Whatever you've heard, Bob Ney is not the blackmailer-turned-victim in the alleged-rape investigation of Israeli President Moshe Katsav

As Haaretz is reporting:

President Moshe Katsav underwent five hours of police questioning at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on Wednesday.

Katsav is being investigated under caution for allegedly coercing a female former employee to have sex with him--a charge tantamount to rape--as well as violating laws governing sexual harassment.

Investigators will resume quizzing the president over the affair Thursday morning. Katsav is suspected of carrying on a sexual relationship with "A.", a one-time employee at the President's Residence. Law enforcement officials also suspect the president committed a number of sex-related crimes.

Now, the confusion is understandable, what with the anonymity-protecting reference to this "A" person, who originally came to attention as a would-be blackmailer of the Israeli president (a largely ceremonial position, remember), but now appears to be alleging having been the victim of sexual coercion.

The thing to bear in mind is that where investigations and indictments are concerned, Representative Ney is usually "no. 1," not "A."

According to unconfirmed reports, one of the few lackeys still employed in Ney's office is said to have commented: "Gimme a break. Bob doesn't even know this Ketchup guy, or whatever his name is. Hell, the only Jew he knows is Abramoff. Oh wait, I probably shouldn't have said that. This is off the record, right?"