[Dianna]

If they knew these e-mails and IM's existed and did nothing they are complicit in anything that Foley did that was illegal.

Be careful here. No one has said that they knew about the IM's and news sources are reporting that they just came to light.

The e-mails are a somewhat murkier thing as we don't know which, or how many they may have read, or just heard about.

[trumandogz]

the House Leadership should be held to the same, if not greater standard, as a school teacher. That is, if the teacher suspects that their is abuse or an inappropriate relationship involving a minor they are legally required to reported it to authorities.