Office of the Inspector General’s Mark Foley Report

The FBI has released their internal report on their handling of the Mark Foley emails given to them by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

Melanie Sloan contacted the FBI on July, 21 and 23 of 2006. She said the FBI agaent she talked to did not ask any follow up questions. His main concern was if the emails were between Foley and the Louisiana page.

And this is the one about send him a pic:

“how are you weathering the hurricane…are you safe….send
me an email pic of you as well…”

Sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick. .

The page emailed a a female House staffer and asked him to inform Rep. Rodney Alexander about the email. He then confided his feelings about the Foley email.

“I still haven’t emailed him back, and I don’t think I will for a while, if ever. What do you think about it all?”

The Public Corruption Squad's reason for not investigating was that it didn't fall under corruption. Even though the The Public Corruption SSA told the OIG that he thought Foley was a freak. They couldn't it wan't a matter for their office.

Then we get the bureaucratic shuffle.

The Crimes Against Children Squad had their turn. The SSA concluded it "was clear to me that there was no criminal violation."

Next it was the Cyber Crimes Squad. They agreed that the Foley email was not criminal. The woman heading the unit made that decision of the lack of profane language or sexual discussion in the emails. She said, "... not the job of the FBI.
This is a parental job."

[The Cyber Crimes SSA] reviewed the emails and discussed the content with [the Crimes Against Children SSA]. Based on the emails, [the Cyber Crimes SSA] and [the Crimes Against Children SSA] agreed there was no evidence of criminal wrongdoing.[The Cyber Crimes SSA] made this determination based on the content of the emails, her experience in IINI [Innocent Images National Initiative] matters, and her legal background.7 Specifically, for the following reasons:

1. The emails were not sexually explicit.
2. The emails did not discuss illegal or legal sexual activity.
3. The emails did not contain language inducing or enticing an individual, regardless of age, to engage in sexual activity. In fact, the emails contained no language of persuasion or enticement to engage in any type of activity, criminal or otherwise.
4. The emails contained no discussion of any past crime or
potential future crime. No criminal acts were discussed.
5. Emailing a minor is not a crime.
6. Based on the facts provided, there was no reasonable
suspicion any criminal activity had taken place. Thus, the
FBI was not warranted in conducting further investigation and
there was no basis to conduct an investigation, especially in
light of the fact Ms. Sloan, CREW, refused to provide the
identity of her source.
7. The age of consent in the District of Columbia is 16.

There is a clear indication that the FBI is trying to cover up their fuck ups. One FBI official told the Washington Post that CREW had the emails since April. Crew received the emails in July and immediately contacted the FBI.

Finally, several news stories reported the inaccurate statement that CREW had the e-mails since April. We do not know who may have supplied the media with this inaccurate information.

Short answer: no one is held accountable. The FBI did not bother to have follow up interviews with CREW or notify the page program. There is a saying in the FBI. "Less cases less concerns."