The NSA Knows Who You Texted Your Naked Pics To, Gov. Christie Sets Up Scandal Investigation Team, Ohio’s New Execution Drug Cocktail Seems Unpleasant: P.M. Links

The latest National Security
Agency secret revealed via Edward Snowden is that the government
has collected more than
200 million text messages a day through an untargeted system
that allows them to extract location, contact networks and credit
card details.
Maryland lawmakers are proposing
legalizing, taxing, and regulating marijuana, but their chances
of success appear low.
Gov. Chris Christie has set up a team to conduct an
internal review and investigate the details of the George
Washington Bridge lane closure scandal.
Ohio used a new drug cocktail for executions never attempted in
the United States. The result, witnesses say, is that inmate Dennis
McGuire
convulsed for about 10 minutes before actually dying.
The federal government
loses $100 billion a year in program payments that are made
erroneously. I’m actually a little shocked the figure is not
higher, though given that the numbers come from the government
itself, it probably actually is.
The Detroit bankruptcy judge has a rejected a
$165 million compromise deal between the city and banks to
handle the debt that resulted from a disastrous agreement entered
into to avoid defaulting on pension payments. The judge said the
money was too much to accept.