<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Courtesy of the Associated Press at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268748/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=1IhoiEA5">http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268748/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=1IhoiEA5</a></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><h1 class="mnTtl" id="strTtl" style="margin: 0px 0px 0.1em; font-weight: normal; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Idaho GOP committee members accuse party of secret society</h1><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Members of Idaho's Republican Party central committee say a secret society has been formed to oust them from their leadership positions.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The men have filed a petition in state district court in eastern Idaho to force Republican officials to give depositions so that members of the alleged secret society can be revealed.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bryan Smith, a former Idaho congressional candidate, and Doyle Beck, an Idaho Falls businessman, say they cannot file a lawsuit because they do not know enough information about the so-called "clandestine core group."</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Christ Troupis, who represents Smith and Beck, did not immediately return requests for comment.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The petition is scheduled to be reviewed in early April after previous hearings were rescheduled when the judges recused themselves.</span></p></div><div>---------------------------------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></body></html>