Not exactly sure what a “Washington Times” is, but they seem to be great at getting to the bottom of things with access to reliable sources conspiracy theorists:

According to a source who is friends with the Cain campaign, not only is the Rick Perry campaign involved but also the Mayor of Chicago and former Obama White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is likely involved with the sexual harassment accuser attacks. A friend of the Cain campaign believes a National Restaurant Association (NRA) employee out of the Chicago office leaked the story to the Perry campaign via information and influence from Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office. 

So Rahm Emmanuel influenced somebody in the Chicago office of the National Restaurant Association to tell the Perry campaign that Herman Cain had twice been in trouble for sexual harassment. Ok…