CLAIM: FILTHY FOLEY ONLINE CHATS WERE PAGE 'PRANK GONE AWRY'

The Drudge Report ^ | October 5, 2006 | Matt Drudge

[libstripper]

According to two people close to former congressional page Jordan Edmund, the now famous lurid AOL Instant Message exchanges that led to the resignation of Mark Foley were part of an online prank that by mistake got into the hands of enemy political operatives, the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal.

According to one Oklahoma source who knows the former page very well, Edmund, a conservative Republican, said he goaded an unwitting Foley to type embarrassing comments that were then shared with a small group of young Hill politicos. The prank went awry when the saved IM sessions got into the hands of political operatives favorable to Democrats.

The primary source, an ally of Edmund, adamantly proclaims that the former page is not a homosexual. The prank scenario was confirmed by a second associate of Edmund. Both are fearful that their political careers will be affected if they are publicly brought into the investigation.

[NeoCaveman]

If he's so good ( Jones ), how come MCVeigh is wormfood ?

You can't beat the Feds.

[newcthem]

Heck.........He could be the next Hillery Clinton.....except he doesn't have the ankles for it!

[Texas Songwriter]

Self-described 'polical operative' Mr.Edmund placed it in the hands of democrat political operatives. They did not just 'fall into the hands of' the opposition and MSNBC.