[Bahbah]

I have zero sympathy for Foley

No one here does, I hope. He is a deviant of the most disgusting sort. But just think what kind of a person this Edmund must be, which is an entirely different issue. What a sleazy fellow he is. He may have done this for his and others amusement and he may have saved the IMs to blackmail Foley when it became convenient, or for some other nefarious purpose. A total creep, just a different kind than Foley.

[MadIvan]

I think people are getting immoral confused with illegal. If the page was 18, then what he did is not illegal. It is definitely, however, immoral and he should be kicked out of any position of responsibility.

Regards, Ivan

[letsgonova19087]

I'm not an expert in this field, but doesn't he seem a little underqualified to be running Istook's campaign? I think I saw on his MySpace that he's still in college. Methinks that he might have used the e-mails as leverage with Foley to get this job. As I posted on an earlier thread, I found a story from The Hill that entailed the life of a senior Foley aide whose previous job was with...Istook. That connection - or any other - might have been all this little creep needed to get his dream job.