"No one in the Republican leadership, nor Congressman Shimkus, saw those messages until last Friday when ABC News released them to the public," said Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-IL).
Apparently Foley isn't the only pervert they've been keeping an eye on: "A former senior Republican official in Congress says Foley was one of a handful of members and staff whose behavior with pages was being closely watched."
So who else has been contacting the pages?
Andrew Sullivan says it best: "There is a very sick irony in the possibility that of all the issues that this Congress deserves rebuking on, they may end up being most damaged by coddling and protecting a sexually predatory creep."
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