U.S. calls purported sex tape ‘doctored’ and ‘smear campaign’ Posted byadmin September 25, 2009 A videotape on a Russian Web site allegedly showing a State Department employee having sex with a prostitute is a “smear campaign” meant to discredit the man, a State Department spokesman said Thursday. Related posts: Purported bin Laden tape calls Gaza offensive a ‘holocaust’ N. Korea: U.S. journalists were creating ‘smear campaign’ Purported bin Laden tape slams U.S. role in Pakistan Report: U.S. general calls for more troops in Afghanistan British PM’s aide quits over ‘smear’ e-mails row