Lowell said that the news media had misrepresented facts and that Condit has been "under enormous pressure, of nonstop media pressure."

Polygraph Report 'Self-serving'

CNN quoted D.C. Executive Assistant Police Chief Terrance Gainer as saying Lowell's report of Condit's polygraph test was "a bit self-serving."

"The technology and the subjective and objective things that go into a polygraph aren't answered by him having a press conference and, frankly, my responding to that," Gainer said.

Also Friday, D.C. police posted on their Web site (mpdc.org) computer-generated pictures showing how Levy might look in disguises. Police also continued to search vacant buildings around the district.

Levy disappeared April 30 after canceling her membership in a gym near Washington's fashionable Dupont Circle. The Levy family has publicly questioned Condit's conduct during the investigation, saying he impeded the search for their missing daughter by not initially disclosing the nature of his relationship with her.

Police say they still hope to find Levy alive.

Investigators have been analyzing material police and FBI personnel removed from Condit's apartment Tuesday night, when the congressman allowed them to search his apartment without a warrant. Investigators are looking for "signs of a struggle, other types of evidence, blood, skin or tissue - things of that nature that could point to something happening that was unusual and that might all point toward foul play," said D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey.

On Wednesday, representatives of the U.S. attorney's office questioned a United Airlines flight attendant, Anne Marie Smith, about a 10-month affair she claims she had with the California Democrat. Smith met twice Wednesday with the representatives at the FBI field office in Washington.

Police sources have said they also have asked three other men to take lie detector tests but did not disclose who they were and how were the connected to Levy's disappearance.

Levy is from Modesto, Calif., and had recently completed an internship at the Federal Bureau of Prisons. She had planned to return to her home state to receive a master's degree from the University of Southern California.

Police found no sign of forced entry or a struggle in Levy's apartment. The doors were locked, her bags were half-packed, and cash and credit cards were found inside. Only Levy's keys and a gold ring were missing.

On July 3, Smith told Fox News that Condit had asked her to sign a declaration denying her relationship with the congressman and told her that she did not have to talk to the FBI after Levy's disappearance.

On July 4, Smith said Condit had called her "approximately May 5 or 6." She said Condit had told her that he might be in trouble and that he was "going to have to disappear for a while."

Levy's aunt has said Chandra told her of an affair with the 53-year-old married congressman and that Condit had warned Chandra that if she told anyone of the affair, he would end it.

The Hill, a capital publication focusing on Congress, quoted "police sources" Wednesday as saying Condit instructed Levy "not to carry any personal identification when they were together." The Hill noted that when Levy disappeared, left behind were "all her other personal items, including credit cards, identification and cash."

But Lowell said Friday that any focus outside of the central issue of the missing intern was inappropriate - and that the polygraph showed Condit had nothing to do with Levy's disappearance.

"Those people who are really concerned about the disappearance of Ms. Levy will realize that Congressman Condit has exhausted the information that he can provide and that the spotlight on him should be turned elsewhere," Lowell said.

"We urge others with information to be as forthcoming as they can be, that the police be allowed to do their job by looking for other leads, and that the media allow both to occur so that Chandra Levy can be found."

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