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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Today during an interview on NPR Dan Popkey stated
there have been allegations from as far back as when he was in college, along
with others, one a "credible" witness, but when Craig denied everything they
decided not to run it. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SH</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=msolomon@moscow.com href="mailto:msolomon@moscow.com">Mark
Solomon</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 28, 2007 3:37
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Craig still making
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<DIV><TT>From the lead story section of the NYTimes on-line
edition.</TT></DIV>
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<DIV><TT><FONT color=#000000>Idaho Senator Says He Did Nothing
Wrong</FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT color=#000000></FONT></TT></DIV>
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<DIV><TT><FONT color=#000000>By DAVID STOUT and CARL HULSE<BR>Published:
August 28, 2007</FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT color=#000000></FONT></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><FONT color=#000000>WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 - Senator Larry Craig said
today that he regretted his guilty plea in connection with an airport bathroom
incident, and he accused an Idaho newspaper of hounding him mercilessly in
recent months.</FONT></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><FONT color=#000000><BR>"I am not gay, I never have been gay," Mr.
Craig, an Idaho Republican, declared at a brief appearance in Boise with his
wife, Suzanne Craig, at his side.<BR><BR>Mr. Craig, 62, apologized for "the
cloud placed over Idaho" by his arrest and guilty plea to a misdemeanor
charge. But his deepest regret, he said, is that he pleaded guilty when he had
done nothing wrong.<BR><BR>The senator said he had chosen to plead guilty
without consulting a lawyer, and before telling his family, in the hope that
the incident would just "go away" somehow.<BR><BR>"That was a mistake, and I
deeply regret it," he said.<BR><BR>Now, he said, he has retained counsel to
decide what to do next. Mr. Craig said he would announce soon whether he will
seek a fourth term next year.<BR><BR>Meanwhile, the Senate Republican
leadership sought to quarantine the possible political damage arising from Mr.
Craig's troubles, calling the incident "a serious matter" and recommending
that the Senate Ethics Committee review the affair.<BR><BR>"In the meantime,
leadership is examining other aspects of the case to determine if additional
action is required," said the statement issued by Senators Mitch McConnell of
Kentucky, the minority leader; Trent Lott of Mississippi, the assistant
leader; Jon Kyl of Arizona, the Republican conference leader; Kay Bailey
Hutchison of Texas, the policy committee chairwoman, and John Ensign of
Nevada, chairman of the party's Senate campaign committee.<BR><BR>Mr. Craig
said today that he and his family had been "relentlessly and viciously
harassed" for months by The Idaho Statesman, a daily newspaper based in Boise,
which has been pursuing rumors about his personal life. He said the stress
created by the newspaper's efforts "and the rumors it has fueled all around
Idaho" had clouded his judgment.<BR><BR>Otherwise, he offered no detailed
explanation today for the embarrassing events that began with his arrest in
June by an undercover police officer in a men's bathroom at the
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. On Aug. 8, Mr. Craig pleaded
guilty to disorderly conduct. A second charge against Mr. Craig, interference
with privacy, was dismissed. He was given a 10-day jail sentence that was
suspended; was fined more than $500; and was placed on unsupervised probation
for one year.<BR><BR>According to a police report obtained by Roll Call, the
Capitol Hill newspaper that disclosed the episode and the guilty plea on
Monday, a plainclothes police officer who was investigating complaints of
sexual activity in the airport bathroom arrested the senator on June 11 after
what the officer described as sexual advances made by Mr. Craig from an
adjoining stall.<BR><BR>After his arrest, the senator denied any sexual
intent. He said in a statement issued Monday afternoon that the whole matter
came down to a misunderstanding, and that the police were "misconstruing my
actions." In 2006, Mr. Craig publicly rejected allegations by a gay rights
advocate that he had engaged in a homosexual behavior, calling the claims
"completely ridiculous."<BR>More Articles in Washington »</FONT></TT></DIV>
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