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Cheat Sheet - Paula Broadwell, FBI Agent?

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Today: Congress Receives Confusing Benghazi Briefing From Administration , Brief Israel Cease-fire Collapses , U.S. Mulls Chemical Weapons Seizure
Cheat Sheet: Morning

November 16, 2012
The Right Stuff

Six years ago, the woman who’s now at the center of the investigation of David Petraeus nearly joined the bureau herself. If only, writes The Daily Beast’s Michael Daly. Plus, Winston Ross on MacDill Air Force base, also known as Tampa’s ‘Wisteria Lane’; Sami Yousafzai on how the Taliban is piling on Petraeus; and more.

Confusing

After a month of collecting data and film from Benghazi, the CIA, State Department, and FBI can’t really explain what happened last Sept. 11—and former CIA director David Petraeus is slated to testify before Congress on Friday. The Daily Beast’s Eli Lake reports.

CONFLICT

A ceasefire on Friday between Israel and Hamas collapsed after just three hours when Palestinians continued launching rockets over the border, and Israel resumed air strikes in retaliation. The cease-fire had been planned for Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Qandil’s visit to Gaza. The Israeli military also announced on Friday morning that it was calling up 16,000 reservists for a potential ground operation. An official in Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said that Egypt had requested the ceasefire for the visit and that Israel had promised the military "would hold its fire on the condition that during that period, there won't be hostile fire from Gaza into Israel.”

RED LINE

The Pentagon informed the Obama administration that seizing Syria’s supply of chemical weapons would require more than 75,000 troops. The Defense Department has not yet been ordered to draw up detailed plans for such an operation, but it calls into question whether or not the U.S. could act quickly in such an instance. The assessment emerged amid reports that militant group Hizbollah has set up training camps near some chemical weapons depots. In August, President Obama had warned that “a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. That would change my calculus.”

OH REALLY?

Where’s the trust? The CIA’s inspector general has reportedly begun an internal investigation into the general conduct of David Petraeus during the 14 months he was in charge of the agency. The FBI has already said that their investigation has not turned up any threat to national security, but the inspector general reportedly wants to make sure that Petraeus did not misuse any agency assets during his affair with Broadwell. A CIA spokesperson said the investigation is “exploratory” and “doesn’t presuppose any particular outcome.”


PETRAEUS SCANDAL
Humphries: Shirtless Pic Was a Joke
Says image was sent to several friends.
WHOA THERE
McCain Lashes Out at CNN
When asked why he didn’t attend Benghazi briefing.
ROAD RAGE
Woman Drives Onto Airport Runway
With a child in the car.
Livin’ on a Prayer
Bon Jovi’s Daughter Dodges Charges
Due to New York drug law.
YOUNG LOVE
Bieber & Gomez Reconnect
Despite Selena’s attempts to cut him off.
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