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November 15, 2012 | | THE HERO SUMMIT Aaron Sorkin was in spoiler mode during his appearance Thursday at Newsweek and The Daily Beast’s Hero Summit. The screenwriter revealed that his upcoming Steve Jobs biopic will consist of just three scenes, all of which will be leading up to a major product launch and end with the quote, 'Here's to the crazy ones.' He also confirmed that there will be no story line about the David Petraeus scandal on the second season of the HBO drama The Newsroom, as season two will conclude, literally, the day before the story breaks. Plus, Eli Lake interviews chessmaster Garry Kasparov about Putin’s future in Russia, Madeleine Albright discusses the dangers and opportunities for 21st-century diplomats, and more live coverage from The Hero Summit. RECORD FINE What’s the penalty for causing the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history? BP plead guilty to 11 felony counts and agreed to pay $4.5 billion in damages for the 2010 Gulf oil spill. Two BP employees will also face manslaughter charges for the deaths of 11 people in the Deepwater Horizon explosion. Sources also said that BP will plead guilty for lying to Congress about the size of the leak. CLUELESS On a conference call with donors on Wednesday, the salesman candidate blamed his loss on President Obama's "gifts" to young and minority voters—things like forgiving college-loan interest and Obamacare—with no evident sense of the irony, writes The Daily Beast’s John Avlon. DRAMA Maybe Jill Kelley did have reason to be afraid. A source close to the Kelley family said on Wednesday that the emails sent to Gen. John Allen about the Tampa socialite were “offensive” while also sending emails to Kelley that were “stalking.” Kelley has been linked to threatening emails sent by Paula Broadwell, the woman having an affair with former CIA director David Petraeus, who resigned last week in response to the scandal. The email reportedly came from an account called “Kelley Patrol,” and it implied that Allen could lose his reputation for his association with Kelley. Allen reportedly then sent the email to Kelley herself, who showed it her husband, Scott Kelley. In early June, the Kelleys, who have a joint email account, started receiving messages in a similar vein. HERO SUMMIT Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former U.S. ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan Ryan Crocker and French philosopher and author Bernard-Henri Levy honored Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya who was killed on Sept. 11 with three others, at Newsweek and The Daily Beast’s Hero Summit on Thursday. “He was the kind of person we need as diplomats,” Albright said. Crocker called Stevens “one of very finest officers,” and noted that Stevens was fluent in Arabic and wanted to “dramatically influence the future of Libya.” | | 
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