Justice report faults FBI on Foley

Justice report faults FBI on Foley, says agents should have done more
By Brian E. Crowley

Palm Beach Post Political Editor
Tuesday, January 23, 2007

The Justice Department on Monday released a report criticizing the FBI for failing to take action to ensure the safety of congressional pages after receiving copies of e-mails sent by former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley.

In the 31-page report, Inspector General Glenn Fine said that although the failure to begin a formal investigation was "not misconduct," agents had enough information to "have raised enough concerns to warrant some action."

Fine also found that the FBI misled reporters by saying the e-mails they received were incomplete, with much of the writing blotted out. That was not true, Fine said.
The messages examined by Fine were not the sexually explicit e-mails that led to Foley's resignation from Congress.

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Meanwhile, both the FBI and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement are continuing their investigations into Foley and his conduct with congressional pages.
"We still have an active, open investigation, so there is no change on our part at this time," FDLE spokeswoman Kristen Perezluha said. "What we are doing is on the state level. We have been assisting the FBI in their investigation, but the FDLE investigation is separate."

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2007/01/23/m1a_foley_0123.html


There is much more at the article.