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 Book says Hillary talks to dead 
 
 First lady acknowledged 
 
 'imaginary' chats. 
 
 June 22, 1996 
 
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 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton held imaginary conversations with Eleanor Roosevelt and Mahatma Gandhi as a therapeutic release, according to a new book written by Bob Woodward, says a report in Sunday's edition of The Chicago Sun-Times. 
 
 The first lady declined a personal adviser's suggestion that she address Jesus Christ, however, because it would be "too personal," according to Woodward's book, "The Choice." 
 
 The book, which is still to be published, takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Clintons, as well as Bob and Elizabeth Dole. 
 
 Woodward says the adviser was Jean Houston, co-director of the Foundation for Mind Research, which he describes as a group that studies the psychic experience and altered and expanded consciousness. 
 
 The book portrays Houston as an influential adviser who urged Mrs. Clinton to write her book, "It Takes a Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us," and in the process "virtually moved into the White House" for days at a time to help with revisions, the Sun-Times reported. 
 
 Woodward suggests the White House hoped to keep Mrs. Clinton's relationship with Houston and her talks with the dead a secret. 
 
 "Most people in the White House did not know about Hillary's sessions with Houston. ... To some of the few who did, the meetings could trigger politically damaging comparisons to Nancy Reagan's use of astrology," Woodward wrote. 
 
 Mrs. Clinton's spokeswoman, Lisa Caputo, is quoted in the Sun-Times as saying the first lady's interest in Houston is no secret. 
 
 Woodward says anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson, daughter of famed anthropologist Margaret Mead, joined her in sessions of imaginary conversations. 
 
 Woodward is an assistant managing editor at The Washington Post. As a reporter, he helped break the Watergate scandal with Carl Bernstein. 
 
 Mrs. Clinton herself wrote about her imaginary conversations with Eleanor Roosevelt in her June 10 column. She said she talked to Roosevelt about the role of a first lady. 
 
 "She usually responds by telling me to buck up, or at least to grow skin as thick as a rhinoceros," Mrs. Clinton wrote. 
 
 In the column, she described Houston as an expert on philosophy and mythology. "(Houston) has shared her views with me on everything from the ancient Greeks to the lives of women and children on Bangladesh," she wrote. 
 
 Mrs. Clinton also acknowledged her relationship with Bateson. 
 
 "She and I have spent hours discussing the ways in which women in different societies attempt to fulfill their responsibilities to their families, jobs and communities," Mrs. Clinton wrote. 
 
 Related stories: ||||| Anthony Weiner carried on a months-long online sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl during which she claims he asked her to dress up in 'school-girl' outfits for him on a video messaging application and pressed her to engage in 'rape fantasies', DailyMail.com can exclusively report. 
 
 The girl, whose name is being withheld by DailyMail.com because she is a minor, said the online relationship began last January while she was a high school sophomore and before Weiner's wife, Hillary Clinton's aide Huma Abedin, announced she was ending their marriage. 
 
 Weiner was aware that the girl was underage, according to DailyMail.com interviews with the girl and her father, as well as a cache of online messages. 
 
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 Anthony Weiner carried on a months-long sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl online, and even sent her photos of himself, including one of him in a pool 
 
 The high school girl, whose name is being withheld by DailyMail.com because she is a minor, said the online relationship began last January 
 
 In one message, he tells the girl he was 'hard' after thinking of her that morning 
 
 In another message, both Weiner and the girl tell each other they feel like they can tell each other anything 
 
 The pair even joke about nicknames for each other, and Weiners old name of 'Carlos Danger.' But he says he wants her call her 'mine' 
 
 In one Confide message - which deletes the sender's name after the first message is open, Weiner tells the girl 'I would bust that tight p***y. 'The app is designed for confidentiality, and automatically deletes messages and images after the first time they are read or viewed. However, the girl took photos of a few of the messages and images from last February and March, which she shared with the Dailymail.com. 
 
 He goes on to say that he would 'bust' it 'so hard and so often that you would be limp for a week' 
 
 'I have repeatedly demonstrated terrible judgement about the people I have communicated with online and the things I have sent,' Weiner told DailyMail.com 
 
 In the online messages, Weiner, 51, sent bare-chested photos of himself to the underage girl, repeatedly called her 'baby' and complimented her body, and told her that he woke up 'hard' after thinking about her, according to copies of the conversations. 
 
 In one particularly lewd message, he told the teen: 'I would bust that tight p***y so hard and so often that you would leak and limp for a week.' 
 
 When confronted with the claims, Weiner did not deny exchanging 'flirtatious' messages with the teen. He declined to comment on the specifics of the allegations on the record, but provided copies of two emails the girl sent him that he contends raised questions about her claims. DailyMail.com publishes them below. 
 
 He gave a statement to DailyMail.com in which he says, in part: ' I have repeatedly demonstrated terrible judgement about the people I have communicated with online and the things I have sent. I am filled with regret and heartbroken for those I have hurt.' 
 
 WHAT ANTHONY WEINER TOLD DAILYMAIL.COM 'I have repeatedly demonstrated terrible judgement about the people I have communicated with online and the things I have sent. 'I am filled with regret and heartbroken for those I have hurt. 'While I have provided the Daily Mail with information showing that I have likely been the subject of a hoax, I have no one to blame but me for putting myself in this position. 'I am sorry.' 
 
 The revelation comes just weeks after Weiner's wife Huma Abedin announced that they had separated in the wake of another sexting controversy. 
 
 In August, the New York Post reported on sexual chats between Weiner and a 40-year-old woman, during which the former congressman sent her provocative shirtless photos of him while his four-year-old son was curled up next to him in bed. 
 
 Weiner has faced a number of sexting scandals since 2011, when he was forced to resign from Congress after his online sexual messages with a female college student were revealed. 
 
