The Incredible Shrinking Economy, White House Juggles CIA Bungle, Cuomo Has an Offer You Can’t Refuse: P.M. Links

About that recovering economy…U.S.

gross domestic product fell by 1 percent in the first three
months of 2014.
The White House is, again, in damage-control mode after that

accidental outing of the CIA’s Afghanistan station chief to the
media.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki looks
like a sacrificial political offering as Democrats facing
election challenges line up with the GOP for a shot at the
scandal-plagued official.
You know that missing Malaysian passenger jet that just won’t
leave the headlines? Australian officials say they’ve been
looking in the wrong place.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says he’ll
campaign against state senators who don’t vote for taxpayer
funding of statewide political campaigns. Campaigns like his,
presumably.
Saying he’s been punished for resisting pressure to profile
young drivers and meet quotas for issuing traffic tickets, a New
Jersey cop
filed suit against the Mendham Township Police Department.