White House Counselor Dan Bartlett expects criminal probe of Foley

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"The White House and the president were just as shocked as everyone else," White House Counselor Dan Bartlett said on CNN's Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.

Bartlett said he expects a criminal investigation of Foley.

"We're going to get to the bottom of this, the leadership is, and that's very important because we need to make sure the page system is one in which children can come up here and work and make sure they are protected," Bartlett said.

--> In a joint statement, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Illinois, Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Majority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Ohio, said: "The improper communications between Congressman Mark Foley and former House congressional pages is unacceptable and abhorrent. It is an obscene breach of trust. His immediate resignation must now be followed by the full weight of the criminal justice system."
It's official, "Rove says go with it" then bury it until after the elections.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/01/foley.quits/index.html

[SpiralHawk]

1. A probe?

Hmmm - You can tell corrupt republicon pervert cronies are "in charge"

[StellaBlue]

2. he-he-he

"probe"

he-he

[Gabi Hayes]

5. maybe this'll help Foley get to the 'bottom' of things

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3. In any event, upcoming Bush moves will be interesting...

[rodeodance]

4. well, i fnally know what they initials stand for:

Shimkus, the House Page Board chairman, said when he and the clerk discussed the e-mail reports with Foley, he falsely assured them that he was only mentoring the teen.

GOP sources told CNN that Foley's resignation was prompted in part by concerns that other potentially politically damaging e-mails or information might surface, including exchanges with other pages that were more graphic.

ABC News on Friday evening reported details of three exchanges of instant messages sent in 2003 between teenage male pages and someone using the screen name Maf54, whom ABC identified as Foley. The congressman's initials are M.A.F., and he was born in 1954.

In one of those exchanges, Maf54 advises the teen to "strip down." In another, when the teen says he's wearing a T-shirt and shorts, Maf54 replies, "Love to slip them off of you." And in a third, Maf54 asks, "Do I make you a little horny?" (More details)

CNN's Ted Barrett contributed to this report.

[Gabi Hayes]

6. breaking: picture of Foley getting prepared for a mentoring session