 Another sexting scandal in 2013, involving 22-year-old Sydney Leathers, derailed his bid for New York City mayor. In the course of that scandal, his alias Carlos Danger was disclosed. 
 
 The former congressman has faced scrutiny over online chats with minors in the past. 
 
 In 2011, he admitted to sending five private Twitter messages to a 17-year-old girl, but said the messages 'were neither explicit nor indecent'. The girl's family told the New York Times that the conversation appeared to be harmless. 
 
 DailyMail.com reached out to the 15-year-old girl's family earlier this month after receiving information about her relationship with Weiner. 
 
 Although the girl said she did not want to press charges because she believes her relationship with Weiner was consensual, she and her father agreed to sit down for an interview out of concern that Weiner may be sexting with other underage girls. 
 
 Weiner and Abedin, still living in the same apartment despite their split, left separately Wednesday morning before the DailyMail.com story was posted online 
 
 Huma left to meet Hillary Clinton to fly to Orlando to campaign; Weiner went for a walk 
 
 The girl first reached out to Weiner on the evening of January 23, 2016, when she noticed his Twitter page allowed non-followers to contact him through private messages 
 
 Weiner sent the teen a bare-chested picture of himself with his hand on his crotch 
 
 'If there's anybody out there that has a similar story that they can come forward, maybe use my daughter's example to have the courage to come forward,' said her father, whose name is also being withheld to shield the girl's identity. 
 
 He explains that he did not contact authorities to report Weiner because his daughter asked him not to. 'I agreed because her mental health is in jeopardy and I didn't want to exacerbate anything that she has mentally going on.' 
 
 Through interviews and a collection of online messages from applications such as Twitter, Facebook, Kik, and Confide, DailyMail.com has pieced together a timeline of Weiner's relationship with the underage girl. 
 
 The girl first reached out to Weiner on the evening of January 23, 2016, when she noticed his Twitter page allowed non-followers to contact him through direct private messages. 
 
 She told DailyMail.com she was interested in politics and had heard about his sexting scandals, and was curious to see what he was like. 
 
 It was clear from the messages that she was encouraging Weiner to engage with her in a sexual manner. She told DailyMail.com she didn't consider Weiner her boyfriend, but thought the relationship was a 'romantic' one. 
 
 She acknowledged during interviews that she had developed an obsession with Weiner, and sought him out on Twitter in January while trying to write a book about him. She said she continued to write the book as their relationship developed. 
 
 'Why did I message you [in January]?' the girl wrote in an email to Weiner last week. 'I was studying you- for a book of course. You were my Hannibal Lecter. 
 
 'I wanted to know what made you tick. As we chatted, I pretended to not know EVERYTHING about you. I didn't want to appear suspicious.' 
 
 She also told Weiner: 'I was obsessed with you.' 
 
 Weiner quickly messaged her back, and they struck up a conversation about the large snowstorms that had hit New York and the girl's home state. 
 
 The messages started out as small talk, and during their conversation the girl noticed that Weiner had also found her profile on Facebook and sent her a friend request. 
 
 'Where do you go to school?' Weiner asked her. 
 
 '[Redacted] High School,' she responded. 
 
 Still sexting? Weiner was out and about at the park with his son on Tuesday, but took time out to engage with his phone 
 
 Closest aide: Huma Abedin is Hillary Clinton's closest aide and vice-chair of her campaign. The two's closeness goes back to when Abedin was a teenage White House intern. 
 
 Huma Abedin announced that they had separated in the wake of another sexting controversy. when the former congressmen sent a 40-year-old woman provocative shirtless photos of himself while his toddler son was curled up next to him in bed 
 
 Early the next morning, Weiner found the girl on Facebook, sent her a friend request and they began messaging 
 
 Weiner sent the teen a picture of himself - with this undershirt rolled up to expose his stomach - and his son. 
 
 In one Facebook message, the girl tells Weiner that she's 'very good at keeping a secret' from her parents 
 
 'You are kinda sorta gorgeous,' Weiner told her, before asking around midnight why she wasn't with a boyfriend that night. 
 
 'My dad is overprotective,' said the girl. '[Boyfriends] couldn't be at my house this late.' 
 
 The next morning, the girl woke up to find a private message from Weiner on Facebook asking how her night had gone. 
 
 'How did you sleep?' the girl asked him. 
 
 'Not great. Woke up very, uh, eager,' he replied. 
 
 He continued to send her flirtatious messages throughout the day, saying he was 'imagining' her when she was in the shower and saying she must get a lot of male attention at the gym. 
 
 At one point, Weiner indicated that he knew the conversation could be a problem. 
 
 '[I]f anyone would get the wrong impression we should say goodbye now,' said Weiner. However, he did not stop the conversation. 
 
 Instead he told the girl they could talk over other chat applications that would not be monitored by her parents. 
 
 They began talking on Kik, an instant message app, where Weiner used the screen name 'T Dog.' He sent her photos of himself shirtless, including one photo of him in a hot tub that showed his face. 
 
 'Maybe delete that. Hehe,' he wrote after sending it. 
 
 In many of the messages, they discussed Weiner's trips to the gym and love of hockey, and the girl's school activities and her newly acquired learner's permit. But in a number of them, Weiner steered the conversation toward sex. 
 
 The pair eventually move to another app, called TK, for conversing, in which they share several photos 
 
 After sending a snap from a pool, Weiner tells the girl, 'Maybe delete that. Hehe.' 
 
 She then tells Weiner that she doesn't think she would 'look good naked' at the time of messaging 
 
 She says she is 'pale' and wants 'to work out more', but Weiner says the flaws 'would no doubt be overlooked' 
 
 'I thought of you this am. Hard,' he wrote in one. 
 
 The girl asked if she was the reason. 
 
 'Yes. And the solution,' responded Weiner, adding an emoji image of squirting water. 
 
