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Who knows if Craig is guilty or not here, but the question that keeps bugging me is; in most airports, to get past first security to even get to gate areas, you are required to have a valid airline ticket, how is it that the “regular” frequent rest room queer hustlers are able to get past security and just hang out for lengths of time trying to hustle passengers?

On a talk show the other day, a similar undercover cop called in and said the cop that busted Craig did it wrong in that its procedure for a clean conviction to have some more overt act or verbal solicitation rather than some “signals”.

Putting tinfoil hat on, could there be some possibility, considering the Idaho newspapers research on Craig, that he was specifically entrapped for political reasons? It wouldn’t be too difficult to determine his travel, especially considering he often changes planes in Mn-StP, more than likely same gates, same restroom. Anyone who thinks the Dims are not as devious as the old KGB will wake up one day and find what we knew as America and freedom gone.

I suspect Graig plead because he knew he was being researched by that Idaho newspaper for many months and pretty well knew the jig was up with the airport situation no matter guilty or not guilty and tried to get all over with as fast as possible hoping it would just fad away. Might be very interesting to see some background on the cop.

.....possibility, considering the Idaho newspapers research on Craig, that he was specifically entrapped for political reasons?

Of course he was trapped. But like all good trappers, Craig's enemies knew their quarry, its habits, exactly where to put the trap, how to bait it, and definitely how to spring it.

Craig is as gay as Christmas in Guatemala. (See redoutable freeper, Congressman Billybob) That's been known far and wide for a long time. They got him good. Maybe, like any reputable prep school, the GOP ought to have its own "Queer Patrol." No use letting the opposition party have all the fun.

Senator Craig probably made a very bad judgment that if he pled guilty to a disorderly conduct misdemeanor, the whole thing could go away with no publicity. I've been involved in legal matters for employers and clients, and it is very true that once lawyers get involved, the thing takes on a life of its own. That may have been his thought process. As far as the police officer, I wonder if being a decoy for blatant homosexual misdemeanors gets assigned to the guys at the top of the performance list, or to the guys who the department doesn't trust with anything important.

This police officer seems to have charged everything he could, and got a guilty plea on one. I'll bet it's like a little star on the officer's record, just like hitting a quota on traffic tickets.

could there be some possibility, considering the Idaho newspapers research on Craig, that he was specifically entrapped for political reasons? It wouldn’t be too difficult to determine his travel, especially considering he often changes planes in Mn-StP, more than likely same gates, same restroom. Anyone who thinks the Dims are not as devious as the old KGB will wake up one day and find what we knew as America and freedom gone.

I heard on a talk show (it might have been Mike McConnell) that the restroom is 1) way out of the way for the gates Craig was using (maybe even in another terminal) and 2) a known homosexual meeting place.

Most stings like this aren't trying to get jail time for gays, their trying to make a reputation that the airport isn't a friendly place for that type of stuff. If you don't know whether the guy you're tapping your toe at is a cop or not, you're less likely to make a public nuisance of yourself.