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To: longnshort who wrote (12273)	10/4/2006 6:10:35 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Respond to of 14758

lol, keep trying "Hastert, through his spokesman, has flatly denied [Tom Reynolds' chief of staff Kirk] Fordham's accusations: "That never happened." But Fordham's sticking by it, saying "Rather than trying to shift the blame on me, those who are employed by these House Leaders should acknowledge what they know about their action or inaction in response to the information they knew about Mr. Foley prior to 2005." Update: Fordham's starting to name names, too. "Fordham. . . said that as far back as 2003, Hastert chief of staff Scott Palmer had been told that Foley was too friendly with pages," ABC reports. "According to Fordham, Palmer spoke to Foley about the matter." The network says it could not reach Palmer for comment. A senior congressional aide [Kirk Fordham] said Wednesday that he alerted the House Speaker Dennis Hastert's office in 2004 about worrisome conduct by former Rep. Mark Foley with teenage pages -- the earliest known alert to the GOP leadership. "Human Events, a conservative national weekly, will call on House Republicans to elect new leaders in an edition that goes to press tomorrow, said Tom Winter, the editor-in-chief. We think the Republicans need new leaders, and I don't think Hastert will be there much longer,'' Winter said. ``I think he has to do this for the team, he has to step down."

To: longnshort who wrote (12273)	10/4/2006 6:52:19 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

Kirk Fordham, former senior aide to ex-Rep. Mark Foley and Rep. Tom Reynolds: "Having stepped down as Mr. Reynolds chief of staff, I have no reason to state anything other than the facts. I have no Congressman and no office to protect. I intend to fully cooperate with any and every investigation of Mr. Foley's conduct. At the same time, I will fully disclose to the FBI and the House Ethics Committee any and all meetings and phone calls I had with senior staffers in the House Leadership about any of Foley's inappropriate activities. The fact is, even prior to the existence of the Foley email exchanges I had more than one conversation with senior staff at the highest levels of the House of Representatives asking them to intervene when I was informed of Mr. Foley's inappropriate behavior. One of these staffers is still employed by a Senior House Republican Leader. Rather than trying to shift the blame on me, those who are employed by these House Leaders should acknowledge what they know about their action or inaction in response to the information they knew about Mr. Foley prior to 2005."