 'Your body is pretty insane,' he told her at another point. 
 
 When the girl told Weiner she'd just gotten home from the gym, he wrote back, 'Hard. Again'. 
 
 Several of the messages involve finding times to talk over Skype, a video messaging application, when the girl's parents were asleep or out of the house. 
 
 'Skype may have to be a tomorrow thing,' the girl wrote in one message. 'if I skyped you tonight id have to play music as we talked so that my parents couldn't hear me talking and I'd have to keep the lights off.' 
 
 'No prob baby,' replied Weiner. 'Some other time. When it's easier.' 
 
 The girl told DailyMail.com that she and Weiner first started talking on Skype a few days into the relationship. 
 
 '[Weiner's] son was in the bathtub at the time just downstairs,' she said. 'So he would yell at his son to check on him, and then he asked me to take my clothes off, and just started saying these really sexual things.' 
 
 Afterward, Weiner sent her a message with a heart-eyed emoji, writing 'I caught a glimpse of your body' and indicating he would like to keep talking over Skype. 
 
 She claimed the conversations grew more explicit as time went on, with Weiner allegedly asking her to undress and encouraging her to masturbate over video chat. 
 
 She said Weiner would not get fully nude, but was usually shirtless and wearing boxers. 
 
 'He would tell me to say his name as I was touching myself,' said the girl. 'He would ask me to take my clothes off. 
 
 'He would just have his shirt off. Sometimes he would grab his lower region, but that was about it,' she added. 
 
 Although Weiner did not get undressed on video, she alleges that he did send her nude photos of himself when they would sext over a messaging app. 
 
 The app, which is called Confide, is designed for confidentiality, and automatically deletes messages and images after the first time they are read or viewed. 
 
 However, the girl took photos of a few of the messages and images from last February and March, which she shared with Dailymail.com. 
 
 Shirtless: One of the messages from Kik, where Weiner used the alias T Dog 
 
 At one point, the girl asks Weiner if she was the reason he 'woke up so eager', and he said she was also 'the solution' 
 
 TEXT OF LETTER WEINER ASKED TEEN TO SEND TO TEACHER The teen wrote this letter but sent it to a fake email address and sent a copy to Weiner. Parts of the letter that might identify her are redacted. The teen told DailyMail.com what she had done. Weiner provided a copy of the letter in his belief it was sent to her teacher. Dr. XXXXX Thank you for being the perfect mentor. I remember the first time we met. I was a 'wise 92 year old stuck in a 13 year old's body' as you described me. I was a rising freshman. Above your door was a sign that said 'Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.' At that moment I knew that I'd love your class. I walked in and noticed a stack of all of my favorite literary works. Anything from Martin Amis to Albert Camus. We began chatting and I felt like I had known you my whole life. My freshman year [redacted]. I was the first freshman invited and I was thrilled. I started learning [redacted] at the age of 8 years old. I somehow managed [redacted]. You have brought me sooooo many projects. We started on the writing resources center. You and I would travel to the university to bring students to tutor kids at our school that were having a difficult time learning. I had the opportunity to work with some of the sweetest students at our school. I was able to earn 4 extra English course credits. We [redacted]. The student reporting labs have been an educational and a fun hands on experience. Aside from the plethora of knowledge you have graciously provided me with we have also had our deep, meaningful conversations. We share our writings with each other at least once a week. I have enjoyed reading your writings and I have been thankful for the feedback you have given me on mine. I recently shared with you a story about a former congressman. I contacted Anthony Weiner. Our online chats were never inappropriate, he was always very helpful and kind. I wanted to publish my story. He was the best candidate to pin the story to. The story needed a hoax to ride on. Speaking of candidates the election is coming up and his wife is Hillary Clinton's chief of staff. He doesn't have any credibility, I assumed no one would question the allegations. It was unfair to lie to you and my father. It was unfair to spread this false accusation against Anthony Weiner. He has done nothing to deserve this. I am sorry for lying to you, I hope this doesn't affect the bond we have formed over the years. Sincerely [Redcated] 
 
 'When we would Skype, he would tell me that he was very lonely and that it had been a year since he and his wife [Huma] had sex, and that she really didn't pay him any attention,' said the girl. 'We would talk, just chatting for about 30 minutes and it would lead to more sexual things…asking me to undress…he'd comment on my body. He asked me about masturbation, and that kind of thing.' 
 
 Sometimes, she claims, Weiner would ask the girl to dress up in plaid skirts and pretend he was her school teacher, she said. 
 
 'He would pretend like he was a teacher and I was a student. And he'd talk about me sitting in the front of his class, and him taking me after school,' she said. 
 
 He also shared pornographic videos with her, she added. 
 
 The girl said she was not uncomfortable with the sexting, except for when Weiner would try to engage her in 'rape fantasies'. 
 
 'He had some rape fantasies. It would just be him showing up at my house when my dad was out of town,' she said. 'And just start undressing me, being forceful, asking me if I want to be dominated, strange questions.' 
 
 She said when she told him she was uncomfortable with this, he quickly agreed to change the subject. 
 
 The girl said she started feeling guilty about hiding the relationship, and told her father and a teacher about it in late April. 
 
 When Weiner asks if the girl's boyfriend is 'bigger than' him, she says he's a 'skinny nerdy boy' 
 
 Weiner sent the girl a picture of his chest with welts he said he got from his heart check up 
 
 'I was scared. I felt bad for talking to [Weiner],' she said. 'I felt a little guilty and I wrote [my dad] a letter telling him.' 
 
 But the girl also continued to talk to Weiner. The former congressman pressured her to write two more letters to her father and teacher saying that she lied about the natures of their relationship and the two of them were just friends. 
 
 She told Weiner that she would do this, and she sent them to bogus email addresses and sent a copy to Weiner. 
 
