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Friday, September 5, 2014

Cheat Sheet - Bob McDonnell, Religious Right ‘Nice Guy’ Who Sacrificed His Wife

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September 05, 2014
Fallen Angel
When he burst onto the national scene in 2009, Bob McDonnell was a GOP godsend. But Virginia's then-governor quickly went from avatar of family values to throwing his "nut bag" wife under the bus during his corruption trial. Patricia Murphy laments that the Rolex-taking "Mr. Honest" never even acknowledged his own shameful behavior.
GOOD START

A U.S. airstrike this past Monday killed the Osama bin Laden of the al Shabab terrorist group in Somalia, the Pentagon announced Friday. The status of Ahmed Godane was unclear for the past several days, with different sources saying he was dead or alive following the attack. Godane and Shabab publicly claimed responsibility for a September 2013 attack on a mall in Nairobi, Kenya, that killed dozens. The terrorist group is considered the largest al Qaeda affiliate in Africa by the U.S.

KNOWN UNKNOWNS
Senior officials have been giving wildly disparate estimates of how many Americans are fighting for ISIS—because U.S. intelligence doesn't really know the answer to the question. Eli Lake on why the government that secretly collected everyone's cellphone records can't even find out which Americans have joined ISIS.
CHECKMATE

Leaders of NATO agreed to build a rapid-response team that can quickly assemble if an aggressor crosses an allied country's border—namely, Russia. "Should you even think of attacking one ally, you will be facing the whole alliance," Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Friday. The force will be based in Eastern Europe. British Prime Minister David Cameron offered 3,500 personnel to the team and suggested its headquarters be in Poland with equipment stockpiled in the most eastern member countries. Rasmussen also noted that NATO is prepared to help fight back militants in Iraq, but there has not been a request from the Iraqi government.

THE BIG TIME
The marriage of two high-powered women in the national-security establishment shows how far we've come, and gives us what is perhaps Washington's first wedded lesbian power couple. Eleanor Clift introduces Ann Bridgeman, who is joining the National Security Council as deputy legal adviser, and her spouse, Elizabeth Lynn George, a legal counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

HIKE
Rape Inquiry of Heisman Winner Begins
Florida State QB Jameis Winston.
WHO'S IN?
U.S. Forming Coalition to Fight ISIS
But not putting troops on the ground.
JOB FAIR FAIL
New Hires Plunge in August
Lowest job figures in eight months.
Too Late
Apple Boosts Security After Nude Hack
Will alert customers of break-in attempts.

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