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April 18, 2014 | | SCANDAL In an exclusive interview with Tim Teeman, Michael Egan III claims he considered killing himself after he says X-Men director Bryan Singer sexually abused him as a teenager. Egan, now 31, details his allegations against Singer, which he alleges happened at a California mansion owned by a convicted sex-offender. Egan says he was anally and orally raped, and that threats were made against his life and career. "You were like a piece of meat to these people," Egan contends. "If I could define what that house was, it's evil." LOOK UP While Russian surveillance planes already fly in U.S. airspace thanks to a long-standing treaty, a fight is brewing in the national security arena over whether or not to allow Moscow's new, ultra-sophisticated spy plane over the U.S., reports Eli Lake. The debate now has military and intelligence bosses, who are spooked by the plane, squaring off with the State Department, which will ultimately decide. BACK OFF Edward Snowden says he was just asking questions of Vladimir Putin on state-run television Thursday, not covering for the man who essentially granted him asylum. Writing in The Guardian, Snowden said "I was surprised that people who witnessed me risk my life to expose the surveillance practices of my own country could not believe that I might also criticise the surveillance policies of Russia, a country to which I have sworn no allegiance, without ulterior motive." Snowden said Putin denied and dodged his question about whether Russia engages in mass surveillance, but that his question and Putin's non-answer lifted a de facto ban on the subject in Russia. WATERY GRAVE Prosecutors in South Korea are currently pursuing an arrest warrant for the captain of the ferry that capsized on Wednesday after it was revealed that he was not at the helm during the incident. The capsized South Korean ferry with 270 missing is now completely underwater, and the death toll rose to 28 as of Friday morning. The vice principal of the high school where most of the missing came from was found hanged Friday in an apparent suicide. The principal had been rescued on one of the first boats. Divers and rescue works were able to breach the hull of the ferry and enter the second deck, but tough water conditions forced them to exit and they failed to find any more of the missing. "There are heavy currents in the area. So the vessel itself is not stable in the water. So you are, by default, putting divers at risk," said a member of the U.S. Navy helping the search. COVERED Kids these days are signing up for health care. President Obama touted the Affordable Care Act's numbers at a press conference on Thursday, noting that of the 8 million signed up, 35 percent are under the age of 35. Obama noted that premiums have come in at 15 percent lower than predicted, and the incoming cash to the economy will lower the country's deficit by $100 billion. Opponents still say the law will lead to an increase in costs and decrease in quality of health coverage. "It's well past time to move on as a country," he said to critics. | | 
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