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[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Paper: 8 Men Claim Encounters With Craig

23 hours ago

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Eight men say they either had *** with Sen. Larry Craig or were targets of ****** advances by the Idaho lawmaker at various times during his political career, a newspaper reported.

One of the men is the former escort whose allegations disgraced the Rev. Ted Haggard, former president of the National Association of Evangelicals, the Idaho Statesman reported Sunday.

The newspaper identified four men and reported details of the encounters they say involved Craig. It also reported the accounts of four other men who did not agree to be identified but who described ****** advances or encounters involving the conservative Republican, who opposes same-*** marriage and has a strong record against gay rights.

Craig pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after being accused by an undercover officer of soliciting *** at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport and later called a news conference to deny that he is gay.

The newspaper acknowledged that its report was not based on definitive evidence but said it also found no evidence to disprove the accounts of the four identified men. It said it reviewed the senator's travel records, which put him where the *** is alleged to have taken place, and did background checks on those making the allegations.

Craig and members of his staff declined to comment to the newspaper.

But in a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press on Sunday, the senator said the newspaper's report was "completely false" and he accused the paper of careless journalism.

"It is unfortunate that the Idaho Statesman has chosen to continue to lower itself to the standards of what can best be described as tabloid journalism," Craig said in the statement.

"Despite the fact the Idaho Statesman has decided to pursue its own agenda and print these falsehoods without any facts to back them up, I won't let this paper's attempt to malign my name stop me from continuing my work to serve the people of Idaho."

The report is the Statesman's latest on allegations about Craig's ****** background since his June arrest in an airport men's room *** sting operation was reported in late August.

Statesman Editor Vicki Gowler said the newspaper spent several months checking the backgrounds and details of the men's stories.

"We believe it's important for you to know what we've learned and to hear the men's own words," Gowler said.

Two of the identified men and one of the unidentified men told the newspaper they had *** with Craig.

One of the men identified in the report, Mike Jones, 50, described as a former male escort, was the focus of the *** scandal involving Haggard, the disgraced leader of Colorado's New Life Church.

Jones said Craig paid him $200 for *** in late 2004 or early 2005. The encounter took place at a studio apartment in downtown Denver, Jones said.

Jones told the Statesman that he did not recognize Craig until his arrest made the news. The newspaper reported that Jones went on the record after Craig appeared in a television news report in August to address the arrest and his future in politics.

Jones has written a book about his experience with Haggard and acknowledged to the Statesman that his allegation about Craig might help sales. A message left for Jones by The Associated Press through his publisher Sunday evening was not immediately returned.

Current phone numbers could not be found for the three other men identified in the Statesman's report.

Amid pressure from top GOP leaders in Washington, Craig announced his intent to resign from the Senate. He later changed his mind, deciding to finish out his term, which expires in January 2009. He is also appealing in Minnesota courts to have his guilty plea overturned.

The undercover police officer who arrested Craig said the senator moved his foot next to the officer's foot and tapped it in a way that indicated he wanted ***. He also alleged the senator sent a signal by swiping his hand under the divider between men's room stalls.

Craig has said the officer misconstrued those motions.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hnzMHYGd-aXQbgughBA40pWNvlxQD8T9UU2O0

If you see this man in a public restroom, I suggest, instead of going, you RUN!

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 — A new assessment by American intelligence agencies released Monday concludes that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the program remains frozen, contradicting a judgment two years ago that Tehran was working relentlessly toward building a nuclear bomb.

The conclusions of the new assessment are likely to reshape the final year of the Bush administration, which has made halting Iran’s nuclear program a cornerstone of its foreign policy.

The assessment, a National Intelligence Estimate that represents the consensus view of all 16 American spy agencies, states that Tehran is likely to keep its options open with respect to building a weapon, but that intelligence agencies “do not know whether it currently intends to develop nuclear weapons.”

Iran is continuing to produce enriched uranium, a program that the Tehran government has said is intended for civilian purposes. The new estimate says that the enrichment program could still provide Iran with enough raw material to produce a nuclear weapon sometime by the middle of next decade, a timetable essentially unchanged from previous estimates.

But the new report essentially disavows a judgment that the intelligence agencies issued in 2005, which concluded that Iran had an active secret arms program intended to transform the raw material into a nuclear weapon. The new estimate declares instead with “high confidence” that the military-run program was shut in 2003, and it concludes with “moderate confidence” that the program remains frozen. The report judges that the halt was imposed by Iran “primarily in response to increasing international scrutiny and pressure.”

It was not clear what prompted the reversal. Administration officials said the new estimate reflected conclusions that the intelligence agencies had agreed on only in the past several weeks. The report’s agnosticism about Iran’s nuclear intentions represents a very different tone than had been struck by President Bush, and by Vice President Dick Cheney, who warned in a speech in October that if Iran “stays on its present course, the international community is prepared to impose serious consequences.”

Conclusion of the article can be read here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/world/middleeast/04intel.html?em&ex=1196917200&en=78e2a27e95427807&ei=5087%0A

 

[Rmsanger 10+ year member]

I'm not an expert on the nuclear bomb process but they have been enriching Uranium for the last decade. Now maybe this is for power consumption but how can we prove what is weapons grade uranium and what is needed for a nuclear reactor. It also is no secret that the Russians have given them guidance from their science community on the process and we all know that Russia has the largest nuclear arsenal in the world.

So I guess in the long-term view this does nothing to change our position; except, to slow GW's *** down from going into another war. I will thank god when his administration is over!

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

http://games.toast.net/independence/page1.asp

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Your Score is 21

Very, Very close! A little refresher course and you'll pass..

 

[~Magick_Man~ 10+ year member]

I got 17 out of 30 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

~Magick_Man~

 

[jdc753 10+ year member]

Your Score is 22

Very, Very close! A little refresher course and you'll pass.

 

[hott-nix 10+ year member]

i got 22 and i'm canadian //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

i had no clue about some of it, like the # of amendments to the constitution or the first vice pres.

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

Your Score is 20

Very, Very close! A little refresher course and you'll pass.

 

[04_edge 10+ year member]

17/30

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

i also fukked up answering one question, i know senators have no term limits but i read the question too fast and answered as if it was asking how long is a senators term..

 

[jdc753 10+ year member]

i got 22 and i'm canadian //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif

Shaddup canada boy lol. Way things are goin won't be long before I'm your neighbor lol. Either that or moving down to Mexico and seeing how long I last "maintaining my heritage"

Yea the amendment stuff is what got me, like when the last amendment was passed, how many there area oh and which president was born in Texas. Bout 8 years ago I probably would have gotten all of it, but seems like I got a slow leak in the back of my head somewhere.