Envelope Body Element Namespaces

I'm implementing a messaging interface and I have had some success.  Thanks
to a previous thread, I started using the messaging router.  So that works
now.  I am able to peal off the XML in the body element, but w/ one prob.
The root element of what I grab has an

xmlns=""

and I believe this is breaking a Xalan transform later in the method.  I
grab the element like this:

   Element bodyNode = (Element) env.getBody().getBodyEntries().elementAt(0);
   Element source = (Element)
bodyNode.getElementsByTagName("source").item(0).getFirstChild();

Sample XML:

<Statement xmlns="">
    <Parameters>
        ...filler...
    </Parameters>
    <Accounts>
        ... stuff ...
    <Accounts>
        </Account>
    </Accounts>
</Statement>

So, my question is how do I get this element w/o a namespace declaration, or
if that is not possible, how can I get Xalan to ignore it?

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