>>>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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>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.

No, I don't think so. I see the age of consent as 16, and a 4-year buffer for acts involving children under 16. IOW, 12 and 15 isn't a crime, but 12 and 17 is.

http://moraloutrage.net/staticpages/index.php?page=Washingtondc

Tamar