Answers to Questions

It appears that a Human Rights Campaign staffer was the primary driver of the Mark Foley scandal, something they admitted to yesterday:

I have repeatedly highlighted the HRC’s involvement in the Foley affair from the start. Many of you dismissed it. But the HRC has finally admitted it.

So my questions now are the following:

--When did the HRC employee come into possession of the Mark Foley emails?
--Why did he hold them until October, instead of going to the proper authorities immediately if he truly wanted to expose a potential sex predator?
--What did the officials at HRC know about the Foley matter before today?
--Who is this former HRC employee? What connections might he have with the two-year old outing campaign targeting gay Congressional staff?
--Were other HRC employees involved in this conspiracy?
--Does this former HRC employee have any connections to Democrat Party officials?

Finally, it is worth noting that one of the central figures in the Foley affair is also a Board of Directors member of the Human Rights Campaign — Jeff Trandahl, the former Clerk of the House.

I think the HRC needs to come clean and fully explain to those of you who give them money exactly what the hell they are up to. This entire matter has put every gay American into a bad light by equating child predators with being gay. The HRC has a responsibility to tell us what they know and when they knew it. They are now directly responsible for the anti-gay atmosphere that has emerged from the scandal that one of their own employees helped launch.

HRC of course is devoted to the advocacy of gay/lesbian rights. Upon first glance, it would seem a tie to the Foley effort is somewhat self-defeating.