 'After I told my teacher about the relationship, [Weiner] wanted me to email my dad and my teacher and tell them that was I said was false,' she said. 'That the conversations were appropriate and were never inappropriate, and he was very helpful.' 
 
 Weiner sent DailyMail.com a copy of the letter he believed she sent to her teacher. 
 
 The girl said she continued to talk to Weiner until July. 
 
 'After seeing what he did with his son having him in the picture that was released, I think that he's very disgusting and he needs help,' she said. 
 
 She said she never viewed him as her 'boyfriend', and that he made this clear by talking to her about his relationships with other women. 
 
 'He talked about women he would meet up with and have sex with, women he would meet at the gym, women he would chat with online,' she said. 
 
 'He would also talk about going to different gyms, and getting different gym memberships, just to go watch 18-year-olds work out that would go to NYU and different schools in New York,' she added. 
 
 In August, the New York Post reported on sexual chats between Weiner and a 40-year-old woman, during which the former congressman sent her provocative shirtless photos of him while his four-year-old son was curled up next to him in bed 
 
 After the girl tells Weiner that Skype will have to wait because her parents would hear, Weiner says 'No prob baby' 
 
 When the girl says that she'll 'work out all of the time' if it 'turns you on', Weiner tells her that her 'body is pretty insane' 
 
 However, she said he never mentioned relationships with other underage girls. 
 
 'I actually asked him if he talked to other minors and he said not that he knew of, which is the risk that he kind of takes when he's talking to women on the internet,' she said. 
 
 The girl's father said he was horrified when he learned 51-year-old Weiner had been speaking with his daughter over Skype. 
 
 'I couldn't stomach that,' he said. 'That really was the worst part I think, was knowing that inappropriate behavior was available to my daughter by this man.' 
 
 He said if he ever met Weiner: 'There wouldn't be any words. There would be no words. I hope I never come in contact with him. I'll be in jail if I come into contact with him.' 
 
 While the girl said she does not regret the relationship, her father said the experience has changed her. 
 
 'She's gone through some depression, we've sought counselling and been able to help her work through it,' he said. 
 
 'She's a bright girl, very smart, so this has somewhat dulled the light that she had previous to this…it's gut-wrenching to see somebody take that away.' 
 
 HOW I FELT: THE LETTER THE 15-YEAR-OLD SENT TO WEINER The teen wrote this letter to Anthony Weiner after her interview with DailyMail.com. Weiner gave it to DailyMail.com to publish, which he says indicates that he 'could have been the subject of a hoax.' The teen told us why she wrote it, saying: ' A few months ago Anthony asked me why I wanted to share my story, and I couldn't really give a good answer so I wanted to explain to him why I was doing it.' 'Don't be ashamed of your story. It will inspire others.' This quote lingered in my mind as my posture was consciously congruent to the hard back of my chair. The air was stale. All eyes were on me. My father's eyes wanted me to lie. At that moment, I had the moral backbone of an eclair. Why was I here? I didn't personally know Anthony Weiner. I felt myself hover over my own body. I was watching myself from above. I was not the same girl that I was when I walked into the hotel. Who was I becoming? Did I just sell my soul to the devil at fifteen? We're the middle children of history. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our great war's a spiritual war… our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that we'd all be millionaires and movie Gods. But we won't. And I'm learning that fact as my lips move. Fear blocked every rational thought. After leaving the hotel, I attempted to justify my every action. It wasn't a difficult task. Anthony continues to make the same mistake and expects a different result each time, he needs to learn his lesson. His wife is already leaving him, what I have done will not tear him apart. He fell in love with something and is letting it kill him. He needs to let go. The list continued to grow. Afterwards, I began to cry. I felt physically ill. I made the decision to not go to school the next day, I felt guilty, guilt is guilt. It doesn't go away. It can't be nullified. It can't even be fully understood, I'm certain- it's roots run too deep into private and long- standing karma. About the only thing that saves my neck when I get to feeling this way is that guilt is an imperfect form of knowledge. Just because it isn't perfect doesn't mean that it can't be used. The hard thing to do is to put it to practical use, before it gets around to paralyzing you. I messaged Anthony. He was trying to play victim... AGAIN! He treats me like I'm an invalid. I never call him out. I am used to his manipulative techniques, I know them very well. I used them long before he tried them on me. I see myself in him. I continue to talk to men online. My parents were not surprised that I contacted him. My dad started rattling off all the other occupations of these other guys.. First it was the teacher.. Yada, yada, yada.. They asked me when I would ever stop this kind of behavior. Why did Anthony and I do these ridiculous things? The only difference was that I didn't have to send out a press release every time that I did something like this. I was losing my soul. If you're losing your soul & you know it, then you still have a soul to lose. 'Apology': Why did I message you? I saw that your direct messages were open. I thought you had fallen off the face of the earth. I assumed you would have deleted your twitter for your wife's sake. I had watched a video of you that same night. I was studying you- for a book of course.You were my Hannibal Lecter. I wanted to know what made you tick. As we chatted, I pretended to not know EVERYTHING about you. I didn't want to appear suspicious. Why did you message me? I asked you the other day, you didn't return the question. You never do. You don't care enough about other people. 'It had been my job to get into Anthony's brain, but after nine months, I realized he didn't know a thing about me. I approached him at our post-campaign party and asked, 'Do you know I'm a single mom?' I wanted acknowledgment of what my family and I had sacrificed. He didn't know. 'You must feel good about yourself, accomplishing all of this,' he said, missing my point. Then the conversation turned back to him: 'I'm 50 years old, and I need to find a new career.' I smiled, same old Anthony. I said good night, and I haven't seen him since.' ( Provenz, Jessica. 'I Was Anthony Weiner's Longest-Serving Campaign Staffer. This Is What His Mayoral Run Was Really Like.' Daily Intelligencer. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Sept. 2016. ) It doesn't just stop here, you did this with me on a numerous amount of occasions. You didn't inspect the emails to my teacher and my father. I made two fake emails. I used a ten minute mail, and created a Gmail. You believed me. I talked to you about committing suicide. You didn't try to stop me. I confided in you. I told you about older men taking advantage of me. You called me a liar. I offered proof. You rejected. It's like you don't want to know the answer to things. I believe that you don't go to therapy for that reason. Why do you continue to sext? Is it an addiction? Is it something psychological? Your brother was addicted to drugs. Does addiction run in your family? I can't fully grasp why I do it. I know that it's nice to feel worshipped. Sydney listed you as one of her heroes. You took advantage of her young, naive mind. She was infatuated with you.You should be glad that I am one of the most disensitized teenagers. I don't think I could ever been in love with someone I met over the internet. I did, however, enjoy listening to your podcasts, watching interviews, C-Span, etc. Talking to you helped me write my book about you. I was obsessed with you, the way one obsesses over a character in a book . One day you're going to mess with the wrong teenager, that has the wrong set of parents. Do yourself a favor and try to prevent that. It doesn't matter that you sext. It matters that you sext women you don't know. You tell me that you're in enormous pain (not sure if you're being honest, or playing victim), you read books such as 'So You've been publicly shamed'. It seems as if you have let these scandals consume you. Why do you let these women brand you with scandals. You WEAR your scandal. You were great at trying to change the world around you, why not try to change yourself?? You were a pleasant guy to talk to when you meditated. We fall in love with things, and we let it kill us. You don't have to do that. You're married to sexting and your wife is married to Clinton. If HRC jumped off of a bridge, your wife would be chasing after her, clutching Hillary's purse and jumping with her. Your image is going to affect your son, even Hugh Hefner has children. If you and your wife are truly being sincere about being dedicated to your son's best interest, pay attention to him. Don't photograph him as you sext. Don't give HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON ALL OF YOUR ATTENTION! You're ruining his life before it has even begun. STOP MANIPULATING PEOPLE!!!! You asked me to lie to my teacher, my father, Sydney Leathers, and anyone that asked about this story. It's sick. You only care about yourself. You play victim ALL OF THE TIME. You attempted to make me feel bad about telling my teacher. You pretended that you were my friend. You said 'I trusted you.I skyped you. I told you that my dad was in the hospital. I sent you pictures of my son.' yada, yada, yada. How many women have seen pictures of your kid??? Every woman in your life? STOP MAKING PEOPLE FEEL BAD FOR YOUR SCANDALS. It's not their fault you make the same mistakes. I am worried about you. You are messaging anyone that flirts with you online. I am 15 years old. You got catfished by a dude! It will only get worse. It's time to retire. I want you to know that I'm not releasing the story for money. I am doing this to teach you a lesson. I want you to get help. I don't care if you hate me. I don't hate you, I care about you very much. I think this story will help you become a better person. I hope at least. I am also worried about myself. I talk with a lot of men online. I am fifteen years old! I catfish people, including you. I think it's time that I retire too. I think that by releasing this story I am teaching myself a lesson as well. I need to get help. I hate myself. I am trying to make this story into something positive. In order for a flashlight to work properly it requires a battery. The battery requires a negative and a positive, the negative is always larger.. It doesn't have to be that way. Sorry, I'm not sorry. I wish you the best! 
 
