sentences:  In July 2006, a paid Republican Congressional staffer sent copies of the e-mails to several Washington media organizations through an intermediary.The organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) said it received copies of the e-mails on July 21 and turned them over to the FBI that same day.In August 2006, ABC News reporter Brian Ross received the initial e-mails from a Republican source but did not write a story for over a month because he was working on other stories.