Mark Foley page scandal/Articles

The following are external links to articles related to the Mark Foley page scandal. Also see Mark Foley.

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September 2006

• Justin Rood, "Former House Page Busts Lawmaker for Icky Emails," TPM Muckraker, September 28, 2006.
• David Espo, "Officials: Foley considers leaving House" Associated Press (ABC News), September 29, 2006.
• "Tom Reynolds Statement on the Foley Timeline," The Hotline, September 30, 2006.
• Brian Ross, et al., READER DISCRETION STRONGLY ADVISED: "Foley's Exchange With Underage Page", ABC News, September 29, 2006. This is NOT the widely-quoted e-mail.
• Brian Ross and Maddy Sauer, "Foley To Resign Over Sexually Explicit Messages to Minors", The Blotter Blog/ABC News, September 29, 2006.
• David Espo, "Foley submits resignation to Congress," Associated Press (ABC News), September 29, 2006.
• Charles Babington and Jonathan Weisman, "Rep. Foley Quits in Page Scandal," Washington Post, September 30, 2006.
• Billmon, "Land of Opportunity," Whiskey Bar, September 29, 2006.
• Vicki Allen, "Democrats call for Justice Dept. to Investigate Foley," Reuters (Washington Post), October 1, 2006.
• Paul Kiel, "Foley's Departure Screws Florida GOP," TPM Muckraker, September 29, 2006.
• "Foley e-mails an open secret in D.C.? N.Y. lawmaker says he told House Speaker of lurid messages sent to page," Associated Press (MSNBC), September 30, 2006. re Dennis Hastert
• Brian E. Crowley and Larry Lipman, "Foley shocker jolts race, GOP," Palm Beach Post, September 30, 2006.
• Frank James, "Why did Foley keep child-protection job?" and "Foley didn't set off alarms, says Boehner spokesman," The Swamp Newsblog/Chicago Tribune, September 30, 2006.
• Office of Speaker Hastert, "Media Release, Internal Review of Contacts with the Office of the Speaker Regarding the Congressman Mark Foley Matter," September 30, 2006.
• News Release: "DNC: Why Did Tom Reynolds Cover Up Congressman's Sex Crimes?" U.S. Newswire, September 30, 2006. re Tom Reynolds
• John Aravosis, "Did GOP Rep. Tom Reynolds Cover Up Congressman’s Sex Crimes?" and "Ex-Foley chief of staff now chief of staff to Rep. Tom Reynolds, second member to be informed last year of Foley's sex scandal," AMERICAblog, September 30, 2006.
• Joe Sudbay, "Hastert: I might have known even though I said I didn't know" and "More GOP cover-up: Reynolds contradicts Hastert," AMERICAblog, September 30, 2006.
• John Amato, "Rep. Foley: 'If I were one of these sickos, I’d be nervous with America’s Most Wanted on my trail'," Crooks and Liars, September 30, 2006: "video of Brian Ross and ABC's report on Rep. Mark Foley's Predatorgate."

