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David Rogers of the Wall Street Journal reports that one Jeff Trandahl (write that name down) may be the "key" to the entire case.

Who is Jeff Trandahl?

[M]ore attention is beginning to focus on former House clerk Jeff Trandahl, who both oversaw the page program and was close to Mr. Foley.

[...]

Kirk Fordham, Mr. Foley's chief of staff until late 2003, has said warnings from Mr. Trandahl about Mr. Foley's conduct were what led him to ask the speaker's office to intervene with the congressman more than two years ago. And last fall, Mr. Trandahl again played a central role when he was dispatched with Rep. John Shimkus (R., Ill.) the chairman of the page board, to warn Mr. Foley against any further emails to a former page from Louisiana.

We're still hearing that everyone was in the dark about "the explicit sexual messaging" that Foley was sending around.

But Mr. Trandahl was in a unique position to recognize the implicit danger in the fact that Mr. Foley wasn't just close to pages on the House floor but was pursuing contact via email.

Does this sound to you like Trandahl holds the key to the case? Or does it sound like he's being set up as the fall guy? Remember -- Trandahl is the former House Clerk, having left his job last November.

P.S. Just curious: is he (or was he ever) a member of that gay cabal?