Cheat Sheet - What a $330,000 Frankenburger Tastes Like

Today: Lindsey Graham Challengers Line Up for South Carolina GOP Primary , DEA Has a Surveillance Program , GOP to NBC, CNN: Drop Hillary Films August 05, 2013 Reboot 1. What a $330,000 Frankenburger Tastes Like The world's first lab-grown hamburger, made from the cells of a living cow, was eaten in London today. The diners tell Nico Hines that it tastes more like test tube than meat. Read it at The Daily Beast Challenger 2. Meet Lindsey Graham's Newest Rival An immigration advocate who talks to Democrats? Lindsey Graham is ripe for a Tea Party takedown. David Catanese reports from Goose Creek, South Carolina, where the senator's second GOP opponent, Nancy Mace, unveiled her campaign. Read it at The Daily Beast Big Brother, Volume 2 3. DEA Has a Surveillance Program The NSA isn't the only agency with an advanced and highly secret surveillance program, and this one is used to launch criminal investigations of Americans. Reuters reports that a secretive Drug Enforcement Administration unit passes intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, and telephone records to authorities in the U.S. The unit, called the Special Operations Division, was created in 1994 to combat Latin American drug cartels and comprises partner agencies including the FBI, CIA, NSA, IRS, and Department of Homeland Security. Perhaps the most disturbing part of the program is that agents are told to use "normal investigative techniques to recreate the information provided by SOD," according to documents obtained by Reuters, pretending that an arrest came from a random traffic stop and drug search, for example, rather than SOD surveillance. Read it at Reuters BLACKMAIL 4. GOP to NBC, CNN: Drop Hillary Films Wasn't this a plotline on The Newsroom? Republican National Committee chairman Reince Preibus on Monday called on NBC and CNN to drop their planned films about Hillary Clinton—or else the party won't allow those networks to have GOP debates in the 2016 election. CNN Films has announced plans to run a feature-length film on Clinton, and NBC has announced a miniseries called Hillary starring Diane Lane. Clinton has not announced if she is even running. Given how some of the GOP debates helped sink some of the 2012 candidates, Preibus should probably rethink his threat. Read it at Associated Press Unbelievable 5. Fort Hood Shooter Will Question Victims The victims of the 2009 Fort Hood shooter will be faced with shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan again in court: Hasan is representing himself and will cross-examine them as witnesses on Tuesday. As Staff Sgt. Alonzo M. Lunsford summed it up: "I will be cross-examined by the man who shot me." Hasan fatally shot 13 people and wounded more than 30 others when he opened fire at the Fort Hood army base in November 2009. He has been charged 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder and could face the death penalty if convicted. He has acknowledged being the gunman and has said in statements in and out of court that he was trying to protect Taliban leaders from soldiers deploying to Afghanistan. Read it at New York Times LET'S GIVE IT A TRY McCain, Graham to Arrive in Cairo Reportedly will meet with jailed members of the Muslim Brotherhood. STILL ROLLING BART Strike Averted for Now Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown intervenes. WEINER'S GAL Sydney Leathers Films 'Sex Tape' We all saw it coming. FRAT BOYS Aspiring Banker: We'll 'Bag Hot Slampieces' Email goes viral. Oops. GET READY Oprah to Lohan: 'Are You an Addict?' Whole interview will be broadcast Aug. 18th. GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. More Videos When Autism Meets Child Porn by Eustacia Cutler Professional Matchmakers Take to Facebook by Nina Strochlic Kate Middleton Is Officially a Princess by Tom Sykes

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