Jeff Bezos Goes Public

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  1. Oscar Gordon says:

    I would love for Bezos to send AMI down the tubes after Gawker.Report

  2. I’m waiting for the defenses of the president of the US blackmailing his critics.Report

  3. LeeEsq says:

    It turns out that trying to bribe the wealthiest man in the world is not easy.Report

    • James K in reply to LeeEsq says:

      What part of this looks like bribery to you?Report

      • Stillwater in reply to James K says:

        Right. It’s extortiony (quid pro quo on nudey pics and so on) but not bribery. I think the meat of Bezos blog post isn’t that AMI tried to extort him but what they were motivated by: an investigation into how AMI acquired texts from Bezos phone. And if we give Bezos credit for being really smart, and certainly smart enough to have really good lawyers, I think we can infer from Bezos post that his investigation uncovered enough info on that point to be *very* damaging to AMI and Pecker, and potentially Trump.Report

  4. Marchmaine says:

    At first I thought you were playing the title game… then I realized I had misread the title… and found myself vaguely disappointed.Report

  5. Chip Daniels says:

    What’s striking to me is the implication that this is just the tip of the iceberg, and how interconnected media and politics are.

    Where do tabloids get their kompromat? How many public figures and elected officials are under threat of blackmail?Report

  6. Stillwater says:

    Alternate post title:

    Bezos Rolls Over Pecker’s LogReport

  7. pillsy says:

    Eugene Volokh’s thoughts on whether AMI broke the law.Report