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10:40 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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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.
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.
Ray Long / Chicago Tribune:
Lawmaker defends page program
Washington Post:
Lawmaker's Intentions Appear Clear In Exchanges
Bloomberg:
Hastert Working to Staunch Backlash From Foley Sex Scandal
Discussion: Daily Kos
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:   Hastert in Lockdown  —  The local NBC affiliate reports this morning …
Jim Davenport / Associated Press:
Gingrich on page scandal: Democrats have done far worse
Discussion: Associated Press and Mia Culpa
Josephine Hearn / The Hill:
McHenry seeks sworn Dem account
Discussion: TAPPED, MyDD and Showdown 06
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.
Discussion: RightWinged.com and Sister Toldjah
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
THE ZOO IN MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS  —  Last night the Columbia University College Republicans hosted what was to be a speech by Jim Gilchrist, the founder of the Minuteman Project.  Within moments of Gilchrist taking the podium, however, the event was disrupted by left-wing students mounting a coordinated attack on the stage.
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.
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Daily Oklahoman:
Istook aide may be victim in page scandal  —  Story continues below advertisement  —  A former U.S. House page working on the gubernatorial campaign of Republican Rep. Ernest Istook may be a part of the scandal involving former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, The Oklahoman has learned.
Discussion: Macsmind
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.
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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Judd / Think Progress:
Pajamas Media, Instapundit Facilitate Outing Of Foley Victim  —  An obscure right-wing blogger, Wild Bill, has outed one of Mark Foley's victims, a former Congressional page.  It is a despicable act.  Wild Bill however, gets almost no traffic, so the damage done to the victim's life could have been minimal.
Discussion: Mia Culpa and Lean Left
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Waterboarding Historically Controversial  —  In 1947, the U.S. Called It a War Crime; in 1968, It Reportedly Caused an Investigation  —  Key senators say Congress has outlawed one of the most notorious detainee interrogation techniques — "waterboarding," in which a prisoner feels near drowning.
Discussion: The Heretik and Balkinization
Bill Mears / CNN:
Scalia's tequila remark launches new term  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Justice Antonin Scalia opened the Supreme Court's new term Tuesday by questioning whether a man deported to Mexico after a drug conviction would be "abstaining from tequila" for fear of violating his U.S. parole terms.
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: Jihad Watch and The Corner
 
 
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Jon Kamman / Arizona Republic:
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Jeanne Cummings / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Caught in a Storm
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
Zogby:
Reuters/Zogby Poll: Dems Lead GOP Incumbents in Three Key Senate …
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