Mark Foley is on the hot seat because investigators want a peek at the former
congressman's computer. Under Florida law, the age of consent is 18, and some of
Foley's ham-handed, lurid online IM pickup lines to pages would be considered a
crime if the intent was to seduce the minor. The problem is that neither Foley
nor the House will allow access to the computers. (CF News):
I would think that they could track down the receivers of those messages and get the information from that end. If they don't know who the receivers are, how do they know if they are under age or not. While I am talking about the subject of age, it seems like a big job - to be in the capital, working in the government, when you aren't even an adult yet. It seems to lend itself to all manner of troubles.
As far as a solution to this. I presume that the issue is about congressional information in the computer that they would not want to share with law enforcement (part of the executive branch) - perhaps a congressional body could be put together to search the computer and hand over any relevant information.
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