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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.
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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.
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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 …
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 …
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.
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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.
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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Drudge Report:
ABC ONLINE GLITCH LEADS TO IDENTITY OF FOLEY ACCUSER FEATURED IM EXCHANGE WAS WITH 18 YEAR OLD — A posting on ABCNEWS.COM of an unredacted instant message sessions between Rep. Mark Foley and a former congressional page has exposed the identity of the now 21 year-old accuser.
Michelle Malkin:The conservative outing mob
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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.
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Michelle Malkin:
Mob rule at Columbia University — Minutemen Project co-founder Jim Gilchrist spoke at Columbia University tonight. He tried to speak, that is. During his remarks, a mob of students stormed the stage and sabotaged the event. Every Columbia U. alum should be assailing the administration.
Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:
Appeal on school's lesson in Muslim culture is rejected — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday by evangelical Christian students and their parents who said a Contra Costa County school district engaged in unconstitutional religious indoctrination when it taught students about Islam …
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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 …
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.
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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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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.
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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