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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Cheat Sheet - The Media’s Petraeus Fever

Today: Petraeus Fever Paralyzes Washington , Sources: Broadwell Had Classified Info , Gaza Rocket Kills 3 Israelis
Cheat Sheet: Morning

November 15, 2012
FRENZY

Virtually every journalist in D.C. is feasting on the sex scandal. Howard Kurtz on the irresistible lure of tawdry affairs. Plus, Paula Froelich on spurned lovers who went ballistic, timeline of how the how affair exploded and, more on the scandal.

MORE DRAMA

Sources said on Thursday that the FBI seized classified information from the home of Paula Broadwell, David Petraeus's biographer whose extramarital affair led to his resignation as CIA director. The files were reportedly discovered on a machine in Broadwell's Charlotte, N.C. home, and investigators also allegedly discovered documents Broadwell admitted taking from secure government buildings. In a somewhat unsurprising move, a U.S. official said Wednesday that Broadwell's security clearance had been suspended. Broadwell, a West Point graduate, is a former Army intelligence officer and had high security clearance.

DEADLY

Three Israelis were killed and another three were wounded on Thursday as rockets fired from Gaza hit the Israeli town of Kiryat Malachi. Their deaths are the first for Israel since the Israeli military killed Hamas military commander Ahmed al-Jabari on Wednesday. Eleven Palestinians have died in that operation, mainly militants but also reportedly some children. Since then, more than 130 rockets have been fired into Israel, police say. A rocket also hit a house in Ashdod, with another landing close to a school in Beer Tuvya, with reports of more attacks in Ofakim and Ashkelon and there were even reports of a missile attack in Tel Aviv.

NEW LEADER

It doesn't happen often, but change is coming to China's leadership. Vice President Xi Jinping is taking over for outgoing President Hu Jintao as chief of the Communist Party and its military, and in March, he will assume the presidency. The party also reduced the number of seats on its all important Standing Committee from nine to seven, in order to help with consensus building. Along with Xi, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan, and Zhang Gaoli will be controlling the world's second-largest economy for the next five years.

HERO PROJECT

Not a bad endorsement. In the first public comments from an elite military official, Adm. William McRaven—also known as the man who devised and commanded the raid that killed bin Laden—said that Petraeus was the "finest general" he had ever served under. McRaven, speaking at Newsweek & The Daily Beast's Hero Summit, said that the general had made thousands of decisions that saved lives in Afghanistan. But he doesn't condone the affair: "Holly Petraeus is also an American hero," he said. The comments suggest that Petraeus will still hold influence over the military, even after resigning from his post. Plus, tune into The Daily Beast's homepage starting at 8:30 a.m. for a livestream of Day Two of the summit.


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BOOKWORMS
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AMAZIN'
Mets' R.A. Dickey Wins Cy Young
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LIVIN' ON A PRAYER
Bon Jovi's Daughter OD'd, Arrested
Found unresponsive from heroin.
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