Cheat Sheet - New CIA Deputy’s Sexy Past

Today: Bill Clinton: Obama May Look Like A "Wuss" Over Syria , Snowden Wrote Hundreds of Comments Online , NSA: 'Dozens' of Attacks Averted June 13, 2013 RACY 1. New CIA Deputy Held 'Erotica Nights' In her 20s, incoming CIA deputy director Avril Haines held erotica readings by candlelight at the Baltimore bookstore and restaurant she co-owned at the time. The Daily Beast's Ben Jacobs and Avi Zenilman report. Read it at The Daily Beast Democracy? Psh! 2. Clinton: Obama May Be a 'Wuss' on Syria What do you call a president who doesn't stop a crisis even when their country is against it? A "wuss," according to Bill Clinton. At a private event with Sen. John McCain Tuesday night, the former president contrasted Obama's lack of intervention in Syria with his own choice to intervene in Kosovo. The Daily Beast's Josh Rogin reports on the sharp comments. Read it at The Daily Beast digital footprint 3. Snowden Wrote Hundreds of Comments Online Someone appearing to be NSA leaker Edward Snowden wrote hundreds of comments to ArsTechnica, a tech culture site. It was believed Snowden didn't have much of an online presence, but BuzzFeed has compiled his most interesting posts from the past 10 years, including a question posted on May 21, 2012, asking how to create a program that would automatically wipe a computer if its owner didn't log back in. Previously, as an 18-year-old, Snowden was a web editor at a friend's anime company website, where he wrote of his videogame prowess and popularity with the opposite sex. Read it at BuzzFeed Justification 4. NSA: 'Dozens' of Attacks Averted Let's get some answers. On Wednesday, NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander testified in front of the Senate Appropriations Committee in a previously scheduled hearing on cybersecurity and defended the surveillance work the organization has done. "It's dozens of terrorist events that these helped prevent," he said, also noting it's impossible to assert that one particular surveillance program was responsible for preventing an attack on its own. He said NSA employees "do this lawfully. They take compliance, oversight, protecting civil liberties and privacy and the security of this nation to their heart." On Tuesday, lawmakers held a closed meeting with counterterrorism officials to learn about the spy programs, and tomorrow the full Senate will be privately briefed. Read it at CBS News Shocked? 5. But You Never Had Privacy! If you've been using Facebook, you should know how little privacy you had for the NSA to invade—and the social-media companies haven't been secretive about scooping up your data, says The Daily Beast's Michael Daly. Read it at The Daily Beast Edumacated College Degrees Reach New Record After two decades of sluggish growth. Spreading 100 Homes Burn in Colorado Defense department cargo planes head to help. Can't Stop Now Israel to Build More Settlements In West Bank. Awful NASCAR Driver Killed in Crash At local speedway in New Jersey. !@#$&! Husband Sells $23K Ring for $10 Wife understandably devastated. 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. The Original NSA Spy Story by Stuart Stevens Come Visit Lovely North Korea! by Lloyd Grove Is There a Superman Curse? by Kevin Fallon

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