Cheat Sheet - How Obama Bungled Gitmo

Today: Bridge Collapse Survivor Recalls Fall , Who Outed the CIA Annex in Benghazi? , Boy Scouts Will Allow Gay Members May 24, 2013 LAST TIME AROUND 1. How Obama Bungled Gitmo On Thursday, Obama announced a renewed push to close the U.S. prison in Guantánamo. But if his last effort is any indication, it won't be an easy thing to do. The Daily Beast's Josh Rogin on how the White House screwed it up in 2009—refusing to help House Democrats and then abandoning the plan altogether. Read it at The Daily Beast MIRACLE 2. Bridge Collapse Survivor Recalls Fall When Dan Sligh and his wife fell from Washington state's Interstate 5 into the cold Skagit River Thursday evening, he "saw the water approaching" and recalls thinking, you hold on as tight as you can. The Slighs were en route to a camping trip in their pickup truck when the Skagit River Bridge collapsed ahead of them in a "big puff of dust," he told reporters from a hospital, Friday. Sligh, his wife, and one other man are the only people who actually fell in the water when the bridge collapsed—which resulted, miraculously, in no deaths. Police are still unsure what caused the collapse. Read it at The Associated Press STILL A MYSTERY 3. Who Outed the CIA Annex in Benghazi? In a classified hearing, a House panel is trying to figure out how the attack transpired. Eli Lake asks if the attackers KNEW that secret location, or did they learn it that night? Read it at The Daily Beast PROGRESS 4. Boy Scouts Will Allow Gay Members It looks like the Boy Scouts are slowly entering the 21st century. The organization voted Thursday to allow gay members, months after doing an about-face on its long-held ban on permitting gay youths to participate in Scouting. But don't rejoice yet: openly gay adult leaders are still banned. The ban on openly gay members dated back to 1991, based it on the Boy Scout oath—written in 1911—which said all Scouts must be "physically strong, mentally alert, and morally straight." Lifting the ban had support from about 60 percent of the 1,440 volunteer leaders who had gathered in Dallas for the vote. In a statement, the Boy Scouts said they would not allow themselves to be "consumed by a single, divisive, and unresolved societal issue." The ban's reversal will go into effect January 1, 2014. Read it at USA Today OH GOD 5. Amanda Bynes Arrested in NYC Amanda Bynes was arrested Thursday night in New York City, after allegedly trying to throw a bong out a window—on the 36th foor of the apartment building. Police said they responded to a call of someone smoking marijuana in the lobby of a midtown apartment building, but the person wasn't in the lobby anymore. Police said the doorman led them up to her apartment, where they knocked on the door and Bynes let them inside—and police said the apartment was allegedly filled with marijuana smoke. But when she apparently realized police could see the bong, she then allegedly tossed it out the window, which was on the 36th floor. She was arrested for reckless endangerment, tampering with evidence, and criminal possession of marijuana. Read it at ABC News SPYING'S OUR GAME CIA Goes Back to Basics Following Obama's speech on drones. OOPS Weiner Site Posts Wrong City While he makes first campaign stops. COLD TURKEY A&E's 'Intervention' Canceled After 8 years and 243 interventions. A MOVEABLE FEAST American Tourists Rescued From Iceberg After their picnic spot floated from shore. CONSEQUENCES Report: IRS Official Suspended Lois Lerner is at the center of tax-exempt scandal. 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. Obama Heckled During Gitmo Speech As President Obama urged Congress to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay Thursday, a heckler interrupted him. More Videos Memorial Day Movies to See or Skip by Marlow Stern The First Funeral for Moore, Oklahoma by Michael Daly Sports Journalism's Beauty Curse by Isobel Markham

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