 At one point, when Weiner questions them talking, the girl says she could give him '100 good reasons as to why we should keep talking' ||||| Genevieve de Manio 
 
 The Caucus is in Rhinebeck, N.Y., for the former first daughter’s wedding day. Check back for updates throughout the day. The Times’s article on Chelsea Clinton’s wedding is here. 
 
 Wedding guests were not allowed to bring cameras to the ceremony, but a handful of official photographs have now been released to the news media, including the one above. View a slide show of Chelsea Clinton’s wedding. 
 
 As the ceremony concluded and the guests began milling around before dinner, a brilliant magenta sun began dipping beyond the Hudson. The day had been one of sparkling clarity, without a cloud in the sky, bathed in sunshine. 
 
 It’s official: Former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton, the secretary of state released this statement at 7:23 p.m.: 
 
 “Today, we watched with great pride and overwhelming emotion as Chelsea and Marc wed in a beautiful ceremony at Astor Courts, surrounded by family and their close friends. We could not have asked for a more perfect day to celebrate the beginning of their life together, and we are so happy to welcome Marc into our family. On behalf of the newlyweds, we want to give special thanks to the people of Rhinebeck for welcoming us and to everyone for their well-wishes on this special day.” 
 
 The interfaith ceremony will be conducted by Rabbi James Ponet and Reverend William Shillady. Ms. Clinton is Methodist and the groom, Marc Mezvinsky, is Jewish. 
 
 The family said the ceremony would celebrate and honor elements of both traditions. It would include friends and family reading the Seven Blessings, which are typically recited at traditional Jewish weddings following the vows and exchange of rings. 
 
 A friend of the couple planned to read the poem, “The Life That I Have,” by Leo Marks. 
 
 Mike Groll/Associated Press 
 
 A report from a media pen on River Road (where 10 reporters are stationed near 15 brown milk cows who are chewing on their dinner and taking in the whole scene): The final nail-biting minutes before the wedding are here. A caravan of guests are starting to arrive at Astor Courts. Several minutes ago, nearly a dozen vans filled with gussied up guests waved at members of the press as they journeyed down River Road to the site of the ceremony. 
 
 The caravan also included three black cars and a van that one state trooper said held Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has in the past referred to herself as M.O.T.B., or Mother of the Bride. Just seconds ago, two Suburbans, a Range Rover and a black Town Car sped down the road as if they were in a rush to an important date. The ceremony is expected to begin within an hour. 
 
