NYT: Feds Unearth Conduct-CERTAIN To Lead To Criminal Investigation

[kpete]

Federal investigators who have interviewed several former pages have unearthed instances of conduct by Mr. Foley that will almost certainly lead to a full criminal investigation, including grand jury testimony, to determine whether the former lawmaker violated federal sex crime laws, government officials briefed on the matter said Tuesday. They spoke on the condition that they not be named because they were discussing details of an investigation.

Prosecutors have yet to issue subpoenas or search warrants but have discussed ways to safeguard evidence in the case, the officials said, possibly issuing what are known as preservation letters, directing government agencies or private entities, like Internet providers, not to destroy any electronic data that might be relevant.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/04/washington/04hastert.html?pagewanted=2&pagewanted=all&en=e1ffda0be3da58be&hp&ex=1159934400&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[moc]

1. Holy crap.

:popcorn:

[riderinthestorm]

2. What a disaster. Those poor teens....

:cry:

[Octafish]

3. Gee. I guess Foley may be a real story the GOP doesn't want.

While there are more important stories -- Iraq war is a Lie; Bush is nuts; BushCo knew and terrorists flew -- none resonate with the dimbulbs who make up Bush's core supporters. The Foley story crosses the line for most of them.

[kestrel91316]

4. Christmas is coming; the goose is getting fat!!!!

".....a full criminal investigation, including grand jury testimony....."

FEDERAL GRAND JURY is likely!!!!!!!!!!! Oooohhhh Momma!

[Tatiana]

5. Foley didn't resign over some emails and IMs.

I believe he had sexual contact with one of the former pages and/or other young boys.

[Jacobin]

8. He obviously wasn't never successful in his quest for children

Poorly worded, but what i mean is obviously, he didn't just groom the kids for sex without ever having been successful in luring some in

[Tatiana]

9. Exactly. Did you see the IM offering to give alcohol to an UNDERAGE page?

He said they'd have to drink it at his place. So... like, they were just gonna sit on the couch and have a friendly little chat about U.S. government and politics while getting drunk? Of course, they wouldn't be touching or having any inappropriate sexual contact with one another, right?

FREAKING COME ON! This guy is a predator and he should be prosecuted.

Edited to add exerpt of IM:

According to another message, Foley also invites the teen and a friend to come to his house near Capitol Hill so they can drink alcohol.

Teen: are you going to be in town over the veterans day weekend
Maf54: I may be now that your coming
Maf54: who you coming to visit
Teen: haha good stuff
Teen: umm no one really

Maf54: we will be adjourned ny then
Teen: oh good
Maf54: by
Maf54: then we can have a few drinks
Maf54: lol
Teen: yes yes ;-)
Maf54: your not old enough to drink
Teen: shhh…
Maf54: ok
Teen: that's not what my ID says
Teen: lol
Maf54: ok
Teen: I probably shouldn't be telling you that huh
Maf54: we may need to drink at my house so we don't get busted

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/10/new_foley_insta.html

[Kagemusha]

6. So, think Hastert will fight this tooth and nail as a responsible Speaker?

Stand up for Congress' constitutional rights and privileges and all that?

Are the IM's from during the House defense bill vote where Foley jacked off while cyber chatting with a page, protected under the speech & debate clause of the constitution?

Will the Republican Party's electoral prospects survive such a debate?

...To be continued...

[sce56]

7. Gay Old Perverted Pedophile Party = GOP^3

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2855921
Now if they would only investigate this.

The theory is they use this to blackmail important people like legislators and other prominent leaders to go their way in voting controlling the military etc etc.
It is the repugPEDOPHILElican way! Now if we could only investigate this.

Got Fascism Yet?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

10. Yes they'd hate to broach the uncomfortable subject of actually searching

the guy's home to find all the kiddie porn and pics of his conquests that have no doubt been scrubbed off of there after all this time!

What's a poor helpless U.S. government to do against a criminal mastermind like Foley?