October 2006

• Carl Hulse and Raymond Hernandez, "G.O.P. Aides Knew in Late '05 of E-mail," New York Times, October 1, 2006.
• Carl Hulse and Jeff Zeleny, "Review of Messages Sent by Congressman Begins," New York Times, October 2, 2006.
• Deb Price, "Mich. Dem who oversees pages was kept in the dark," Detroit News, October 2, 2006.
• Maddy Sauer and Ann Schecter, "GOP Staff Warned Pages About Foley in 2001," ABC News, October 1, 2006.
• Jonathan Weisman, "Speaker was told about Foley e-mails, GOP member says. Hastert does not dispute he may have been notified," Boston Globe, October 1, 2006.
• Susan Davis, "Hastert Calls on Justice Department to Investigate Foley," Roll Call, October 1, 2006.
• Carl Hulse and Raymond Hernandez, "GOP informed of Foley's e-mails. House speaker told months ago, says congressman; both parties want investigation," New York Times (San Francisco Chronicle), October 1, 2006.
• "Reynolds accepted $100k from Foley in July," Think Progress, October 1, 2006.
• Jerry Zremski and Douglas Turner, "Reynolds knew of Foley's e-mails. Though Issue Was Resolved. Says he notified speaker of House," Buffalo News (NY), October 1, 2006.
• Josh Marshall, "This just gets better and better," Talking Points Memo, October 1, 2006.
• John Aravosis, "Hastert is in Trouble" and "GOP Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) let Foley spend "a lot of time" with pages, including private dinner with one, after GOP knew Foley was a problem," AMERICAblog, October 1, 2006. re John Shimkus
• Cliff Schechter, "Republican Sexcapades: Meet The Real GOP," The Huffington Post, October 1, 2006.
• Jonathan Weisman and Charles Babington, "GOP Leader Rebuts Hastert on Foley," Washington Post, October 1, 2006.
• Brian Ross and Maddy Sauer, "E-mails Show Foley Sought to Rendezvous with Page," The Blotter/ABC News, October 2, 2006.
• Vicki Allen, "FBI looking into congressman Foley," Reuters, October 2, 2006.
• Jay Newton-Small and Laura Litvan, "Republican Lawmakers Scramble to Avoid Taint of House Scandal," Bloomberg, October 2, 2006.
• Susan Milligan, "Speaker calls for inquiry on Foley. FBI examining ex-lawmaker's e-mails to teens," Boston Globe, October 2, 2006.
• Susan Ferrechio, "Foley Fallout Spurs Finger-Pointing Among Republicans," New York Times, October 2, 2006.
• Jeremy Ashton, "Negron expected to replace Foley on Florida ballot," Capitol Hill Blue, October 2, 2006.
• Charles Babington and Jonathan Weisman, "FBI to Examine Foley's E-Mails," Washington Post, October 2, 2006.
• Howard Kurtz, "Fox News vs. The World," Washington Post, October 2, 2006. Scroll down to "Foley's Showdown With ABC" and "More Foley Fallout".
• John Aravosis, "Holy cow. Bay Buchanan rips Hastert and GOP leadership" and "GOP member of Page Board contradicts Hastert and Shimkus, says Foley emails were clear evidence of a problem, not just simply 'overly friendly'," AMERICAblog, October 2, 2006.
• "Snow on Foley Scandal: 'Simply Naughty Emails'," Think Progress, October 2, 2006. Includes video link.
• Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo, October 2, 2006.
• Susan Page, "On political track for decades, Foley's career derails in days," USA TODAY, October 2, 2006.
• Carl Hulse and Jeff Zeleny, "Pressure Grows for Republicans Over Foley Scandal," New York Times/International Herald Tribune, October 3, 2006.
• Editorial: "Resign, Mr. Speaker," Washington Times, October 3, 2006.
• Editorial: "No place for politics," Boston Globe, October 3, 2006.
• Susan Milligan, "GOP distances itself from Foley e-mail. Democrats say problem ignored," Boston Globe, October 3, 2006.
• Margery Eagan, "In the House, as in Church, perverts live under protection," Boston Herald, October 3, 2006.
