Kiss and sell

Write nothing down, not even in a text message. Smile at the tea lady
Because betrayal, as David Beckham is just the latest to discover, is the hottest new industry, and no one is safe.
Beckham has been skewered by a quick-romp girlfriend who sold his gimme-sex text messages to the News of the World for more than $700,000.
Which shows he hasn’t paid attention — not just to the woes of hot-texting Shane Warne, but to the sour mood of kiss-and-sell that catches out even the most powerful.
America’s top-selling book today is by Richard Clark, who until recently was the terrorism adviser to President George Bush and is now making millions for passing on what his boss told him in confidence just the other day.
We’ve also had the Royal Family sold out by butlers, security staff and aides, who blab tales of affairs, tantrums and bad parenting. And Hollywood royal stars are forced to make staff sign confidentiality agreements. Their children, however, are still free to write best-sellers detailing their most nose-picking flaw