Did Party Affiliation Have Anything to do With Revelations in Foley Scandal?

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The Washington Post acknowledged today that one of its sources for sexually charged computer messages from former Florida Congressman Mark Foley was a former page who supports the Democratic party. The Post writes that its source — and the former page who talked to ABC News — might not have come forward had democratic operatives not divulged less sordid e-mails upon which the original stories were based. The Post also reports Democratic sources spent months circulating those less explicit messages from Foley before they became public almost two weeks ago.

Also today a reporter for Harper's magazine — a left-learning publication — said a Democratic operative provided him with some of Foley's e-mails back in May. Both publications say many news organizations declined to go public with the Foley e-mails for months — until ABC News did so on its Web site, which triggered the release of the explicit computer messages that caused Foley to resign in disgrace.