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9:35 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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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 …
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.
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: USA Today and Associated Press
The Raw Story:
Blogger reposts item 'outing' boy in Foley scandal, claimed he's of age  —  The blog Passionate America has revealed the identity and published a photograph of an alleged victim of disgraced Rep. Mark Foley in a post that was pulled and later re-posted with additional information.
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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 …
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
Chicago Tribune:
Hastert dodges Foley heat, denies report of repeated warnings  —  WASHINGTON — A defiant House Speaker Dennis Hastert fought Wednesday to hold on to his leadership post while fractures appeared among his lieutenants and a former senior aide to Mark Foley said he repeatedly had warned Hastert's top aide …
Discussion: Mia Culpa
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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 …
Alan K. Ota / CQPolitics.com:
Hastert Tells Conservative He'll Resign If It Helps GOP
Discussion: Whiskey Bar and NewsBusters.org
Bloomberg:
Hastert Working to Staunch Backlash From Foley Sex Scandal
Discussion: DonkeyRising and Daily Kos
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.
The Big Trunk / Power Line:   THE ZOO IN MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS
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 …
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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.
Cara Henis / Daily Texan:
Protests, insults disrupt Kristol 9/11 speech  —  A speech by William Kristol, former chief of staff for former vice president Dan Quayle and editor of The Weekly Standard magazine, turned hostile Tuesday when students began hurling insults at Kristol, alleging his and the U.S. government's complicity in the Sept. 11 attacks.
Discussion: Wonkette, Brendan Nyhan and Media Blog
Zogby:
Reuters/Zogby Poll: Dems Lead GOP Incumbents in Three Key Senate Races; Control of Chamber Still Uncertain  —  Races for two other GOP seats in Ohio, Tennessee are tied  —  Democrats in U.S. Senate races across the country are leading their Republican opponents and appear poised to gain ground …
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.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
David Rennie / Telegraph:
Muslims are waging civil war against us, claims police union  —  Radical Muslims in France's housing estates are waging an undeclared "intifada" against the police, with violent clashes injuring an average of 14 officers each day.  —  As the interior ministry said that nearly 2,500 officers …
Discussion: The Corner and Jihad Watch
 
 
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Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Foley Was Sexually Abused as a Youth, His Lawyer Says
Washington Post:
How to Lose a War
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: Power Line and Balloon Juice
Don Michak / Journal Inquirer:
Lamont writes another check as Lieberman aides surprised on D.C …
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DNA May Implicate Malibu Stars' Toilets
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Khameini: Don't masturbate during Ramadan
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Joe Tortureman  —  I'd read about this earlier today on Joementum …
Nico / Think Progress:
Hastert No-Shows Major Interview; Anonymous Hastert Staffer Falsely …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Brad / The BRAD BLOG:
Now Associated Press Labels Foley as a Democrat!
Bill Mears / CNN:
Scalia's tequila remark launches new term