According to Nightline, they've know for quite a while; they had a guy on who use to be a page and he said that when they first came in to training, they were WARNED about Foley.
This is going to be ugly.
How can anyone in politics be this stupid?
Then it should be. Just like in the Catholic abuse scandals, let the light of truth be known in these cases and let the chips fall where they may. We cannot tolerate a "Clinton morality standard" at the highest levels of our government.
The ethical and moral corruption in this case may cause a lot of folks to realize that higher standards are needed, including in the Republican party.
When was that?
Ugh, this all just makes me sick.
This makes me furious!
With all the support we give them, I think the least we should be able to expect is for them to not keep a pervert POS around allowing us to be sandbagged and screw up an election.
When they knew he was a problem, he should have been gone IMMEDIATELY. If it happened to be just before an election, so be it. But to allow this to hang out there to bite us later, is just unspeakable.
I want everyone who knew to resign in disgrace tomorrow. I don't care if we lose the whole damn thing.
This is going to be ugly.
Of course, when it's a predatory Democrat the press likes the story is reported differently.
Clinton's history of attacking women was well known to his inner circle, but Panetta and the press says it was 'appearances' that made Panetta make sure Clinton wasn't alone with women.
The Washington Post spun it this way for Clinton and Panetta during impeachment:
The issue of Clinton and women worried Panetta when he was in the White House as well, he acknowledges. Although Lewinsky worked in his office as an intern, Panetta told Starr's grand jury he did not know her and had no knowledge of Clinton having an improper relationship with her or anyone else. But the problem of appearances, he has said in recent interviews, was always a consideration.
Schedules were scoured to ensure that Clinton was never in a situation that might be misinterpreted -- visiting someone's home or having a female overnight guest in the White House when Hillary Rodham Clinton was out of town, for example, or traveling in a limousine alone with a woman.
"If somebody said they wanted to ride with the president, you would either make sure you would say no or make sure someone else was there," Panetta said. Clinton, he added, understood that his advisers were looking out for him. "He was very cooperative with that. He welcomed that."