CNN re: "DC Madam": researchers found numbers traceable to private properties on Capitol Hill

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http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/19/dc.madam.records/

In 'D.C. Madam's' phone records, a slice of Washington

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What have CNN's researchers found so far, apart from five instances of the apologetic Vitter's number? Quite a lot of doctors, actually, and people in the tech industry. Armchair sociologists will make of that what they will. Lots of lawyers, too, but of course in Washington it sometimes feels like everyone is a lawyer. Others run the gamut from the sports world to college professors.

But in many ways, it's a uniquely Washington picture that emerges. Noteworthy are the numbers traceable to private properties on Capitol Hill, in neighborhoods heavily populated by "Hill-types" (as they're known in Beltway jargon), be they members of Congress, staffers, or entourage.

Records indicate a handful of numbers have belonged to people working in federal government; a couple in local politics, and a couple more at government contractors.

"But the thing is, everybody's somebody in Washington," points out Anne Schroeder of The Politico, one of the first Washington journalists to seize on the scandal potential of Palfrey's case. "Whether you answer the phone for a senator, or for a lobbyist, or you're somebody's daughter's best friend. But unless you live here and know everyone, you don't know who they are."