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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Cheat Sheet - President Obama’s Inequality Gamble

Today: Report: American Killed in Benghazi , NSA Tracks Cellphones Worldwide , 'Nuke Mom' Marisa Sketo Kirsh on Her Vindication
Cheat Sheet: Morning

December 05, 2013
INEQUALITY GAP

Speaking at a liberal think tank Wednesday, President Obama sought to reclaim the promise that he ran on in 2008: an economy that works for everyone. He is expected to focus his energies on the issue in the last three years of his presidency. Noble as that is, says the Daily Beast's Eleanor Clift, efforts to bridge the gap between the upper and middle class may serve only to divide the Democratic Party as it searches for new leaders for 2016. Stuart Stevens also claims that by calling it the "defining issue of our time," he's given us permission to grade him on his success at addressing it. By any measure, says Stevens, he has failed spectacularly.

BREAKING

According to medical and security officials, an American citizen working at an international school in the Libyan city of Benghazi has been shot—and multiple news outlets are reporting that he is dead. The BBC reports that the slain man is believed to be from Texas and named Ronnie Smith, though his identity has not yet officially been confirmed. He was allegedly gunned down Thursday while going for a morning jog. No party has come forward to claim responsibility, and no further details surrounding the death have been released.

big brother

Is no phone sacred anymore? According to documents provided by NSA leaker Edward Snowden and interviews the Washington Post conducted with U.S. intelligence officials, the NSA is gathering almost 5 billion records a day on the locations of cellphones worldwide. The information is supposed to allow the agency to track the movements of individuals and map their relationships. Americans' cellphones are not targeted "by design," but one anonymous NSA agent said "vast volumes" of data are collected by tapping into the cables that connect cellphone networks around the world and which serve both U.S. phones and foreign ones. On top of that, data is often collected from Americans who travel abroad with their cellphones.

EXCLUSIVE

After accusing her husband of child abuse in 1996, Marisa Sketo Kirsh fled South Carolina for South Africa with her 4-year-old son Zackary, leaving everything in her storybook life—horses, dogs, and family—behind. But things took a turn for the worse when she realized her job there at a technology company had placed her at the center of a massive nuclear weapons smuggling ring. It took years to convince authorities that she was innocent. Now 52 and living in Cape Town, Kirsh shares the story of her vindication with The Daily Beast's Michael Daly.

CONFLICT

A coordinated attack involving a suicide bomber has left at least 19 people dead at Yemen's Ministry of Defense. Immediately after a powerful car blast, armed men entered the government compound and fought with security forces. Of the 19 dead, 10 were soldiers and nine were militants. Security forces later regained control of the building, but no group has come forward yet to take credit for the attack.


SAY WHAT?
Guilty Plea 'Forced' on Defendants
In drug cases, according to report.
CASH-MONEY
Christie's Appraises Detroit Art
To see how much it could raise.
PUSHBACK
23andMe Founder Responds to FDA
After crackdown last week.
HEALTH CRAZE
Beyoncé and Jay Z Go Vegan
As part of new diet.
Watch This!
Benedict Cumberbatch Does R. Kelly
Reads 'Black Panties' lyrics.

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