Foley scandal investigations heating up (AP via Yahoo News)

[mcg]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061006/ap_on_go_co/congress_pages

WASHINGTON - Investigations by the federal government and the House ethics committee into the unfolding page cybersex scandal are gathering steam, and House Speaker Dennis Hastert seems to be weathering the political storm — at least for now.

The Illinois Republican earned fresh votes of confidence from President Bush and fellow House GOP leaders on Thursday after assuming direct responsibility for the damage inflicted on the party just weeks before the Nov. 7 midterm elections by the scandal involving disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley (news, bio, voting record), R-Fla.

Hastert again vowed not to resign over his office's handling of the scandal — "I haven't done anything wrong," he said — but it has cost Republicans in public opinion polls, and the media firestorm shows no signs of abating. ...

[Demeter]

1. Yep. Them Cockroaches Scuttle Real Fast When You Turn on the Lights

[Red Fox]

2. 'I haven't done anything wrong'

In fact, you haven't done anything at all. And for that you're wrong.

[donheld]

3. Let's have some waterboarding of house members

We'll see who hasn't done anything wrong. :evilgrin:

[sugapablo]

5. *lol*

[JoFerret]

4. Global warming

Hastert is holding to his assertion that he did not know about messages sent by Foley to a former House page until the scandal broke last week. But he issued a less than ringing endorsement of his staff and Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., chairman of the board that overseas the page program.

Shimkus admonished Foley to cease contact with the former page, a Louisiana teen. The matter ended there instead of being pursued in a way that might have led to the far more lurid messages sent to other former pages.

``Could we have done it better? Could the page board have handled it better? In retrospect, probably yes,'' Hastert said. ``But at the time what we knew and what we acted upon was what we had.''

Added Hastert: ``I don't know who knew what when. ... If it's members of my staff that didn't do the job, we will act appropriately.''

According to public statements and an internal review by Hastert's office, a likely list of those who had some involvement in events and could be summoned include: Hastert aides Tim Kennedy, Mike Stokke, Ted Van Der Meid and Scott Palmer; former Clerk of the House Jeff Trandahl; Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-La., who became aware that Foley sent questionable e-mails to a page he sponsored; Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-N.Y., who spoke with Alexander about Foley; and Shimkus. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6130071,00.html

[UpInArms]

6. support from the criminals in their party means zilch

so what this article is attempting to do is merely more propaganda.