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8:50 AM ET, October 5, 2006

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Longtime Republican was source of e-mails  —  The source who in July gave news media Rep. Mark Foley's (R-Fla.) suspect e-mails to a former House page says the documents came to him from a House GOP aide.  —  That aide has been a registered Republican since becoming eligible to vote …
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Larry Wheeler / Tallahassee Democrat:
Clerk asked to look into report of Foley incident at page's dorm  —  WASHINGTON — A senior House Republican has asked the House clerk to look into allegations that then-Rep. Mark Foley was turned away from the congressional page dorm on Capitol Hill after arriving there intoxicated one night.
Discussion: ABCNEWS
ABCNEWS:
Hastert Was Warned About Foley Two Years Ago, GOP Aide Says  —  House Speaker's Spokesman Disputes Kirk Fordham's Claim That He Previously Alerted Hastert's Office About Foley's Behavior  —  Despite claims by senior congressional aide Kirk Fordham that he notified House Speaker Dennis Hastert's office …
The Prowler / American Spectator:
They'll Regret It  —  "We're getting into very dangerous territory, and I've warned my colleagues to be careful."  That's what a Democrat leadership aide was saying on Wednesday, as word circulated about David Corn's blog posting that revealed that a list of gay Republicans congressional staffers was circulating through emails.
Washington Post:
Ex-Aide To Foley Cites '03 Warnings  —  Former Staffer Says He Alerted Hastert's Office  —  A longtime chief of staff to disgraced former representative Mark Foley (R-Fla.) approached House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert's office three years ago, repeatedly imploring senior Republicans …
New York Times:
Early Warning on Foley Cited by Former Aide  —  A former Congressional aide said Wednesday that Speaker J. Dennis Hastert's office knew about reports of "inappropriate behavior" by Representative Mark Foley far earlier than Mr. Hastert's office has acknowledged.
Discussion: Associated Press
Associated Press:
Reynolds deflects questions about aide's role  —  AMHERST - U.S. Rep. Thomas Reynolds Tuesday denied knowing what his top aide might have done on behalf of a disgraced lawmaker in the days before he resigned following revelations of sexually explicit messages sent to underage male pages.
Ray Long / Chicago Tribune:
Lawmaker defends page program  —  SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois lawmaker who oversees the Congressional page program said Wednesday that teens who participate are "safer in our program than in a lot of homes."  —  Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) defended his actions as chairman of the page board …
Washington Post:
Lawmaker's Intentions Appear Clear In Exchanges
RADAR:
THE BOGUS BLOG BEHIND FOLEY'S FALL  —  ABCNews.com brought Mark Foley's boy-chasing to national attention, but it wasn't the first website to flog the story.  That dubious honor belongs to StopSexPredators, a pseudo-vigilante blog filled with plagiarized, hastily-assembled posts …
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Fox News:   HOUSE GOP LEADERS ASK FOR PROBE INTO ALLEGED FOLEY DORM VISIT
Eliana Johnson / New York Sun:
At Columbia, Students Attack Minuteman Founder  —  Students stormed the stage at Columbia University's Roone auditorium yesterday, knocking over chairs and tables and attacking Jim Gilchrist, the founder of the Minutemen, a group that patrols the border between America and Mexico.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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Michelle Malkin:   Mob rule at Columbia University
The Big Trunk / Power Line:   THE ZOO IN MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS
Alan K. Ota / CQPolitics.com:
Hastert Tells Conservative He'll Resign If It Helps GOP  —  House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., told a leading conservative Wednesday that he would resign as the top congressional leader if it would help the Republican Party stave off defeat in November.
Discussion: Whiskey Bar and NewsBusters.org
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This Is London:
MUSLIM PC WINS RIGHT NOT TO PROTECT ISRAELI EMBASSY  —  A Muslim police officer has been excused from guarding London's Israeli Embassy after he objected to the duty on 'moral grounds'.  —  PC Alexander Omar Basha - a member of the Metropolitan Police's Diplomatic Protection Group …
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Joe Tortureman  —  I'd read about this earlier today on Joementum, but I knew that CTBlogger was going to put up a YouTube and I really wanted to see it with my own eyes before I wrote anything about it.  Yep, there's no mistake.  Here is Joe Tortureman on Imus, joking about...well, what else, torture:
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Military Hones a New Strategy on Insurgency  —  The United States Army and Marines are finishing work on a new counterinsurgency doctrine that draws on the hard-learned lessons from Iraq and makes the welfare and protection of civilians a bedrock element of military strategy.
Peter C. Glover / TCS Daily:
Green Hypocrisy at 30,000 Feet  —  They sit in economy class occasionally wiping their clammy hands.  Their eyes dart furtively about.  They wonder whether the stewardess or passenger next to them might have become suspicious.  Some even grow moustaches or beards - to cover the 'giveaway' sweating top lip.
Dan Sewell / Associated Press:
Court temporarily OKs domestic spying  —  CINCINNATI - The Bush administration can continue its warrantless surveillance program while it appeals a judge's ruling that the program is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.  —  The president has said the program is needed …
Ynetnews:
Khameini: Don't masturbate during Ramadan  —  Iran's supreme leader answers questions on masturbation and other topics on his website  —  Deliberate masturbation during the month of Ramadan renders a fast invalid, Iranian Supreme Leader Sayyid Ali Khameini has ruled.
 
 
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Washington Post:
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Discussion: Bull Moose and TalkLeft
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Waterboarding Historically Controversial
Discussion: Balkinization
Dean Barnett / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
Patterns Emerge  —  Reading the comment boards here …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Power Line
Don Michak / Journal Inquirer:
Lamont writes another check as Lieberman aides surprised on D.C …
Noaki Schwartz / ABCNEWS:
DNA May Implicate Malibu Stars' Toilets
Nico / Think Progress:
Hastert No-Shows Major Interview; Anonymous Hastert Staffer Falsely …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
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Now Associated Press Labels Foley as a Democrat!
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