Posted on 10/05/2006 2:45:06 PM PDT by mmyers
Three more former congressional pages have come forward to reveal what they call "sexual approaches" over the Internet from former Congressman Mark Foley.
The pages served in the classes of 1998, 2000 and 2002. They independently approached ABC News after the Foley resignation through the Brian Ross & the Investigative Team's tip line on ABCNews.com. None wanted their names used because of the sensitive nature of the communications.
"I was seventeen years old and just returned to [my home state] when Foley began to e-mail me, asking if I had ever seen my page roommates naked and how big their penises were," said the page in the 2002 class.
The former page also said Foley told him that if he happened to be in Washington, D.C., he could stay at Foley's home if he "would engage in oral sex" with Foley.
THE BLOTTER RECOMMENDS READER DISCRETION STRONGLY ADVISED: Foley's Exchange with Underage Page Foley Instant Message Chat While Waiting for a House Vote Click Here to Watch This Week's Brian Ross Investigates Webcast The page told ABC News he was interviewed this week by FBI agents who had a six-page list of questions about Foley and the exchanges.
The second page who talked with ABC News, a graduate of the 2000 page class, says Foley actually visited the old page dorm and offered rides to events in his BMW.
"His e-mails developed into sexually explicit conversations, and he asked me for photographs of my erect penis," the former page said.
The page said Foley maintained e-mail contact with him even after he started college and arranged a sexual liaison after the page had turned 18.
The third page interviewed by ABC News, a graduate of the 1998 page class, said Foley's instant messages began while he was a senior in high school.
"Foley would say he was sitting in his boxers and ask what I was wearing," the page said.
"It became more weird, and I stopped responding," the page said.
All three pages described similar instant message and e-mail patterns, with remarkably similar escalations of provocative questions.
"He didn't want to talk about politics," the page said. "He wanted to talk about sex or my penis," the page said.
The three new verbal accounts are in addition to two sets of sexually explicit instant messages provided to ABC News by former pages.
An online story on the Drudge Report Thursday claimed one set of the sexually explicit instant messages obtained by ABC News was part of a "prank" on the part of the former page, who reportedly says he goaded the congressman into writing the messages.
"This was no prank," said one of the three former pages who talked to ABC News today about his experience with the congressman.
In this day and age when airing one's dirty laundry for all to see is a warped means of instant fame, how do we know these sources aren't lying?
I don't believe the accusers should be anonymous if they are now adults. We are no longer protecting a minor here and anyone charged with a crime should be allowed to face his accusers.
That is not to justify Foley's actions but to prevent the further smearing of a reputation for political gain. Anyone who calls ABC and wants their name withheld should not be given credibility until he comes forward and names himself.
Because ABC World Tonight, didn't seem interested in his "story".
I'm sure that's how everyone in the ABC newsroom types, if you catch my drift.
Yes it is nice to see that. All of us freepers need to make sure those we can convince those that plan on voting, do vote this election and vote straight republican to punish the donks for this type of politicing.
Here is the original ABC Story with Foley Tying With One Hand!
ABC is Sick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-zvKn4lKrY
"OK - and you know that it was on a government computer as opposed to his own, a cell phone, whatever? If you do know, I'd really like to share in that knowledge - I'm not perfect and may have missed something in all this confusing coverage"
Assuming he was in his office at his office computer I think it unlikely a politician would pay out of pocket for any office supplies. Even if it was his own pc he initiated the contact on government tel lines and the call was not secure. Think of the security problems and blackmail possibilities, foreign and domestic. And he used an AOL handle that recognizably is him "MaF54"
If it was on a cell phone, he probably billed the government. If he didn't bill he was still texting while on the job. And if it was a cell phone he really is a quick critter...I can't move my fingers on those little buttons 10% as fast as him!
Would anybody care to explain to me how these kids, who are supposed to be some of the brightest in the nation, are so dumb they don't know how to report a man who comes onto them in the capital of the country?
I agree.
" The talk itself, if it is just titillating, is not a crime."
Ironically- that's the story at abcnews.com
" Foley Could Avoid Criminal Charges in Underage Congressional Page Probe "
ABC continues to describe the young men as pages and minors.
"Based on what has been disclosed, there is no actionable crime here," said Ronald Carlson, a professor at the University of Georgia School of Law.
"Right now, this all falls in the realm of plenty of voyeurism.
The law is not very cognizant of what you yearn for in your mind; it applies to what you act upon."
"But he could have been a laptop...."
Government wifi. And he was on the job.
Former pages: Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich
Get rid of this stupid "tradition" --we do not need pages/messengers----> let the moonbats in Congress pay for their own delivery.
I stopped listening when the pages described how Foley had taken them up in his flying saucer and threatened them with being eaten by his pet sharks... oh, wait. That's what happened to those poor bastards falsely imprisoned in Massachusetts for "child abuse."
You think these guys socialized with Foley (and his boyfriends) and didn't have him figured out? I really believe the bottom line is that they just didn't care . . . and wouldn't care now if they weren't worried they would lose power otherwise. I feel no particular need to be proved right on this. A Pelosi House would be a disaster for every cause in which I believe. But I still think many voters are going to come away from the Foley news thinking, "The Republicans were lying down with this dog - how could they not have fleas?"
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