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Monday, May 16, 2011
The Morning Scoop - Exclusive: Photos Reveal Pakistan’s Nuclear Surge
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At a moment of unprecedented misgiving between Washington and Islamabad, photos obtained by Newsweek suggest that Pakistan's nuclear program is barreling ahead at a furious clip. So why does the U.S. still stay mum? Andrew Bast on the White House's thorny next steps. Plus, see an exclusive image of the plant.
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn spent much of Sunday locked up at the Manhattan Special Victims Unit and was forced to undergo forensic and scientific testing for possible DNA evidence on his skin or beneath his fingernails, said officials. Furthermore, investigation officials were worried that, since there was a good likelihood that Strauss-Kahn would be allowed to post bail, he would flee the country with the evidence on his person. Meanwhile, Strauss-Kahn's accuser, a maid at the Sofitel New York hotel on West 44th St. in Manhattan, where the IMF chief was a guest, picked him from a police lineup at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, said police.
The space shuttle Endeavour is fueled and ready to launch for its final mission, weather permitting. NASA officials say there's a 70 percent chance for good weather at launch time. The heater problem, which had delayed the mission, has been fixed. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, whose husband Mark Kelly will be commanding the mission, arrived at the Kennedy Space Center Sunday.
An estimated 4,000 residents in several low-lying Louisiana towns have been forced to evacuate at 5 p.m. on Sunday after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorized the opening of floodgates on the Morganza Spillway, according to Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. The aim of opening the floodgates is to prevent further devastation downriver in the highly-populated cities of Baton Rouge and New Orleans, but towns like Krotz Springs, with a population of 750 people, are being forced to leave due to the menacing, rising waters of the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers. Hoping to reach higher ground in order to celebrate his daughter Mayah's fourth birthday, Krotz Springs resident Jake Nolan said, "She can't swim, and she hears all the stories about the water rising. She is scared she won't be able to make it out."
President Obama praised whistle-blowers during his campaign but has since presided over what one conservative political scientist calls " the most Draconian crackdown on leaks in our history—even more so than Nixon." In The New Yorker, Jane Mayer talks to Thomas Drake, a former National Security Agency senior executive who faces 35 years in prison for leaking information to the press. "I did not tell secrets," says Drake. "I am facing prison for having raised an alarm, period. I went to a reporter with a few key things: fraud, waste, and abuse, and the fact that there were legal alternatives to the Bush Administration's 'dark side.'" Drake was a part of an all-Republican group of internal NSA dissidents who opposed the agency's warrantless wiretapping program. They complained to the Pentagon Inspector General, who ruled in their favor, but then the ruling was classified as secret. Frustrated, Drake began leaking to the Baltimore Sun. Some people believe Drake was targeted only after the Justice Department failed to figure out who was responsible for leaking word of the NSA's wireless wiretapping to The New York Times.
After undergoing a DNA examination as a crowd waited outside, IMF leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn will be arraigned Monday morning in Manhattan. Meanwhile, a second accuser alleges she was assaulted in 2002.
Israel's Palestinian Arab Spring by Peter Beinart The converging of thousands of Palestinians on Israel's borders is a sign that they have lost faith in American promises—and that if Israel and the U.S. don't work toward a Palestinian state near 1967 lines others will seize the initiative in shaping the Middle East, writes Peter Beinart.
Bridesmaids Director Paul Feig's Overdue Triumph by Paul Feig While Paul Feig has risen to small-screen success directing hits including The Office and Mad Men, his feature films have bombed. Until now. Fresh off his early box office glory, he chronicles his bumpy ride to the top.
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