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A Story the Guardian Didn't Break Leak Source Nicked As the riot clean up operation continued, and the blame game intensified, Silly Season set in across Westminster. The week's most memorable stories included Louise Mensch's rock and roll days, the news that aliens are worried about climate change, and the definitive proof that cuts to the state are long over due. The heroin addicted, benefit-cheating LibDem Councillor also amused greatly... The phone-hacking scandal reared it's head again with Tom Watson forced to deny he leaked letters from the Culture Media and Sport Select Committee to the Guardian, despite being quoted extensively in their leaked scoop. He must have at least been aware they had the document when he discussed it with them, way before the official release of information... However things only got worse for the Guardian, on Friday the news broke that an officer working on the Met's Operation Weeting phone-hacking inquiry had been detained for passing on information to theGuardian. Funnily enough this was only the second significant development that the darlings of the hacking saga had not broken themselves. The other being the fact that their own investigative guru, David Leigh, had a hacking history of his own... In the Guardian guide to ethical standards for intruding into private matters, such as a police investigation, rule four states: “There must be proper authority – any intrusion must be authorised at a sufficiently senior level and with appropriate oversight.” Guido is looking forward to finding out what editor Alan Rusbridger knew and when. Elsewhere the Huhne story just won't die. It's now over one hundred days since the scandal broke, and the CPS have asked Essex Police for more evidence. You can understand their concerns given that with one nod from them Huhne is history. It also gives the Director of Public Prosecutions some wriggle room in the unlikely even the case was collapse. If there was nothing to answer for, it would have been thrown out already.... Advertisement Week's Most Read Stories This week 94,821 visitors made 270,314 visits to view 413,036 pages, the Silly Season low, almost 100,000 fewer hits than last week’s riot packed news flow. Sally Bercow on Celebrity Big Brother does not have quite the same kind of ratings draw. The top stories in order of popularity were: Was Starkey Racist? Totty Watch: Right Wing Headbanger Red Ed’s Cuts are Dead Why The Cuts Are Needed Who the Ed are You? The Tears of a Clown You’re either in front of Guido, or you are behind…