Just replicated the "would-be" bug, here is what I found out from making
the test:
     
          .- This behavior happens only if the input/document has
a defined Doctype, in this case XHTML Strict or Transitional
          .- If there is no Doctype in the input/document the
behavior is as expected, not even the xml:space="preserve" attribute is
added to the output.

 What baffles me now is what JAR/Library in the stack takes this
Doctype input and produces an altered final output (The not expanding
the particular script tag appropriately and adding the
xml:space="preserve" attribute) .

Any ideas (Xerces , Jaxen or something else in JDOM ) ?

Daniel
Attaching Test.java and and testData.html

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