• Editorial: "Capitol Hill creepshow," New York Daily News, October 3, 2006.
• Michael McAuliff, "Pol asked kid to date, says a report. GOP leaders call it 'vile'; Foley checks into rehab," New York Daily News, October 3, 2006.
• John Aravosis, "LA Times: Reynolds' chief of staff is link between Foley and House GOP leadership in child sex predator scandal," AMERICAblog, October 3, 2006.
• Dan Balz and Jim VandeHei, "After Foley, New Fears For the GOP. Some Say Party Could Lose House and Senate," Washington Post, October 3, 2006.
• Charles Babington and Jonathan Weisman, "FBI Knew in July About Foley E-mails to Teen," Washington Post, October 3, 2006.
• Charles Babington, "FBI admits failure over sex email scandal," The Age (Australia), October 4, 2006.
• Peter Wallsten and Noam N. Levey, "Aide at Center of the Controversy. Questions arise over whether GOP leaders should have known earlier about the behavior of Kirk Fordham's former boss," Los Angeles Times, October 4, 2006.
• Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo, October 4, 2006.
• Joe, "Hannity Tries To Make Foley Scandal About Clinton," Our Campaigns, October 4, 2006.
• Jonathan Weisman and Charles Babington, "Ex-Aide To Foley Cites '03 Warnings. Former Staffer Says He Alerted Hastert's Office," Washington Post, October 5, 2006.
• Dan Eggen and Allan Lengel, "Order Signals Justice Dept. May Pursue Page Scandal," Washington Post, October 5, 2006.
• Devlin Barrett and David Espo, "Aide Says He Reported Foley 3 Years Ago," Associated Press, October 5, 2006.
• Alexander Bolton, "Longtime Republican was source of e-mails," The Hill, October 5, 2006. Also see Rodney Alexander
• Larry Margask, "Ethics Panel Launches Foley Case Probe," Washington Post, October 5, 2006. See House Ethics Committee
• Brian Ross, Rhonda Schwartz & Maddy Sauer, "Three More Former Pages Accuse Foley of Online Sexual Approaches," The Blotter Blog/ABC News, October 5, 2006.
• Frank James, "Hastert briefing raises more questions," The Swamp Newsblog/Chicago Tribune, October 5, 2006.
• Susan Elan, "Page scandal reaches U.S. Rep. Sue Kelly," The Journal News (NY), October 5, 2006.
• "GOP prods Democrats over Foley scandal," CNN, October 6, 2006.
• David Folkenflik, "Foley Story Wasn't Reported, Until It Was," NPR All Things Considered, October 6, 2006.
• "Echoing Drudge and Savage, Dobson and Henninger claimed Foley scandal is 'sort of a joke' and a 'prank..' by pages," Media Matters for America, October 6, 2006. John Aravosis comments on AMERICAblog, October 8, 2006.
• John Nichols, "The Problem With the Mark Foley Problem," The Nation (Common Dreams), October 7, 2006.
• Jonathan Weisman, "Staffer Cites Earlier Role by Hastert's Office. Confrontation With Foley Detailed, Washington Post, October 7, 2006.
• John Yang, "Source Undercuts Hastert on Foley Timeline," ABC News, October 7, 2006.
• Walter F. Roche, Jr., "Ex-Page Tells of Foley Liaison. The young man says the then-congressman eyed males in the program. He says he was 21 when he and the Florida Republican had sex," Los Angeles Times, October 8, 2006.
• Robert Novak, "Foley was ready to leave House until he was talked into running again," Chicago Sun-Times, October 8, 2006.
• John Aravosis, "Losing the Cokie moms," YouTube / Cokie Roberts on ABC News This Week; link posted on AMERICAblog, October 8, 2006.
• John Aravosis, "Democrat Rahm Emanuel talks about Mark Foley/GOP child sex predator scandal on ABC's THIS WEEK (it's good)," YouTube link on AMERICAblog, October 8, 2006.
• John Aravosis, "Yet another House Republican leader, GOP Rep Putnam (R-FL), tries to downplay Foley stalking of children" and AMERICAblog, October 8, 2006. re Adam Putnam
