FBI Knew in July About Foley E-Mails to Teen

[kpete]

FBI Knew in July About Foley E-Mails to Teen
Meanwhile, Private Handling of Matter by a Few House Republicans Receives Bipartisan Criticism

By Charles Babington and Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, October 3, 2006; Page A11

The FBI acknowledged yesterday that it did not begin an investigation in late July after receiving copies of e-mails sent in 2005 by then-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) to a Louisiana teenager -- messages that troubled the boy's parents.

Key House Republicans learned of the e-mails in 2005 and chose to deal with Foley privately, warning him to cease contact with the 16-year-old former House page. Top aides to Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) did not inform him about the incident, Hastert said yesterday, and he defended their actions in a Capitol Hill news conference.

But the GOP's handling of the Foley matter is rocking the party after it was revealed last week that Foley had sent far more sexually explicit electronic messages to underage former pages in 2003 and 2004.

more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/02/AR2006100200333.html

[C_U_L8R]

1. This just keeps getting better

did Gonzo order them to sit on it (figuratively)

[MadMaddie]

2. You know Gonzalez did.....

this is the tip (pardon the pun) of the iceberg...

[kestrel91316]

3. I suspect Bush told Gonzo to sit on it. Or KKKarl did.

[beyurslf]

4. Wouldn't it be fun just to be a fly on the wall in the WH war room just

for a little while?