I'm not willing to let House leadership off that easily.
They knew that they had someone who crossed the line, and they just took him at his word that he hadn't done more? Why didn't they bother to investigate him? When kids are involved, certainly a cautious approach is justified.
If they had, these IMs would undoubtedly surfaced. The pages were being warned to stay away from this guy - this guy's preference wasn't exactly a secret around the Capitol.
"If they had, these IMs would undoubtedly surfaced. The pages were being warned to stay away from this guy - this guy's preference wasn't exactly a secret around the Capitol."
Hope you don't mind if I answer your question.
How would the IM's have surfaced if they did not surface until friday when ABC ran the story about the creepy but not sexual email to the first page? Understand that the perverted IM's where to other pages that came forward AFTER ABC RAN THE STORY ON THURSDAY!
Please READ the entire article.....before jumping to conclusions.
The House leadership only saw the 'overly friendly' emails....it was investigated & Foley was told to stop all contact wiht the pages. nd the parents didn't want any public attention at the time.
The obscene IMs appeared more recently from another source that contacted ABC after they broke the story!