Dominique Strass-Kahn: Vanity Fair Has a Go.

"The head of a powerful international institution is about to announce his candidacy for the French presidency. All the polls show him well ahead of the unpopular incumbent. The gilded salons of the Elysée Palace seem within his grasp—until a stunning event derails his presidential hopes and his political career: incredibly, improbably, he is accused of attempting to rape a New York hotel maid and is arrested aboard an airplane shortly before takeoff.

It could be the plot of an international thriller if it were not true. At least the above details are true..."

full article from Vanity Fair

Strauss-Kahn: Predator or Plot Victim?

No comment.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn: When is a Honey Trap is not A Honey Trap?

Image via WikipediaSlate Magazine has this article, originally published in their French edition, entitled:

Dominique Strauss-Kahn Conspiracy Theorists Are Embarrassing Themselves

It is interesting to note that the translation of the heading (not the text) of the French article is subtly different.

The original French is "Affaire DSK: présomption d'innocence ou victime disqualifiée?" as the heading, with the sub heading being "Attention à la théorie du complot: ce que dit la femme de chambre mérite d'être pris en compte."

The heading as a raw translation gives:

 "Affaire DSK: presumption of innocence or victim disqualified"

The sub heading in raw translation gives:

 "Attention to the conspiracy theory that says the maid should be taken into account."

Cannot really see how the above two headings in the co-opted French Slate article come to mean  'the conspiracy theorists are embarrassing themselves'. All the French heading in the article is saying is that the maids' point of view must be taken into account, and that those who are looking for a conspiracy theory should, or rather must take that into consideration.

Could not agree more.

However from there to heading the article to make out that the conspiracy theorists are embarrassing themselves is pushing the translation.

To say the least.

Sex, Strauss-Kahn, The IMF and Greek Debt

Image by Getty Images via @daylife"The arrest of International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual-assault charges threatened to upend French politics and weaken the IMF's central role in resolving Europe's deepening debt crisis."

from The Wall Street Journal

The law of unintended consequences, or was it?

The ripples from this will effect the financial markets as they open this week as we ask why did he do it?

Even if the whole hotel room scenario emerging in the press via drips of information from the New York Police seems bizarre in the extreme.

Extremely bizzare.

In any other circumstances one would be very tempted to say "honey trap".

Pris au piège, Dominique?