Although the press has obscured the fact, the Foley scandal rests on two incriminating cyber-trails. The first is a series of emails which, though not terribly salacious, indicated the congressman's unhealthy interests. The second was the log of an earlier Instant Message conversation from 2003 -- a steamy chat which dived head-first (so to speak) into X-rated territory. As I understand it, the IM dialogue and the emails were with different young males.
ABC News received the IMs after first airing a story about the emails. Where did the IM log come from? How did ABC obtain the text?
ABC News implied -- but did not explictly state -- that they acquired the chat log from the unnamed young man who, back in 2003, had been the object of Foley's attention. I question this scenario.
Even if that young fellow is happily "out" and secure in his sexuality, would he really want to take the chance of his identity becoming known, as tends to happen in these cases? (The Freepers discovered the identity of the youth who received the emails.) Who in his right mind would want to become the new Monica Lewinski?
I don't mind speculation as long as it comes clearly identified as such, and as long as we are willing to put our theories into rewrite as new data arrives. So let us speculate as to who might have placed that log in the hands of ABC News. Who, aside from Foley and the object of his attentions, could possibly have made a record of that chat?
Let us consider an historical parallel. Remember those humiliating clandestine tape recordings of Prince Charles and Princess Diana? When those private telephone conversations dropped into the British media, few asked about their origins. The tapes simply appeared, like Aphrodite springing forth from the head of Zeus. Some believe that MI5 or 6 made the recordings, which they released to the press for reasons best known to themselves.
For years, I've discussed a "war" between the current administration and one faction of our intelligence services. Many in the CIA despise Bush, and top military leaders have turned against him. This White House has weathered leaks that would have destroyed previous presidencies, because nothing can touch Bush as long as Congress remains controlled by programmed party bots. The only way to stop W is to change Congress.
I think I need say no more.
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My question is, how did ABC verify authenticity on the logs so quickly? Is it easy to do with IM? And how did they establish that Maf was really Foley? You'd think they'd be awfully wary of getting Ratherized.
I also considered the same question yesterday (Friday) when I read of Foley's resignation. Your speculation is certainly plausible, Joe. However, my thought was that perhaps a Democratic Party operative had knowledge of it and timed the disclosure to coincide with a time just before the election when selecting and putting on the ballot the name of a replacement candidate is no longer possible. However, I believe my speculation depends on both the original disclosure of Congressional Page A and the secondary disclosure about Page B being connected through the same unknown source.
There would certainly be political motivation for such a disclosure, and I suspect that the GOP have been involved in these kinds of intrigues against Democrats much more aggressively and more often.
See, I also believe that the untimely deaths of Mel Carnahan before the 2000 election (John Ashcroft's opponent); of Sen. Paul Wellstone and Rep. Patsy Mink in 2002; and Rep. Robert Matsui in 2004 -- were possibly political assassinations to support the GOP.
All of these deaths, except Matsui's, occurred just days before their respective elections and forced the Democratic Party to scramble to get a replacement candidate on the ballot or lose by default. I know personally living in Hawaii that there was a window of just a matter of hours or a couple days in the case of Mink. Matsui's death actually occurred a few weeks after his re-election. However, Matsui was reportedly expert in the Social Security System and a very strong advocate, and just a few weeks after Matsui's death, Bush rolled out his infamous SSS "reform" program.
My suspicions about the cause of death for Carnahan, Wellstone, and Mink are admittedly speculative and based mostly on the circumstantial evidence of the extraordinary timing of their deaths and the fact that a pattern seems to have emerged with multiple coincidences just at election time. However, in the case of Matsui, I have kin in the journalism field with CIA sources who was tipped off that Matsui died of "Yassar Arafat" disease -- meaning an assassination using a biological or chemical agent. Both Matusi and Arafat died within a few weeks of each other from apparently some rare blood disease. The precise nature of Arafat's blood disease was never conclusively determined officially, although Matsui's was. However, my second-hand, family source says it was actually benzene poisoning. If properly applied, benzene supposedly can create such an appearance without leaving a trace of the true cause, according to my source.
I am naturally concerned whether there will be another Democrat up for election or re-election in 2006 who will die suddenly just days for weeks before this election. I hope readers remember this prognostication if such an unfortunate event happens, and don't write it off as just another "untimely coincidence."
Funny you should mention intelligence war. We are on the same wavelength. Joseph, haven't you mentioned theories that Woodward was part of the intelligence establishment that had a stake in Nixon's downfall? I think that theory was floated in one of Hougan's books back in the late 70's early 80's. Or SOMEONE floated that theory in a book I ready SOMETIME. It's hell being old. Anyway, I find it interesting that no one I've read in Blogistan has picked up on the fact that Woodward, whom I ranked in the top 10 in the Bush Sycophants In Chief List, has seemingly "turned" on his former master with his latest book. I think that is truly one of the most significant events this past year if one is a between the line reader. Something is in the wind.
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