, and turned it into a movie, I would also have a score of three :)

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From what I've read, the person in question wasn't fired, but resigned.

I've also read where it is suggested that it was his wife that "organised" the pictures and videos for news of the world. So therefor its easy to assume that her husband had given her a hand with it, seeing as he was part of a servailence team. He may have been off duty at the time, but they may have been using MI5 equipment to get the video and pictures.

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If that's the case, the man should face some tough questions about using company tools on his free time. Which most like wouldn't be a public matter.

It seems as if Max has opened a seriously big can of worms with his letter, because Bernie has responded.

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Ecclestone says ready to fight Mosley
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has said he will defend his corner in the battle for the future of the sport if FIA president Max Mosley wants a fight over it.
Reacting to a letter Mosley wrote to national automobile clubs last week, ahead of the FIA Extraordinary General Assembly meeting on June 3 to decide his future, the Briton warned that the governing body risked losing control of F1 to commercial rights holders Ecclestone and CVC partners if he was forced from office.
Ecclestone has said he was taken aback by those suggestions and has revealed that CVC is to follow up Mosley's letter with their own explanation of the situation.
"I sincerely hope that it isn't a declaration of war because, if that's what the message should be, then we'll have to defend ourselves," Ecclestone told The Times.
"That is what anyone would do. I don't believe that's what Max wanted the letter to say. I don't want to have a war with Max. I hope he doesn't want one with me.
"This whole business is really about what was printed in the News of the World and whether this in any way damaged the FIA clubs or the FIA - that's all.
"It's nothing to do with anything else and I don't quite know why he's come out and said these things. I am sorry if the press have reported things which he doesn't like, but we certainly don't have any influence over the FIA."

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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/67590
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle3972611.ece

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If that's the case, the man should face some tough questions about using company tools on his free time. Which most like wouldn't be a public matter.

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I think that was pure conjecture. The video images were, at best blurry and very amateurish, and as I posted above, she probably wanted to make some good money by allerting "NEWS". Why the hell would she tell her husband that she is going to take part in an orgy, let alone photograph the guy? There is no evidence of this whatsoever.

I think it is necessary to think about this: Why would a prostitute tell her husband what the hell she is up to?

OK, lets look at facts and apply some reasoned deduction to the situation.

It may be that Max was subject to an elaborate sting from MI5, Bernie Ecclestone, Ron Dennis or the Moonies. However, it's a bit far fetched but I suppose there is a chance that the moon landings are indeed an elaborate hoax as well. I should imagine that people disposed to believe in conspiracy theories will readily believe that this is some sort of govermental stitch up because of who Max's father was :laugh:

What is more likely is that Max likes a bit of S&M and probably gets off on German role play, dictatorship sex games. Quite unpallatable but some people like that.

What is also likely is that someone saw an opportunity to make a bit of money by selling this story to the NotW. Happens every day and nothing strange there. The public love a bit of controvacy and Max is an easy target because of the past and present.

What is also logical is that the partner of a MI5 employee was either with his knowledge, or more likely, without, involved in this mess. It's something that goes on.

Lastly, it is reasonable to assume that once this was known, MI5 called the man in and asked what the hell was going on. His wife's actions have caused MI5 to be called to question and the man was probably "encouraged" to do the right thing.

This all seems quite obvious and although gossip mongers would like some sinister campaign to believe in, the most logical answer is usually the correct one.

The only thing that I find incredible is that Max didn't do the same as the MI5 officer and step aside to avoid bringing the FIA into disrepute. As it is, the damage that has been done to the organisation will have serious ramifications that will last for some time to come.