>>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.
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>Tamar


I think you'll find that the age of consent at 16 only applies if the perpetrator is less than 4 years older than the consentee and not in a postiion of power or authority over the consentee.