[apro]

"A 17 year old girl should new able to handle herself on the internet. This Mark Foley scandal is about two people typing stupid shit on the internet. No touching was involved. Sure Mark is a homo letch but let's get real here"

Yeah well the FBI obviously thinks otherwise and from what is being reported today Foley might have IM'd a 16 year old in a sexual manner and under current law, you don't need physical contact to know that is a crime.

Also as far as the 17 year old is concerned last time I checked sending sexually material to interns and people you work with can get you fired without any physical acts involved and given this person holds such a position in the government... as I said before its nothing to yawn about.

[dennisw]

Like I said ... a sex scandal without any sex but with some internet chatter. The 18 year old page involved (he 21 now) says it was a prank that got out of hand, that it was him and his friends jerking Foley around. Details are at Drudge