Attorney General Eric Holder
was
hospitalized briefly today after experiencing faintness and
shortness of breath. He is back at home now.- Rep. Ed Pastor (D-Ariz.) announced he’s
retiring from Congress after 23 years of service. He’s the 21st
member of Congress (split nearly equally between the two parties)
to announce plans to step down at the end of this term. - There are a handful of proposed changes to the National
Security Agency’s massive metadata collection procedures. The most
significant change would be the option to
severely scale back the data collection so that only data from
actual terrorism suspects is collected. Outgoing NSA chief Gen.
Keith Alexander suggested in a Senate committee meeting today that
this option may well be a possibility. - Some more unredacted documents connected to
George Washington Bridge scandal in New Jersey have been
released. They don’t provide any new information, but do indicate
who was texting about the traffic jams and making jokes. - North Korea
launched four short-range missiles off its east coast. The
Pentagon says this is typical, permitted testing by the
nation.
Five police officers in San Francisco have been indicted for
allegedly stealing money and drugs that had been seized as part of
investigations. The prosecutions originate from surveillance
footage released by the city’s public defender.
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