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The Jawa Report: ABC Trying to Hide Foley Mistake? Changes Text of ‘Blotter’ Entry

This post pointed out that ABC had mislead the public by misstating the age of one of the former pages who was instant messaged by Mark Foley as under 18.

ABC News has changed the copy on their story about the Foley IMs:

ABC News now has obtained 52 separate instant message exchanges, which former pages say were sent by Foley, using the screen name Maf54, to two different boys who began their exchanges with Foley at the age of 16 and 17, and continued through the age of 18.

But the original wording is still in the Google cache:

ABC News now has obtained 52 separate instant message exchanges, which former pages say were sent by Foley, using the screen name Maf54, to two different boys under the age of 18.

And NO Correction is noted on the ABC site.

Fraud on the public?

Now is ABC News covering-up the story?

And by the way, who gave ABC reporter Brian Ross the IM”s?

Update:

Bryan over at Hot Air has Jordan Edmund at 17 rather than 18.  And there is more:

And new information emerges.

House GOP leaders on Tuesday asked for an investigation into an allegation that former Rep. Mark Foley showed up drunk outside the House page dorm near the nation’s capitol, FOX News confirmed.

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Drudge is reporting:

ABC ONLINE GLITCH LEADS TO IDENTITY OF FOLEY ACCUSER

FEATURED IM EXCHANGE WAS WITH 18 YEAR OLD

Wed Oct 04 2006 20:32:06 ET

A posting on ABCNEWS.COM of an unredacted instant message sessions between Rep. Mark Foley and a former congressional page has exposed the identity of the now 21 year-old accuser.

The website PASSIONATE AMERICA detailed the startling exposure late Wednesday.

ABCNEWS said in a statement: “We go to great lengths to prevent the names of alleged sex crime victims from being revealed. On Friday there was a very brief technical glitch on our site which was overridden immediately. It is possible that during that very brief interval a screen name could have been captured. Reviews of the site since then show no unredacted screen names.”

SEX CHAT WAS WITH 18 YEAR OLD

On Tuesday ABC news released a high-impact instant message exchange between full-length and, as ABC explained, a young man “under the age of 18.”

ABC headlined the story: “New Foley Instant Messages; Had Internet Sex While Awaiting House Vote”

But upon reviewing the records, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned, the young man was in fact over the age of 18 at the time of the exchange.

A network source explains exchanges with the young man and disgraced former Congressman Foley took place before and after the 18th birthday.

MORE…

Passionate America has Meet Jordan Edmund One Mark Foley Instant Messanger

Now that that is out of the way I will reveal how I (and a few others) discovered Jordan Edmund was one of the former house pages that participated in sexually explicit instant messages with Rep. Mark Foley. Also I will explain to you why I believe it necessary to reveal Jordan Edmund’s identity. You may not agree with my decision, but I hope to explain my reasoning by the end of this story.

Read it all…….

The question to Brian Ross and ABC News is who gave you the Jordan Edmund’s IM’s and when did they give them to you?

Is Brian Ross doing another “HATCHET JOB” on Speaker Dennis Hastert?

ABC fraud on the public?

Stay tuned……..

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UPDATE

AP: Aide says he reported Foley 3 years ago 

A senior congressional aide said Wednesday he told House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s office about worrisome conduct by Rep. Mark Foley toward teenage pages more than three years ago, long before officials have acknowledged becoming aware of the issue.

Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-N.Y., prepares to speak a fundraiser in Amherst, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006, with first lady Laura Bush (not shown). Reynolds’ top aide, Kirk Fordham, a past aide to former GOP Rep. Mark Foley of Florida, resigned Wednesday amid the uproar over Foley’s Internet exchanges with former teenage pages and Hastert’s handling of the problem.

AP: Aide Says He Reported Foley 2 Years Ago

The Fat Lady has sung for Speaker Dennis Hastert.

Mr. Speaker, resign your Speakership for the good of the Republican Party before you take the entire GOP down with you.

Congressman John Shimkus and Majority Leader John Boehner MUST also resign their leadership positions.

A clean slate…….

