[Jim Noble]

I hope and pray that no one whose attitude is to avoid asking "too many questions" and to be "glad that the whole thing went away" is ever responsible for investigating anything to do with child molestation.

My comments were about the emails that were brought to Hastert's attention last year, not about the instant messages.

Read the emails and tell us what you would have done.

[wouldntbprudent]

I agree with you. EVen around here there were people initially saying "what's the big deal about asking a kid for a photo or asking what he wanted for his birthday? Why is this being trumped up?"

That was all the info the leadership had at the beginning, too.