` :::::Many of the conversations took place with minors under the age of 18. That is not in dispute. Please read the linked articles. To wit:   ``ABC News now has obtained 52 separate instant message exchanges, which former pages say were sent by Foley, using the screen name Maf54, to two different boys who began their exchanges with Foley at the age of 16 and 17, and continued through the age of 18. This message was dated April 2003, at approximately 7 p.m., according to the message time stamp at a time when the teen had been 18 for just six weeks. (Some sharp online readers spotted that the boy was technically legal when the exchange took place).``  There you have it - Drudge's ``scoop`` is a non-story. The conversations began at 16 and went past his 18th birthday. One particular quoted conversation was taken after his 18th birthday. Others were younger.  `