Craig J. Spence, reporter turned lobbyist for the George Bush White House, became the centerpiece of a national scandal in the summer of 1989. The Secret Service, investigating a prostitution ring for credit card fraud, uncovered the ring’s marketing of underage boys to lobbyists and members of Congress. Spence was rumored to be spending upwards of $20,000 a month on call boys and drugs, a lifestyle that came crashing down when he was arrested on July 31st, 1989 for criminal possession of a firearm and criminal possession of cocaine. He denied the criminal charges and the rampant rumors that he gave guided tours of the White House to the boys he hired. In an interview with the Washington Post soon after his arrest, he stated “All this stuff you’ve uncovered (involving call boys, bribery and the White House tours), to be honest with you, is insignificant compared to other things I’ve done. But I’m not going to tell you those things, and somehow the world will carry on.” He made further claims, to friends, of having secret ties to the CIA.
Only weeks after the initial firestorm had quieted down, Spence was found dead of a drug overdose in the Boston Ritz Carlton. He had three dollars in his pocket and, according to the police report, was wearing a “black tux with white shirt, bow tie, white suspenders, black socks and shoes” with “a telephone cradled in his ear and a Walkman headset containing a cassette tape of Mozart’s A Little Night Music.” His suicide note was written on a mirror: “Chief, consider this my resignation, effective immediately. As you always said, you can’t ask others to make a sacrifice if you are not ready to do the same. Life is duty. God bless America. P.S. To the Ritz, please forgive this inconvenience.”
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