>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).

I was just cynical. Any misdeed of the current nomenklatura is explained away by national security reasons, so who knows how far may they take it. They've obviously decided to let this guy down the water. Amazingly, alcohol rehab seems to be the preferred method of punishment.