Congratulations on a great investigative story. Keep up the good work.The House Speakers lack of leadership on this issue demands that he resign.

I read one of the email messages from Foley and have to wonder...did he want to get caught? Afterall, he was intimately involved in exploited children. Did he believe himself to be above the law?

Is there still a law that makes it mandatory to report SUSPECTED child abuse to authorities and to a Federal Register within 24 hours?

If so will FBI also investigate this?

Congress is just as bad as the Catholic Church in covering for sexual deviates. When will this country take action?

Justice will be done.

Serves him right. He thought he was above the law because he wrote it. What sick people.

I read the e-mails to the boy and they are absolutely Disgusting !

And to think ... Mark Folley said he was protecting kids from predators > shaking head < I am sure more boyswill be coming forward and telling the truth ~

They better also investigate who knew about this guy's predatory pedophlic behavior, when they knew it, and what they did about it.

Anybody who even had an inkling of what this guy was, should resign immediately for the good of not only congress and the pages, but our nation.

By now the GOP gave the pervert plenty of time to erase his hard drive.

Our federal government is so incredibly corrupt, it is essential that a viable third party completely displace the Republicrat monopoly party that is destroying America.

I am heartened that our FBI is going to investigate the allegations that one of our members of the House of Representatives did something wrong. I am sure that the FBI will come to its usual conclusion.

What bothers me is that other crimes by members of the House of Representatives are not investigated by the FBI. But what do I know?

Let's msee if there's any precendent for obstructing justice or being charged as an acessory for all the lawmakers who knew just not about the emails, but about the content, which was illegal?

Where was this guy educated that he would be so dumb and naive to do this kind of thing which is so well recorded and available for the public to observe.

Yet another reason, as if one was needed, for term limits and why Congress rates lower than dirt in opinion polls. How does something this blantant go without consequences for so long? At least he has resigned quickly, but he should have back when he was first detected in 2002.

Brian: on a radio show the other day they said that there were no good investigative reporters out there any longer...
Obviously they overlooked YOU.
Keep up the great work and THANKS

A year later, they decide to investigate? Perversion is apparently allowed as long as it is Republican perversion. Makes one long for the days of Monica Lewinsky. At least that was a "normal" relationship.

This is maybe one of he worst things I have ever heard of in the House. I know that the House will do what is right becuse I feel they know the public is counting on them to do the right thing. What a shame. My heart is hurting!

Anthony D., Tampa

Oh, to be hoisted with ones own petard!

Well, I think an investigation is not warranted. Explicit instant messages should be protected under the First Amendment. Otherwise, half of the population would be in prison.

Why is that the people who rail the most against things such as this somehow always seem to be involved in the very behavior they so vehemently oppose?