Dear bornacatholic,
It appears that by "Update III," the blogger has backed off considerably from his earlier charges.
I haven't followed the precise statements issued by Speaker Hastert. It's my understanding that he initially denied knowing that Mr. Foley had truly "crossed the line" with an underage page. In that he clarified by saying that he was aware of e-mails and not IMs, and in that even this blogger admits that that is true, it seems that Mr. Hastert 1) really didn't realize the seriousness of the problem, 2) since the page's family had asked to have the matter dropped, Mr. Hastert's hands were, to some degree, tied, and 3) the blogger's original claims of "dishonesty" appear to me to be more of "misunderstanding."
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