Daily Briefing: The Buck Stops at That Pervert Over There
- Republican strategists accept possibility of losing control of Congress in midterm elections, but not the responsibility for it -- that's Foley's fault. [WP, NYT]
- FBI knew about Foley emails in July, concluded they "did not rise to the level of criminal activity." [WP]
- Independent spending by political organizations out paces candidates' own campaign expenditures in closest races. [WP]
- Bush happy to raise money for any Republican Congressional candidates that will have him. [NYT]
- George Tenet did brief Condoleezza Rice about a "looming" (NYT) and "imminent" (WP) threat from Al Qaeda (NYT) or al-Qaeda (WP), in July 2001. [WP, NYT]
- Lewinsky blowjob jokes once common among Capitol Pages, to be replaced by Foley anal sex jokes. [LAT, USAT]
