On the morning of Feb. 9, 2011, a photo surfaced of a bare-chested Rep. Christopher Lee, R-N.Y., sent to a woman he encountered on Craigslist and to whom the 46-year-old married congressman had presented himself as a divorced lobbyist who was seven years younger. By late afternoon, Lee had been forced to retire, before having a chance to talk to the press, say he was set up by mysterious enemies or display any more body parts.

On May 27, another self-portrait, this one minus a face and focused south of the border, was sent from the Twitter account of Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., to a coed in Seattle.