I can think of a few reasons: it was all a joke to him. He saved them in case Foley was ever prosecuted, and more evidence was needed. STILL, the IMs creeped me out, and I've seen and heard a lot in my life. I don't know how a straight "kid" could deal with it at 18. I sure hope people leave this guy alone (though to me, he's still a kid - 21 was a long time ago for me). I hope all the pages and former pages are left alone so that the whole truth can be sorted out.
...left alone by citizens (no threats etc) but not by FBI. If any of these pages were involved in extortion, which is a part of this whole thing (BlogActive says it -if you're a closeted gay Republican, they'll out you - same with Dems I'm sure if they don't vote the "right" way - the whole thing should have been looked at years ago). The big question is why the outers are allowed to do what they do- threaten people to get them to vote a certain way.