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Thursday, September 25, 2014

Cheat Sheet - The President and the Tow Truck Driver

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September 25, 2014
HAPPY MEETING
Clarence Baugh, who clears a path for all presidential motorcades through New York, has served every president since George H.W. Bush. But he'd never met one until this week. Michael Daly reports on how he was called on by President Obama and the 28-year career with the NYPD that took him to the World Trade Center during two terrorist attacks.
FAREWELL
Eric Holder Jr. will announce his resignation as attorney general today. Holder's six years in office have seen him deal with everything from civilian trials for terrorists to Ferguson and the problem of race in the criminal justice system. Holder, the first African American attorney general, will reportedly wait to leave once his successor is confirmed. Holder is the fourth-longest serving attorney general in history, as well as one of the longest serving members of President Obama's cabinet. The leading candidate for to fill Holder's shoes is said to be Solicitor General Don Verrilli.
SCAREMONGERING

Iraq's prime minister made the scary announcement Thursday that ISIS is planning an imminent attack on New York's subway, but U.S. officials have no idea what he's talking about. "I'm receiving accurate reports from Baghdad that there were arrests of a few elements and there were networks from inside Iraq to have attacks… on metros of Paris and U.S.," al-Abadi said in English at the United Nations in New York. The FBI and NYPD both reportedly checked into the claim and found nothing to support it. The greater worry from U.S. intelligence has come from al Qaeda offshoot, the Khorodan Group. Eli Lake reports the group "went dark" this summer while planning an attack, likely with explosives against U.S. and European airliners. On Monday, the U.S. bombed both the Khorasan Group and ISIS in Syria.

HE MEANS BUSINESS
Pope Francis just ousted a Paraguayan bishop no one had connected to the Church's sex scandals. While support groups for victims are still calling for more from the Vatican—including specific details and public punishment—Barbie Latza Nadeau writes that the pontiff, on the heels of ex-archbishop Joseph Wesolowski's arrest, is sticking to his "zero-tolerance approach" to sex abuse.
A LITTLE LATE

In a video message posted online Thursday, Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson apologized to the parents of Michael Brown. "No one who has not experienced the loss of a child can understand what you're feeling. I am truly sorry for the loss of your son. I'm also sorry that it took so long to remove Michael from the street," he said. He also apologized for how police handled protesters in Ferguson, admitting, "The right of the people to peacefully assemble is what the police are here to protect. If anyone who was peacefully exercising that right is upset and angry, I feel responsible and I'm sorry."


FOR ONCE
Cop Arrested for Shooting Unarmed Man
During a traffic stop.
ARE YOU SAFE?
Uber Driver Arrested for Groping Woman
Charged with battery in Florida.
SUSPICIOUS
Police Investigate Frat Over Dead Pledge
Body found under bridge after group run.
FOG OF WAR
Nigeria: the Face of Boko Haram Is Dead
But he may only be a lookalike.
GROSS
Brazil Releases Thousands of Mosquitos
To fight dengue fever.

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