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10-05-2006, 03:03 PM
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10-05-2006, 03:21 PM
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10-05-2006, 03:54 PM
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She was either going to be a superstar or a nobody... there was no in-between for her....
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10-05-2006, 03:55 PM
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10-05-2006, 11:34 PM
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Istook aide may be victim in page scandal
By Chris Casteel, Nolan Clay and Michael McNutt
Copyright 2006, The Oklahoman A former U.S. House page working on the gubernatorial campaign of Republican Rep. Ernest Istook may be a part of the scandal involving former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, The Oklahoman has learned. The former page, a Californian named Jordan Edmund, 21, on Wednesday hired Enid attorney Stephen Jones to represent him, the attorney confirmed. Jones would not say exactly why he was hired, but did say, “I understand the FBI and the House Ethics committee have an interest in the matter ... the allegations concerning Congressman Foley which have surfaced.” Foley, a Republican from Florida, resigned abruptly Friday after it was learned he exchanged sexually explicit e-mails with former pages. The FBI is investigating. Istook has been unavailable for comment Thursday. The congressman was scheduled to be working out of his campaign office in downtown Oklahoma City today, but hasn't been there yet. Campaign officials refused to say where Istook is. Istook’s campaign manager, Chip Englander, who also is from California, declined comment Wednesday to an Oklahoman reporter. However, Englander gave The Oklahoman a statement that was attributed to Istook. The statement says: “The sad and sick behavior of Mark Foley was a total surprise to me when it was revealed. Law enforcement is doing its job, and I support that effort. Now we should all support and protect the victims, and they should not be hounded by the press. “It was a complete surprise to learn this morning that one victim may be someone I know. Each one of the victims deserves their privacy. To every reporter I request, please have the decency to avoid making things worse for the victims, and just leave them alone. This happened years ago when the victims were minors.” Reached at his home, Istook referred to the prepared statement. Edmund’s name surfaced on Internet blogs that linked him to the instant message address used in communications with Foley. One blogger got the instant message address from the Web site of ABC News, which has obtained the instant messages sent between Foley and a former page. In the sequence of messages identified by the blogger, Foley tells the person to “strip down and get relaxed.” It is not clear whether Foley’s other instant messages, including one in which he apparently conducted “instant message” sex with a person, were all to the same person. Asked why Edmund needed an attorney, Jones said, “You read the blogs. You know why he needs an attorney.” Jones, who represented Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh in his murder trial in Denver, confirmed Edmund was a U.S. House page. “I’ve been retained in the last several hours,” Jones said. “I’m still reviewing matters.” Jones said the two met Wednesday in Oklahoma City. Edmund had an Internet page on the popular MySpace Web site. On that Web page, he identified himself as being 21 years old and said he had been attending college at the University of California, Berkeley. He also identified himself as a House page from September 2001 to June 2002. He would have been 16 and 17 then. He said he was going to Oklahoma to be deputy campaign manager for Istook’s gubernatorial effort, according to the Web site. Edmund registered to vote in Oklahoma in March, records show. The House Ethics Committee is scheduled to hold a closed-door meeting this morning about the Foley matter. Rep. Tom Cole, R-Moore, one of the 10 members of the committee, flew back to Washington on Wednesday for what he called an “emergency meeting.” He said the committee today would not hear from witnesses but would set the parameters of the investigation. Cole said the investigation would not focus on Foley because his resignation put him beyond the committee’s jurisdiction. Without making specific references to any House leaders, Cole made it clear that the committee will be interested in how knowledge of Foley’s contacts with a former Louisiana page were handled in the House. “We want to know who knew what and when, and what was done about it,” Cole said. Conflicting stories have been told by top Republican leaders and their staff members about what kind of information they had about Foley’s contacts with former pages and how they acted on that information. Cole said, “I would expect that anybody whose name has been mentioned (in connection with the matter) should expect the opportunity to testify before the ethics committee. “If they refuse to accept the opportunity to testify, they should expect to receive a subpoena.” Cole said he planned to argue for an investigation broad enough to determine whether any one else connected with the House has acted inappropriately toward pages. Cole said he expected the ethics committee, which normally operates in complete secrecy, to “be more forthcoming and more transparent than we usually are.” “I want to get to the bottom of this,” Cole said. “I take this deadly seriously. “First and foremost, I’m worried about the safety of the kids and the obligation we owe them and their parents.” ------------------------------------------ Blogger credited in discovering identity William Kerr knew he was on to the biggest story of his life. But he didn’t know it was in his own back yard. Kerr, of Moore, is the author of the blog Passionate America, which is being credited with discovering the identity of the former House page who may have exchanged inappropriate instant messages with former Rep. Mark Foley, and that the former page now works for Oklahoma gubernatorial candidate Ernest Istook. Kerr said he received e-mails and phone calls from national media outlets Wednesday, including the tabloid television program Inside Edition and Internet pundit Matt Drudge. “I started thinking, ‘I’m not big enough to put this story out,’” Kerr said. “In the four days that we really worked on this, we just said to each other, ‘Do you know how big this is?’” Kerr said he stumbled onto the former page’s AOL screen name when looking at transcripts of the instant messages on ABC’s Web site Saturday. He said he typed a slightly-different Web address into his browser and found a version of the transcript with the screen name. Kerr and another blogger spent several days researching on the Internet. They had determined the page’s identity and were about to publish it when they found out he worked for Istook. Kerr said he accidentally posted the story before he intended. Although he removed the post, the information already had spread. He tried to verify the former page’s identity through Istook’s campaign office, but was turned away. Last edited by estranged4life; 10-05-2006 at 11:57 PM..
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10-05-2006, 11:57 PM
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10-06-2006, 02:35 AM
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10-06-2006, 07:48 AM
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Brian "Pizza Hut=Food Poisoning" j.
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10-06-2006, 07:50 AM
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10-06-2006, 07:52 AM
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However, I'm surprised it was Pizza Hut, is there anything natural in their food?  Mmm, but it's so good.
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10-06-2006, 07:53 AM
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