Client Nine cost us a lot of money

Seems the feds spent beaucoup dollars tracking Client 9, the code name for Eliot Spitzer, and his prostitute: "The Justice Department used some of its most intrusive tactics against Mr. Spitzer, examining his financial records, eavesdropping on his phone calls and tailing him during its criminal investigation of the Emperor’s Club prostitution ring." "Justice Department officials insist that it has a strong record of breaking up large prostitution rings around the country, but many of the cases they cite involve case brought several years ago, especially before the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks; after that, the department vowed to focus its attention on national security threats."