• Nico Pitney, "McHenry Speechless When Asked To Provide Evidence That Foley Scandal Was Election Ploy," Think Progress, October 8, 2006. re Patrick McHenry
• "Blitzer To GOP Rep: 'Yes Or No: Do You Have Any Evidence' That Dems Knew About Foley Emails?...," The Huffington Post, October 8, 2006.
• John Aravosis, "Increasing evidence of an FBI cover-up regarding Foley/GOP sex scandal," AMERICAblog, October 9, 2006. (CNN on YouTube)
• Jonathan Weisman, "Lawmaker Saw Foley Messages In 2000. Page Notified GOP Rep. Kolbe," Washington Post, October 9, 2006.
• Paul Kiel, "Foleygate: Hastert's Story Clashes with Recent Revelations," TPM Muckraker, October 9, 2006.
• Paul Kiel, "Hastert: Staff Did Nothing Wrong" and "Trandahl: Talk to the Hand," TPM Muckraker, October 10, 2006.
• Jeff Zeleny and David D. Kirkpatrick, "Ex-Page Aired Concerns About Foley to Congressman in 2000," New York Times, October 10, 2006.
• Paula Cohen, "Former Page Interviewed by the FBI," The Blotter/ABC News, October 10, 2006.
• Paul Kiel, "Kolbe: My Spokeswoman Is A Liar (Or I Am)," TPM Muckraker, October 10, 2006.
• Billy House, "Kolbe assailed in Foley scandal," The Arizona Republic, October 10, 2006.
• Evan Thomas, "A Secret Life," Newsweek, October 10, 2006.
• Jake Tapper, John Yang and Avery Miller, "Foley's Reputed Visit to the Page Dormitory. New Testimony May Pose Problems for GOP Leadership," ABC News, October 10, 2006.
• John Aravosis, "Kolbe was a member of the Page Board when the earlier emails were brought to his attention," AMERICAblog, October 10, 2006.
• Paul Kiel, "Trandahl: Talk to the Hand," TPM Muckraker, October 10, 2006.
• Jay Newton-Small, "Hastert to Fire Any Staffer Engaged in Cover-Up (Update3)," Bloomberg News, October 10, 2006.
• Arianna Huffington, "Republicans are Whistling Past the Foley Graveyard," The Huffington Post, October 10, 2006.
• Mike Dorning and Andrew Zajac, "Clerk's role grows in Foley scandal," Chicago Tribune, October 11, 2006.
• Rhonda Schwartz, "Foley Cruising in His BMW; Another Dorm Visit in 2000," The Blotter/ABC News, October 11, 2006.
• John Aravosis, "CNN's Wolf Blitzer exposes GOP lies about Foley child sex predator scandal" and "Jon Stewart on Foley, again" (YouTube), AMERICAblog, October 11, 2006.
• Andrew Miga, "Shays: Page Scandal Isn't Chappaquiddick," Washington Post, October 11, 2006. re Christopher Shays
• "A special Media Matters for America report: debunking the Foley myth machine," Media Matters for America, October 11, 2006.
• Jonathan Weisman, "Hastert Aides Interest Ethics Panel. Staff Members' Knowledge of Foley's Actions With Former Pages in Question," Washington Post, October 12, 2006.
• Ryan Lizza, "How Rove Twisted Foley's Arm," The Plank Blog/The New Republic Online, October 12, 2006. re Karl Rove
• Max Blumenthal, "The Coming Gay Republican Purge," The Nation, October 12, 2006. re religious right
• Dara Kam, "Foley's e-mail to governor voices fear White House snubbed him," Palm Beach Post (FL), October 12, 2006.
• Jeff Zeleny, "Ex-Aide to Foley Testifies on Warning," New York Times, October 13, 2006.
• Jim Popkin, Aram Roston and the NBC News Investigative Unit, "Feds probe trip that Kolbe made with pages," MSNBC, October 13, 2006.
• Lukery, "Foley, a Bush family friend since the early 1980s," Wot Is It Good 4 Blog, October 13, 2006.
• John Riley, "Foley scandal a local issue for Reynolds. While the Foley scandal has been a problem for Republicans generally, it has special complications for Rep. Tom Reynolds," Newsday, October 14, 2006.
• Andrew Taylor, "Shimkus testifies in page scandal," Associated Press (delivered by the Indianapolis Star), October 14, 2006.
• Frank Cerabino, "What made White House shun Foley?" Palm Beach Post (FL), October 15, 2006.
