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Friday, June 8, 2012

Cheat Sheet - Obama on Drone Leaks: It Wasn’t Me

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Today: I’ll Have Another Out of Belmont , American to Be Al Qaeda No. 2? , L.A. Murder Tied to Magnotta?
Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

June 08, 2012
PLUMBER IN CHIEF

As pressure mounts from Congress over classified information that appeared in Newsweek and The New York Times, the president denied at a press conference on Friday that he or his staff played any role. The Daily Beast’s Daniel Stone reports. Plus, Denver Nicks on the real problem with leaks: too many state secrets.

NO CROWN

Call your bookie. I’ll Have Another, the horse that won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness and was galloping toward the Triple Crown, is reportedly out of the race, according to The New York Times. If I’ll Have Another had stayed in the race and pulled out a win, it would have been the first Triple Crown win in 34 years. His trainer, Doug O’Neill, said the horse was suffering from tendinitis in his left leg.

NEXT GENERATION

Intelligence experts say that al Qaeda has five men with the potential to succeed current leader Ayman al-Zawahiri—and one is a U.S. citizen. Following the death of al Qaeda number two, Abu Yahaya al-Libi, counterterrorism experts say it would “be a mistake to think there is nobody on the bench” to take over the terror network. Since Osama bin Laden’s death last year, the U.S. has killed four of the five possible successors to bin Laden, with Zawahiri being the only one that is still alive. Of the five next-generation leaders, three have spent time in the U.S. and bin Laden’s former deputy Adam Gadahn, 33, is an American citizen.

CONNECTIONS

Porn star and accused killer Luka Magnotta may have left a trail of violence. A Los Angeles Police Department spokesman said Friday that detectives were looking to “see if there is a connection” between Magnotta and an unsolved January slaying in which the victim’s dismembered hands and head were found near the Hollywood sign. “Our detectives are contacting their counterparts in Canada and to see if suspect was in Hollywood at the time,” LAPD spokesman Lyle Knight told reporters. Magnotta, suspected of killing a student in Canada, made Facebook posts that seems to show that he was in the Los Angeles area  “doing massages” around the time that the killing occurred.

ATTACK AD

Williette Famolu was devastated when her boyfriend murdered her 2-year-old son last year. Then she saw the boy’s photo in a commercial Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker used to attack his opponent’s crime record—and went through hell all over again.


GET TO WORK
Obama Takes on Sluggish Economy
Blames Congress for slowing down growth.
MECHANICS
‘Car Talk’ Duo Retiring
NPR will still broadcast archives.
Ouch
Rand Paul Endorses Mitt Romney
Yep, his father’s opponent.
EVIDENCE
No Charges in Conn. Christmas Fire
Three children, grandparents died.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
WSJ Reporter Takes Break After Leak
Exchanged intimate emails with Bush official.
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