 A few guests have started to emerge from their hotels in their gowns and tuxedos to be photographed before the buses take them to the Astor Courts estate. The paparazzi, joined by dozens of local residents and tourists, are trying to get a peek at the guests. They are peering through the cracks of a wooden fence and sticking their cameras over the top. Others with cameras have swarmed to another viewing area for a look. 
 
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 As celebrity guests tried to catch lunch Saturday before Chelsea Clinton’s nuptials, they quickly found themselves outnumbered by reporters and photographers swarming through the center of Rhinebeck. 
 
 When word spread that Madeleine Albright, the former secretary of state, was having lunch with Terry McAuliffe, the former Democratic National Committee chairman, at Gigi Trattoria, locals and photographers crowded onto the sidewalk around the restaurant. As Vera Wang tried to enter the same restaurant with her husband, she found herself so overwhelmed by photographers that she never made it through the restaurant entrance. A few minutes after Ms. Wang’s frustrated departure, Ms. Albright left the restaurant, smiled at the crowd as people called her name and then Ms. Albright quickly left. 
 
 Down the block, the former president’s close adviser Douglas Band dined with his wife, Lily, along with the movie producer Steve Bing, Representative Anthony Weiner and Justin Cooper, a Clinton employee, at Foster’s Coach House Tavern before they were noticed by crowds. 
 
 Marie Clinton Bruno is here. Her grandfather and Mr. Clinton’s stepfather were brothers. 
 
 As she strolled past shops and inns through downtown Rhinebeck with her husband Gio on her way to get dressed for the wedding, Ms. Clinton Bruno talked about how she still couldn’t believe that Chelsea was getting married. Chelsea was a bridesmaid in her wedding at the Governor’s Mansion in Arkansas on Sept. 30, 1990, when Chelsea was ten years old. On her wedding day, Chelsea, who wore a pale pink dress, made sure that her now-husband Gio had the wedding bands and tended to the artificial flowers in her bouquet. 
 
 “She was just a wonderful bridesmaid,” said Ms. Clinton Bruno. “She’s just as wonderful today as she was back then.” 
 
 As Ms. Clinton Bruno strolled through Rhinebeck, she said the town reminded her of home. 
 
 “She’s made a wonderful choice. It reminds me of the Ozarks in Arkansas, except more chic.” 
 
 Ms. Clinton Bruno approved of Chelsea’s choice in a groom. 
 
 She said she did not attend last night’s rehearsal dinner. But she attended the cocktail party at the Beekman Arms Inn. 
 
 
 
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 Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, the actors and long-time family friends of the Clintons, were strolling hand-in-hand through this moneyed town on Saturday when a media scrum swirled around them like a sudden tornado. 
 
 “I’ve known her since she was a baby, so this is a big moment,” Ms. Steenburgen said sweetly of the former first daughter. 
 
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 RHINEBECK, N.Y. — We’re here in Rhinebeck (who isn’t?), where Chelsea Clinton’s wedding is to take place tonight. 
 
 Ms. Clinton, the center of all the commotion, has been completely invisible to the media and onlookers at the gawkfest in the village of 2,800. The crowd brimmed Friday night with anticipation that she might appear at a cocktail reception after her rehearsal dinner, but she did not — at least as far as anyone could tell. 
 
 No details of the wedding itself have leaked, yet, nor have we seen the bride. But we have seen the father of the bride, twice, and the mother of the bride once. They gave a two-second wave to the cameras last night as they alighted from their van for an after-dinner party at the stately Beekman Arms, where many of the wedding guests are staying. 
 
 Former President Clinton, wearing a suit jacket and gray pants, had definitely lost weight, per Chelsea’s instructions. By cutting out junk food and exercising more, we were told, he actually lost more than 20 pounds, going five pounds further than his daughter had ordered. 
 
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 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton wore a flowing, floor-length green print dress, her hair was brightly blond and she was grinning broadly. 
 
 Mr. Clinton made his first foray into town earlier Friday, having lunch at Gigi Trattoria, a local eatery, where he skipped dessert. Curiosity and celeb fever had built to such a fever pitch here, where hundreds of news media and pseudo-media have been encamped for a week, that Laura Pensiero, who owns Gigi’s said Mr. Clinton may have made the appearance simply “to let some steam out of the kettle.” 
 
 We don’t expect to see the Clintons today, but the crowd is already gathering at the main intersection here in this subdued, moneyed town along the Hudson about two hours north of New York City. Tonight, the sky is expected to be set aglow by fireworks after Chelsea and Marc Mezvinsky, who works for a hedge fund, say their “I dos.” 
 
 The prospect of seeing the Clintons and any other celebrities has gripped residents, who uniformly describe “Chelsea’s weekend” as a “royal” event. Up to 500 people are expected to attend, and many of them wandered out of the Beekman last night in their evening finery to get a drink at Gigi Trattoria. 
 
 “I’m star-struck!” said Melodie Molinare, 50, the postmaster of Rhinebeck, as she stood on the packed street corner, held back by wooden police barricades. “I want to see them. I don’t have to touch them. I want to see Chelsea in her dress.” 
 
 Among those spotted going into the Beekman Friday included Madeleine Albright, the former secretary of state, with Vernon Jordan, the well-known Democratic power broker. (Mr. Jordan is not a well-recognized figure up here, and one man in the crowd across the street identified Mr. Jordan as Hamilton Jordan, the late top aide to Jimmy Carter. (He spoke with such authority that he used Hamilton Jordan’s unusual pronunciation of his last name as “JER-don.”) Another identified him as Warren Buffett.) 
 
 One man in the crowd confidently identified another guest as Steve Madden, the shoe designer, who quickly raced inside the inn from a van. We have not been able to confirm that. He also identified another guest as Kobe Bryant, but we were told Mr. Bryant is not attending. 
 