Yet, Hastert’s office denies the AP story.

Mr. Speaker RESIGN and end this blood-letting in the media.

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European foreign policy chief Javier Solana speaks at the press conference in the informal EU Defence Ministers meeting in Levi, Finland Tuesday Oct. 3, 2006 .

AP: Negotiator says no progress with Iran

A top European Union negotiator said Wednesday that “endless hours” of talks withIran about its nuclear program have failed to make any progress, while the Iranian president said U.N. sanctions would not stop Tehran from enriching uranium.EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana told the European Parliament that Iran must decide whether it wants to continue negotiations about suspending enrichment as demanded by the U.N. Security Council.

“Today, Iran has made no commitment to suspend,” Solana said. “This dialogue I am maintaining cannot last forever and it is up to Iranians now to decide whether its time has come to end.”

He suggested that if the talks ended, the standoff should be moved to the Security Council.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned the West that sanctions would not stop his government from uranium enrichment.

“You are mistaken if you assume that the Iranian nation will stop for even a moment from the path toward using nuclear energy due to your nagging,” he told supporters, drawing chants of “Death to America!” from a crowd in Hashtgerd, outside the Iranian capital, Tehran.

So, what is new?

The United States and the European Union are perceived as WEAK by Iran and Iran has been “dicking” them around now for months.

End the fruitless negotiations and impose meaningful sanctions against Ahmadinejad and the Iranian Mullahs.

The meaningful UNSC sanctions WON’T happen but at least this CHARADE and manipulation of the Western media cycle by Ahmadinejad will be over.

The United States and Israel must be prepared to ACT before the “Point of No Return” for the Iranian nuclear fuel cycle is complete. The first step – resolve the Iraq War.

Stay tuned…….

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The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.

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In this image reviewed by the U.S. Military, an unidentified detainee is escorted by two military guards at Camp Delta, in this June 25, 2005 file photo, at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.

Patterico has part three of his series on Guantanamo Bay: Stashiu Arrives at GTMO and Describes the Terrorists).

In today’s entry, Stashiu talks about the hunger strikes at GTMO, and the suicide attempts — both successful and unsuccessful. He gives insight into the mental health of the detainees

Read it all…..

Extraordinary care and attention is being given to these enemy combatants – who want to KILL us.

But, does the world community give America credit for humane treatment of these folks?

NOPE

After all, the United States is the Great Satan.

Flap says interrogate them and throw them under the bus…..I could care less about these Islamic extremists.

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Former mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani (R) speaks during a news conference in Singapore September 17, 2006. At left is Mark Advent, chairman of casino operator Eighth Wonder.

WNBC/Marist Poll: National Poll: Campaign 2008

Will America’s mayor become America’s president? Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is one of the top Republican presidential contenders for 2008 and the only leading potential candidate, Democrat or Republican, that a majority of registered voters nationwide would like to see run for president. Many voters also see him as ideologically acceptable although this is fueled by 70% of Republicans who see him as politically about right. But voters divide over whether they think he will, in fact, run for president and many are not optimistic about his chances should he decide to do so.

Question Wording: If the 2008 Republican presidential primary were held today, whom would you support if the candidates are: (asked of Republicans and Republican leaning independents):

October 2006

Rudy Giuliani – 23 %

Condoleezza Rice – 20%

John McCain – 15%

Newt Gingerich – 7%

Mitt Romney – 4%

And the most important poll – the match-up with Hillary Clinton:

Question wording: If the 2008 presidential election were held today, whom would you support if the candidates are:

October 2006 – Registered Voters

Rudy Giuliani – 49%

Hillary Clinton – 42%

Undecided – 9%

The polls have been consistent:

American voters support Rudy Giuliani – both for the GOP nomination and for the presidency.

Rudy has the RIGHT stuff.

Will Giuliani run?

You bet.

It is Rudy’s race to lose.

The nagging question: Will McCain withdraw after early primary losses and accept the Vice Presidency or will there be a brutal primary campaign?

And who will be Rudy’s running mate?

Stay tuned……..

Captain Ed asks a question. 

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