{"product_id":"9781612191966","title":"Three Days in May: Sex, Surveillance, and DSK","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA veteran journalist continues his “exhaustively researched” (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) investigation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere  investigative reporter Edward Jay Epstein casts fresh doubt on the  events surrounding a now-infamous sexual encounter between Dominique  Strauss-Kahn—better know by his initials, “DSK”—and a Guinean-born maid  at New York’s Sofitel hotel. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpstein shows that DSK, then  managing director at the IMF and a leading contender to unseat Nicolas  Sarkozy as president of France, was under close surveillance both before  and after the incident. Just two days before, French authorities  intercepted a sensitive phone conversation with DSK in Washington, DC.  It looks as if he was carrying his own bug: a smart phone. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The  surveillance also continued to New York: as Epstein shows, the staff of  the Sofitel can be seen watching DSK throughout his stay.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Also  examined is DSK’s BlackBerry cell phone, which was likely compromised  by French intelligence. Just before DSK left the Sofitel, the phone went  missing, and it has never been found.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Included in this ebook  edition is a collection of documents related to the case, including  key-card records (tracking who entered DSK’s suite) and  never-before-released CCTV surveillance footage. DSK also goes on the  record about the case for the first time with an American journalist. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epstein shows that if there was a conspiracy against DSK, as many now  believe, it was an after-the-fact one in which DSK's political opponents  learned of the sexual incident at the Sofitel through surveillance and  shaped it into a major scandal that changed the course of French  politics.","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177524379888,"sku":"9781612191966","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612191966_p0.jpg?v=1763843305","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612191966","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}