 The father of the bride was true to form at the post-rehearsal-dinner party at the Beekman Arms, excitedly sharing his encyclopedic knowledge of the area. A middle-aged wedding guest, who declined to be identified, emerged from the inn after Mr. and Mrs. Clinton had left to report this: “He spent 10 minutes explaining the Revolutionary War and this town’s significance to me.” 
 
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 The vast majority of guests looked to be in their late 20s or 30s, perhaps college and work friends of the bride and groom. Perhaps they will be celebrities some day, but for now they can rest comfortably in their anonymity. They seemed to be a mixture of Arkansas and the hedge-fund world. One blonde in a ballooning yellow dress walked across the street to the gawkfest and took pictures of the locals, then had her picture taken with them, then posed with a bemused and very patient state trooper. 
 
 “We don’t know who we’re looking at,” one bystander complained. “My God, they all look like they’re in their 20s. They’re kids! Seriously, I want to see Oprah.” 
 
 Onlookers clearly had varied definitions of celebrity. While one local was excited about spotting Terry McAuliffe, former Democratic National Committee chairman and first friend, the celebrity spotting was less exciting for Rachel Squillante who lives in Manhattan but returned home to Rhinebeck for the weekend to catch a glimpse of some stars. Ms. Squillante, 24, and a friend had heard that Jennifer Lopez was in town. But the only big name guest they saw was Ms. Albright whom Ms. Squillante’s friend didn’t know. 
 
 A lot of residents were hoping to see Oprah Winfrey, Barbra Streisand, John Major and Steven Spielberg. But we have learned that they are not invited. Still, several locals insisted that Ms. Winfrey had been spotted at the Holy Cow, a nearby ice cream shop, on Friday. 
 
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 The anticipation in the crowd last night reached such a frenzy that when state troopers lined up between the gawkers and the guests, a woman from an Italian television station yelled to one of the troopers to move. “We can’t see!” she said. He smiled. 
 
 Arlene Newman drove with two friends from Castleton, a small town near Albany, to get a glimpse of the former president and the bride. After eating dinner, they waited more than two hours across from the Beekman Arms hoping to spot them. 
 
 “We heard Bill was here today,” Ms. Newman said. “We love him. My mom is in a nursing home. She loves him. We wish them well. It’s royalty. It’s our royalty.” She added that until now Ms. Clinton had succeeded in keeping her life private. “They left her alone,” she said. “They didn’t hound her like Princess Diana.” 
 
 As Ms. Newman’s friends chatted about how beautiful Chelsea Clinton had become since her youth and reminisced how she led her parents across the White House lawn following the Monica Lewinsky scandal, Ms. Newman agreed. “Aye, yi, yi. I hope she has lots of babies.” 
 
 Earlier in the evening, a handful of local business owners raised some sparkling wine at the Blue Cashew Kitchen supply to toast the vows of Marc and Chelsea. Ms. Pensiero said that at lunch yesterday, Mr. Clinton arrived at her restaurant with his half-brother, Roger, and a half-dozen guests whom she believed were friends and relatives. She said the former president greeted guests, shook hands with the kitchen’s workers and filled the restaurant with so much “electricity in the air” that “nobody had much of an appetite.” She said that she thanked Mr. Clinton for having lunch there and “he thanked me for putting up with the chaos.” Ms. Pensiero’s catering business had already been busy all week delivering roughly 200 meals a day to different businesses working on wedding preparations. 
 
 Other businesses already had benefited from the boost in business. Maureen Missner, whose shop Paper Trail is believed to be helping to prepare the gift bags, talked about how different the feel of this wedding was compared to last year when the actor Griffin Dunne held his wedding in the area and local residents spotted celebrities like Hugh Jackman. 
 
 She said that comparing it to Mr. Dunne’s wedding put these festivities into perspective. “This is not a star-studded wedding,” said Ms. Missner. “This is clearly about the bride and groom.” 
 
 Correction: An earlier version of this article misspelled Warren Buffett’s surname as “Buffet,” a common misspelling in The Times. ||||| Chelsea Clinton was poised to marry her longtime boyfriend at an exclusive estate along New York's Hudson River after weeks of secrecy and buildup that had celebrity watchers flocking to the small village for the Saturday evening nuptials. 
 
 Children wave at members of the media from a bus decorated with a sign congratulating Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky on Friday, July 30, 2010 in Rhinebeck, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (Associated Press) 
 
 Bill and Hillary Clinton leave a party in honor of Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky Friday, July 30, 2010 in Rhinebeck, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (Associated Press) 
 
 Bill and Hillary Clinton arrive for a party in honor of Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky Friday, July 30, 2010 in Rhinebeck, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (Associated Press) 
 
 People walk in front of the Beekman Arms Inn in Rhinebeck, N.Y., Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Chelsea Clinton plans to marry fiance Marc Mezvinsky in the upstate New York village of Rhinebeck on Saturday.... (Associated Press) 
 
 Former President Bill Clinton talks to people as he leaves a restaurant in Rhinebeck, N.Y., on Friday, July 30, 2010. Clinton made a long-anticipated appearance in the upstate New York village where his... (Associated Press) 
 
 Roger Clinton, right, brother of former President Bill Clinton, and son Tyler walk on the grounds of the Delamater Inn in Rhinebeck, N.Y., on Saturday, July 31, 2010. Chelsea Clinton and fiance Marc... (Associated Press) 
 
 Roger Clinton, left, brother of former President Bill Clinton, and son Tyler walk on the grounds of the Delamater Inn in Rhinebeck, N.Y., on Saturday, July 31, 2010. Chelsea Clinton and fiance Marc Mezvinsky... (Associated Press) 
 
 A couple of women have drinks at the Beekman Arms Inn, Friday, July 30, 2010 in Rhinebeck, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (Associated Press) 
 
