Tuesday, October 03, 2006

FBI Knew Something

FBI Knew in July About Foley E-Mails to Teen - washingtonpost.com: "FBI Knew in July About Foley E-Mails to Teen

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..."

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