Re: How ABC News help out a Congressional page

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Dunno.

This doesn't sound like much of a "prank" to me:

[snip]

"Three More Former Pages Accuse Foley of Online Sexual Approaches"

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.

[snip]

More:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/10/three_more_form.html

- ferg


-- "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com> wrote:

whether this is true or not is irrelevant imo

I am sure the prank wouldnt have worked without the patsy being a
massive pedo

-JP

On 10/5/06, Richard M. Smith <rms () bsf-llc com> wrote:
> > > > Though I have no love for the blogger for outing the kid.
>
> The plot thickens according to Drudge:
>
> http://www.drudgereport.com/page.htm
>
> XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THU OCT 5 2006 2:53:48 ET XXXXX
>
> CLAIM: FILTHY FOLEY ONLINE MESSAGES WERE PAGE PRANK GONE AWRY
> **World Exclusive**
> **Must Credit the DRUDGE REPORT**
>
> 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, 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 matter.
>
> The news come on the heels that Edmund has hired former Timothy McVeigh
> attorney, Stephen Jones.
>
> Developing...



--
"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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