 People gather outside the Beekman Arms Inn to catch a glimpse of guests arriving for a party in honor of Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky Friday, July 30, 2010 in Rhinebeck, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (Associated Press) 
 
 A bottle of wine and a note sent by Chelsea Clinton's wedding planner thanking the neighbor for putting up with road closures on the day of the wedding is photographed Friday, July 30, 2010 in Rhinebeck,... (Associated Press) 
 
 Tents are seen at Astor Courts in Rhinebeck, N.Y., right, as a boat heads north on the Hudson River past the Rondout Lighthouse in Port Ewen, N.Y., on Friday, July 30, 2010. Chelsea Clinton, the daughter... (Associated Press) 
 
 Former President Bill Clinton talks to people as he leaves a restaurant in Rhinebeck, N.Y., on Friday, July 30, 2010.Clinton made a long-anticipated appearance in the upstate New York village where his... (Associated Press) 
 
 The crowd began forming midmorning after weeks of intrigue and secrecy about a ceremony with a VIP guest list said to include such luminaries as TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey and filmmaker Steven Spielberg. Actors Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen were spotted walking hand-in-hand through the village. 
 
 The 30-year-old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was expected to wed her boyfriend, investment banker Marc Mezvinsky, at a ceremony with 400 to 500 guests. Details of the wedding were kept fanatically close to the vest, with shopkeepers, innkeepers, vendors and restaurateurs sworn to secrecy. 
 
 Officials restricted airspace over the estate, and the area will remain a no-fly zone until 3:30 a.m. (0730 GMT) Sunday. Roads were also blocked off, and inconvenienced neighbors were soothed with a complimentary bottle of wine. 
 
 In the early afternoon, Danson and Steenburgen strolled through Rhinebeck toward one of the hotels being used for the wedding. Both said they were excited about the upcoming ceremony. 
 
 "I knew her since she was a baby so this is a big moment," said Steenburgen, who wed Danson in 1995. "She's a lovely, lovely girl." 
 
 Reporters, who had been searching for celebrities in vain for most of the day, quickly zeroed in on the couple, prompting Danson to ask, "Are we the only celebrities in town?" 
 
 Donna Vena drove 50 miles (80 kilometers) to Rhinebeck from her home of Mount Kisco, New York, in the hopes of spotting a celebrity. 
 
 "Why not?" she asked Saturday morning, a camera slung over her shoulder. "Big story. Maybe see Oprah." 
 
 Nearby, two young women passed out slices of pizza with "I do" written in pepperoni. 
 
 Hundreds of people gathered outside the hotel where many of the guests are staying were rewarded Friday night when the Clintons exited a van arm-in-arm outside the Beekman Arms Hotel. 
 
 Shortly before 11 p.m., the former first lady, wearing a long green dress, waved to the cheering crowd waiting behind metal barricades and quickly went into the hotel. She left with the former president about a half-hour later. 
 
 Earlier Friday, Bill Clinton made an appearance around lunchtime Friday, popping out of a car and walking a few blocks, greeting people on his way to a restaurant. Looking fit and relaxed in blue jeans and a black knit shirt, he gave easy answers to questions shouted by well-wishers and reporters. 
 
 The former president's half brother, Roger Clinton, was spotted early Saturday afternoon with his son Tyler, picking up food at the same restaurant. When asked by reporters if he was excited, Roger Clinton said, "Yes, very excited" as they slipped into a waiting SUV. 
 
 The wedding is set to take place at Astor Courts, a secluded estate along the Hudson River built as a Beaux Arts style playground for John Jacob Astor IV more than a century ago. The estate features the sort of commanding view that once inspired Hudson River School painters, as well as 50 acres (20 hectares) of buffer space to shield the party from prying eyes. 
 
 Chelsea Clinton and Mezvinsky were friends as teenagers in Washington, and both attended Stanford University. They now live in New York, where Mezvinsky works at G3 Capital, a Manhattan hedge fund. Mezvinsky worked previously at Goldman Sachs as an investment banker. 
 
 Clinton completed her master's degree in public health earlier this year at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. 
 
 Mezvinsky is a son of former U.S. Reps. Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky of Pennsylvania and Ed Mezvinsky of Iowa, longtime friends of the Clintons. His parents are divorced.
– A Pennsylvania middle school teacher is in hot water over his spelling of "Hillary Clinton," and no, Benjamin Attinger didn't forget an "L." The Daily Item reports the Shikellamy Middle School teacher was asked by 6th-grade student Mary Reinard for help in sending a letter to Clinton. Mary wrote the letter, in which she reportedly asked Clinton if she really spoke to the dead (a 1996 book said she had imaginary chats with Eleanor Roosevelt and Gandhi, but not Jesus, as a "therapeutic release," per a CNN article published at the time). She and Attinger put it in an envelope bearing the school's return address, and Attinger addressed it: to "HILIAR RODHAM CLINTON." Mary brought the letter home to stamp and mail, and stepmom Shannon Reinard spotted the "liar" in the name and called the school on Friday. In a voicemail Attinger left the Sunbury mom, he apologized and claimed it was a "kind of a joke ... because I was telling her it (talking to the dead) wasn't true." The family met with Attinger and administrators on Tuesday and say they've accepted his apology and don't want him fired. Mary says she's relieved she didn't mail the letter as it was; she hadn't spotted the typo. "I would have felt embarrassed. I wouldn't have been able to go to school for a week." Now, instead of embarrassed, she's "nervi-cided." That's nervous and excited, because after Chelsea Clinton on Wednesday tweeted she'd be happy to hand-deliver the letter to her mom, she was connected with Shannon Reinard on Twitter and told her they'd be on the lookout for the letter, which had been properly mailed. "Please thank Mary for her courage," Chelsea Clinton wrote, per the Meadville Tribune.