Foley asked a minor (again if the page was under 18 at the time the request was made) to take a picture of his penis. This is clearly illegal:
18 USC 2251:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00002251----000-.html"a) Any person who e
mploys, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any minor to engage in, or who has a minor assist any other person to engage in, or who transports any minor in interstate or foreign commerce, or in any Territory or Possession of the United States, with the intent that such minor engage in,
any sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such conduct, shall be punished as provided under subsection (e), if such person knows or has reason to know that such visual depiction will be transported in interstate or foreign commerce or mailed, if that visual depiction was produced using materials that have been mailed, shipped, or transported in interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by
computer, or if such visual depiction has actually been transported in interstate or foreign commerce or mailed...
...(e) Any individual who violates, or attempts or conspires to violate, this section shall be fined under this title and imprisoned not less than 15 years nor more than 30 years, but if such person has one prior conviction under this chapter, chapter 71, chapter 109A, or chapter 117, or under section 920 of title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), or under the laws of any State relating to the sexual exploitation of children, such person shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for not less than 25 years nor more than 50 years, but if such person has 2 or more prior convictions under this chapter, chapter 71, chapter 109A, or chapter 117, or under section 920 of title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), or under the laws of any State relating to the sexual exploitation of children, such person shall be fined under this title and imprisoned not less than 35 years nor more than life. Any organization that violates, or attempts or conspires to violate, this section shall be fined under this title. Whoever, in the course of an offense under this section, engages in conduct that results in the death of a person, shall be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life."
So in other words if the page was a minor, and I interpret the law the way it is supposed to be interpreted, Mr. Foley could be facing a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 30 years in prison.
Here is the part of Brian Ross's new story that includes the story of the page who might have been targeted by Foley:
"'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."
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/BrianRoss/story?id=2509586&page=4FOLEY IS IN DEEP SHIT!