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July 31, 2013 | | 'FIRE AWAY' How many falsehoods can you utter in eight minutes? If you're Anthony Weiner, at least 68. That's how many Patricia Murphy heard during the height of his creepy sex scandal in 2011. EPIC MISTAKE On April 21, DEA agents raided a house in San Diego and seized a smorgasbord of drugs including about 18,000 ecstasy pills, prescriptions, mushrooms, and marijuana—not to mention a number of guns and thousands of ammunition rounds. They also detained nine people and then left one of those people, Daniel Chong, alone and handcuffed in a holding cell for five days without food or water. The dehydrated and abandoned 25-year-old lost 15 pounds, drank his own urine, and even carved "Sorry Mom" into his arm with a piece of his broken glasses before he was discovered by the authorities who'd forgotten about him. Now Chong, who was never even arrested or charged with a crime, has settled a lawsuit against the DEA for $4.1 million. "This was a mistake of unbelievable and unimaginable proportions," said his attorney. QUEEN OF THE NEW YORK TIMES Running The New York Times isn't for the faint of heart. Executive editor Jill Abramson tells Lloyd Grove about the hit piece that left her in tears, why Nate Silver left, and allegations of arrogance. NOT GIVING IN What do you get when you put Al Sharpton, Eric Holder, and Barack Obama in a room together? An "unprecedented" discussion of the Supreme Court's recent decision to strike down part of the Voting Rights Act. "They wanted us to know that this may have been a wounding of what we consider in voter rights," Sharpton told MSNBC's Thomas Roberts of the get-together on Tuesday. "But it does not disable the Voting Rights Act and they intend to go forward and not only protect voting rights for all Americans, but enforce the Voting Rights Act." Sharpton called the Supreme Court decision "a real blatant attempt to suppress the vote" and criticized conservatives for hypocritically complaining about minorities' lack of responsibility while simultaneously advocating for laws that limit voting. MEDIATOR Deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi is apparently now accepting visitors. EU foreign-policy chief Catherine Ashton was taken to Morsi's secret detention facility late Monday night, becoming the first outsider to see him since he was removed from office and detained by the Egyptian army. The Islamist politician is under investigation on charges that include murder. Ashton and Morsi had what she described as a "friendly, open, and very frank" two-hour talk, about which she revealed few details. "I've tried to make sure that his family knows he is well," said Ashton, who saw inside of where Morsi is being held but, because she was flown there by helicopter at night, has no idea where he actually is. | | 
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