[TexKat]

Rogers: Disgraced Ex-Congressman Foley Caught Logging Online Tuesday While Supposedly in Alcohol Rehab

10/4/2006 6:30:00 AM

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To: National Desk

Contact: Susan Roth, 301-530-3539

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mark Foley, who resigned from Congress Friday for using the Internet to solicit underage male pages for sex, was apparently online Tuesday under his notorious Maf54 screen name at a time when he is supposedly in alcohol rehab.

Mike Rogers, the leading gay activist who has been reporting on his blog for over a year about former Congressman Foley's closeted gay lifestyle, was interviewed last night on Fox News Channel's 6 p.m. broadcast with Brit Hume. Rogers stated that, once the scandal broke, he had added Foley's Maf54 screen name to his buddy list on America Online's Instant Messaging service. Rogers said Foley's screen name popped up as being online for two or three minutes before it was logged off again at 9:21 a.m. Tuesday. That is the same AIM account that Foley allegedly used to have Internet sex with a teen while the House was voting.

House leaders were unable or unwilling to stop Foley's persistent conduct for over a year once they became aware of it, and failed to report it to law enforcement authorities. Foley announced Monday that he was entering alcohol rehab. On Tuesday his attorney acknowledged that Foley is gay, as Rogers reported on his blog a year and a half ago in stating that Foley was being hypocritical by voting for anti-gay measures in Congress such as the Defense of Marriage Act, and failing to oppose a measure in Congress that penalized gay scouting leaders.

Also on Tuesday, Rogers offered to join with prominent leaders of the Christian right in calling for House Speaker Dennis Hastert to resign his leadership post for failing to act when informed of Foley's sexual advances to House pages. In a letter to James Dobson of Focus on the Family, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, and Rev. Lou Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition, Rogers wrote, "For once, gentlemen, we might have something in common and an opportunity to work together to clean up Congress." Full text of the letter may be seen at http://www.proudofwhoweare.org .

Rogers' comments were also included in ABC News coverage this week, and in an article in Saturday's Miami Herald (see www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/15643524.htm ). He may be reached at 202-588-9446, or by emailing mrogers@proudofwhoweare.org

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[bnelson44]

My guess is that someone turned on one of his computers which automatically logged him on to the AIM address.

[nopardons]

Cripes!

[Fawn]

How does this guy know it was Foley signing on? And I saw him come on a different time.....it was about 1:45 pm EST. For about 20 seconds.....probably just enough time to turn on the invisibilty feature.

[A Citizen Reporter]

Mike Rogers, the leading gay activist who has been reporting on his blog for over a year about former "Congressman Foley's closeted gay lifestyle, was interviewed last night on Fox News Channel's 6 p.m. broadcast with Brit Hume. Rogers stated that, once the scandal broke, he had added Foley's Maf54 screen name to his buddy list on America Online's Instant Messaging service. Rogers said Foley's screen name popped up as being online for two or three minutes before it was logged off again at 9:21 a.m. Tuesday. That is the same AIM account that Foley allegedly used to have Internet sex with a teen while the House was voting."

This is completely bogus. First of all, LAST NIGHT, Brit Hume was not on special report.

Is this a blog you normally frequent?