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Sunday, June 9, 2013

Cheat Sheet - Is PRISM Really a Scandal?

Today: Mandela's Friend: 'Time to Let Him Go' , The GOP's Huge, Growing Modernity Gap , Obama: 'Terrific' Progress with China
Cheat Sheet: Morning

June 09, 2013
SURVEILLENCE

Pundits are ranting about data mining, but what we really need, says Alan M. Dershowitz, is a serious conversation about privacy and security in the Internet era.

ICON

A longtime friend of Nelson Mandela, Andrew Mlangeni, told the South African Sunday Times that "it's time to let him go," saying the beloved first black president is "quite clearly not well" after being hospitalized again on Saturday. "Once the family releases him, the people of South African will follow," Mlangeni said. "We say thank you, God, you have given us this man, and we will release him too." Mandela has not appeared in public since the 2010 World Cup, but he still retains his popularity in South Africa—with his face on banknotes issued just last year. The current president's website crashed on Saturday, and his office did issue any updates on Mandela's condition, although reports said Mandela is breathing on his own.

GRAND OLD PARTY

Republicans' problem with young voters isn't about stray stupid comments, writes The Daily Beast's Lloyd Green, but its retrograde approach to technology, culture and modernity.

LET'S BE FRIENDS

Friendship lesson 101: bond over a common enemy, and it looks like Kim Jong-un is that enemy for the U.S. and China. U.S. officials described the two-day summit between President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping as "constructive," saying the two leaders have agreed to "cooperate" on denuclearizing North Korea. Obama described their progress with China as "terrific" while on a walk, although new National Security Advisor Tom Donilon said that Obama had warned Xi that continued suspected cybercrime by Chinese officials could be an "inhibitor" to a good relationship. But here's an awkward reminder of what's going on inside China's borders: a court sentenced Liu Xia, the brother-in-law of imprisoned Nobel winner Liu Xiabao, to 11 years in prison for alleged real estate fraud, a fairly harsh sentence for a minor business dispute.

RAMPAGE

Santa Monica police identified the shooter in Friday's rampage as John Zawahri, a man in his 20s who once attended the school and who they think was motivated by anger over his parents' divorce, according to the Los Angeles Times. Police said the first two victims were the suspects' father and brother, whose bodies were found in their burnt-down house. A witness said he saw Zawahri outside the burning and building, describing him as looking like a "SWAT officer." Police are still unsure of why he decided to move on to the college, although he once was a student there. The first victim as been identified as Carlos Navarro Franco, 68, who was killed with the gunman shot indiscriminately at vehicles. Another victim is at a local hospital in "grave condition."


TRAGEDY
Philadelphia Crane Operator Surrenders
Is blamed for deaths of six in building collapse.
RIP
Former Mass. Gov. Paul Cellucci Dies
Suffered from Lou Gehrig's disease.
STANLEY CUP
Bruins, Blackhawks to Meet in NHL Final
Chicago beat defending champions L.A. Kings.
GOSSIP
'Katie' May Not Get Third Season
"Staffing weirdness" since executive producer Jeff Zucker left.
Did I do that?
Violist Eggs Simon Cowell on 'Britain's Got Talent'
Issues apology shortly afterward.
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