Knowledge and Furtherance

I received a phone call this evening from a reader of this blog that seems to have seriously misinterpreted the conspiracy story. This person believed that I think the MBI agents of past, including the main case agent in my case, have full knowledge of the line block conspiracy. Quite the contrary – it is my belief that these agents were unknowingly used and still have little or no knowledge that this occurred on their watch. To this day I'd place a bet that each of these agents believed what they were told – that I was paranoid and there never were any blocks. These agents actually believed that they were fighting on the side of good, though several are indeed guilty of misconduct – still, it was committed with the belief that it was the right thing for the right side. I have no thoughts that any agents ever "took the money" as I stated it in my previous post, and regardless of how a few used their positions for the cause – I have little doubt that each is/was clueless as to what the cause really is. The previous post was in no way a reference to agents of the MBI, past or current.

The agents were merely the soldiers that took the orders. In fact, when each discovers how and by whom they were used, sparks will fly. The former director, on the other hand, almost had to know – the keyword here is almost. I am not positive about Lutz, but just cannot imagine that he didn't know. Signs point to his being a part of this ongoing scheme, but truly signs are not enough - I want to know the facts about the man. As of yet, I am not willing to state exactly what those signs are, but several linger. If he wasn't a knowing participant he falls into the category of totally stupid. So at this point you can take your pick on that choice.

I stated in Memoirs that I was not the first escort service owner in Orlando to investigate the line blocks, and that is a fact. Sprint security here in the Orlando area knew this for fact. MBI knew that the allegations were on the table prior to my arrival on the scene in late 1992. Vista United Telephone security out there on Disney property was also aware. Prior to my arrival, the FBI was even called in on the problem. None of these parties could figure out what was being done to the lines, and all were certainly clueless as to the guilty parties. So the Vicky is crazy game that so many played is long since finished.

While the line block conspiracy was ongoing in Orlando, the same thing was happening in Las Vegas. There were, as stated in Ongoing Conspiracies, a list of Vegas escort service owners investigating the problems with their lines as early as 1991, and possibly earlier. Some theorized that it was the mob with Sprint's help and others believed that it was hackers penetrating Sprint's networks. It is my belief that Sprint security had no knowledge. In Orlando some hotels had Bellsouth serviced PBX systems, so the problem was not specific to Sprint networks. There is little doubt that hackers were involved; however, these were not gangs or renegades – this was, and still is, being done with the full knowledge and furtherance of some powerful people in the tourism and convention industry, and as much as I hate to say it – government (state and federal).

Las Vegas and Orlando do indeed have more in common than simply being convention destinations.


Hopefully this clears-up a few misinterpretations, but sorry – it is not yet time to let the cat out of the bag – this is an ongoing investigation.