So the libs had these IM's for that long and did nothing?
I know I read on here somewhere today that the IM's came before the Emails. I don't think I ever saw an exact date, but I was shocked to learned that the IM were dated first.
WOODFACE on with Mike Malice .. CBS .. just said American forces are getting attacks an hour. I just don't believe this.
First, if your rumor that the pages receiving the IM's is true, pages from 2001/2002 are the ones getting the IM's, well this brings up a plethora of possibilities.
Now I'd like to believe that Hastert and the Repubs tried to deal with Foley in the gentlest way possible. But the margin in the House and Senate is awfully close. It could be that keeping that margin was so important that Repubs looked the other way.
Second, I heard that the IM's came from a hotel room where Foley was staying. Which means he had a laptap of some kind and he had to have an Internet provider.
If I send IM's to someone I don't know how they could trace it to me UNLESS my ISP provided it.
Now I know they could take Foley's computer and perhaps find trace of these IM's. But could they do that without some sort of subpoena? Surely Foley could deny that some fly-by-night Instant Messenger with a lot of XXX's in the user name was him.
Best I can figure now, the kid saved the IM's and somehow, somebody managed to find out just WHO sent them. I figure the ISP provided that, somehow and some way. For sure Foley didn't confess and indeed, up until the IM's were revealed his office was all cute and stating the emails were innocent.
SOMEHOW the Foley people found out he was busted and he resigned. He wouldn't have done that without knowing he was identified positively and with no doubt.
I hope they got a court order to wire-tap Foley's IM system, the way they want to protect Al Queda. The timing is obvious. They released them after the deadline for the Republicans to get anther candidate on the ballot. We should invoke the Torricelli Gambit.