>I cannot fathom any way (including national security reasons) for allowing that behavior. In fact, won't it put him on the national sexual offenders listing? Afterall, a youngster under the age of 18 was involved in the messages (according to what I heard on the radio).
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It appears that the age of consent in DC is 16, so the issue here is abuse of power, not the age of the pages.

Tamar