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To: pompsander who wrote (766519)	12/2/2007 12:43:43 PM
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Newspaper: Four men claim they had sexual encounters with Craig THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER seattlepi.nwsource.com Last updated December 2, 2007 9:23 a.m. PT BOISE, Idaho -- Four men say they either had sex with Sen. Larry Craig or were the target of a sexual advance by the Idaho Republican at various times during his political career, the Idaho Statesman reported Sunday. The newspaper identified all four men and reported details of the encounters they say involved Craig. It also reported the accounts of four other men who declined to be identified in the story, but described various sexual advances or encounters with the conservative Republican. The newspaper acknowledged that the story was not based on any definitive evidence, instead relying on "he said, he said" accounts. An investigation, including a review of travel and property records and background checks, found no evidence to disprove the accounts of the four identified men, the newspaper reported. Craig and members of his staff declined to comment in the report. Craig spokesman Dan Whiting did not immediately return telephone messages left Sunday by The Associated Press. The story is the Statesman's latest on Craig's sexual background after his June arrest in an airport men's room sex sting operation was reported in late August. Craig, 62, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after being accused by an undercover officer of soliciting sex in a bathroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport. Shortly after news of his guilty plea surfaced, Craig denied he was gay in a press conference in Boise, and days later, amid pressure from top GOP leaders in Washington D.C., announced his intent to resign from the Senate. But Craig later changed his mind, deciding instead he could still be an effective lawmaker and to finish out his term, which expires in January 2009. He is also arguing in Minnesota courts to have his guilty plea overturned. Statesman Editor Vicki Gowler said the newspaper spent several months checking the backgrounds and details of the men's stories. "We believe it's important for you to know what we've learned and to hear the men's own words," Gowler said. The men identified in the report are: David Phillips, 42, of Washington, D.C.; Mike Jones, 50, Denver; Greg Ruth, 50, of Washington D.C., and Tom Russell, 48, Utah. Jones, described as a former male escort, was the focus of the sex scandal involving Rev. Ted Haggard, the disgraced leader of the Colorado Springs-based New Life Church and former president of the National Association of Evangelicals.