The protector is gone.
The chief of staff for Republican Congressman Tom Reynolds, Kirk Fordham,
resigned after questions were raised about his role in the handling of the
congressional page scandal, according to Republican sources on Capitol Hill.Those sources said Fordham, a former chief of staff for Congressman Mark
Foley, had urged Republican leaders last spring not to raise questionable
Foley e-mails with the full Congressional Page Board, made up of two Republicans
and a Democrat.“He begged them not to tell the page board,” said one of the Republican
sources.People familiar with Fordham's side of the story, however, said Fordham was
being used as a scapegoat by Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.They said Fordham had repeatedly warned Hastert's staff about Foley's “problem”
with pages, but little was done. …
Check out Glenn
Greenwald's post yesterday.
I'm still interested in Boehner.
drip… drip… drip…
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