• "Second U.S. lawmaker faces misconduct allegations," Reuters, October 16, 2006.
• "Second U.S. lawmaker faces misconduct allegations," Reuters, October 16, 2006.
• "Source: Supervisors of House page program discuss camping trip," Associated Press (USA TODAY), October 17, 2006.
• Larry Margasak, "Source: Justice Looking at New Page Case," Associated Press (Forbes), October 17, 2006.
• Jonathan Weisman and James V. Grimaldi, "Panel to examine Arizona lawmaker's trip with former pages," Washington Post (Seattle Times), October 18, 2006.
• Nico Pitney, "Milbank: 'There Are Rumors About A Third (Page Scandal), This One Involving A 16-Year-Old Girl'," Think Progress, October 18, 2006.
• "Foley will give archdiocese name of alleged abuser," CNN, October 18, 2006.
• "Ethics committee asked to review Kolbe," UPI, October 18, 2006.
• Ana Radelat, "Alexander says others knew about messages to pages," The Shreveport Times (LA), October 18, 2006.
• Brian Beutler, "Page scandal hotline operating without oversight," The Raw Story, October 18, 2006.
• Jeff Zeleny, "Louisiana Page Not Central to Inquiry, Lawmaker Says," New York Times, October 19, 2006.
• Andrew Taylor, "Key witness to testify in page scandal," Associated Press (Boston Globe), October 19, 2006.
• "Ex-House Clerk Testifies in Foley Probe," Associated Press, October 19, 2006.
• "Sources: House clerk warned GOP about Foley years ago," CNN, October 19, 2006.
• "Boehner to testify on Foley messages," The Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), October 19, 2006. re John Boehner
• John Yang and Brian Ross, "Exclusive: Former House Clerk's Testimony," The Blotter Blog/ABC News, October 19, 2006.
• " Sources: House clerk warned GOP about Foley years ago," CNN.com, October 19, 2006.
• Jose Antonio Vargas, "Hill Republicans Air Out the Closet. Foley Scandal Points Up Acceptance And Anxieties of Gay Staffers," Washington Post, October 20, 2006.
• Alessandra Rizzo, "Priest Admits Being Naked With Foley," Associated Press (Forbes), October 20, 2006.
• Edward Felker, "Weller refers incident to House," The Daily Journal, October 20, 2006.
• Rhonda Schwartz, "Turmoil in Hastert's Office as Key Staff Testifies," The Blotter' Blog/ABC News, October 23, 2006.
• Larry Margasak, "Hastert top aide testifies about Foley," Associated Press (Houston Chronicle), October 23, 2006.
• Andrew Taylor, "Hastert Urges Quick Action on Foley," Associated Press (Forbes), October 24, 2006.
• Jonathan Weisman, "Ethics Report on Foley Not Expected Before Elections," Washington Post, October 28, 2006.
• "NBC's Chip Reid: 'The Mark Foley Scandal Investigation Is Going To Widen'...," The Huffington Post, October 29, 2006.

November 2006

• John Aravosis, "Anti-gay Senator, with ties to Mark Foley, to head up Republican party," AMERICAblog, November 13, 2006. re Mel Martinez and Republican National Committee
• "Florida Investigating Foley Over Computer Messages," Associated Press (via Washington Post), November 16, 2006.

January 2007

• Klaus Marre, "House approves reform of Page Board," The Hill, January 17, 2007.
• Dan Eggen, "FBI Faulted in Foley Investigation, Report Finds," Washington Post, January 22, 2007.
• Stephanie Lambidakis, "Probe Faults FBI In Foley Investigation. Justice Department Report Says Bureau Mishandled Receipt Of Ex-Congressman's Improper E-mails," CBS News, January 22, 2007.
• Neil Roland, "FBI Should Have Pursued Foley E-Mails, Report Says (Update1)," Bloomberg, January 22, 2007.
• "Justice Department Report Faults FBI's Handling of Foley Case," FOX News, January 22, 2007.
• Justin Rood, "Justice IG: The FBI Lies When It Cries," TPMmuckraker, January 22, 2007.