A.M. Links: Four Arrested In Connection With Drugs Found at Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Apartment, CVS To Stop Selling Cigarettes, Rep. Rogers Says Greenwald Illegally Sold Stolen Material

• Four people believed to be connected to the drugs found
  
  Philip Seymour Hoffman’s apartment have been arrested.
• U.S. officials say that the Obama administration has
  curtailed drone strikes in Pakistan as the government there
  works towards holding peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban.
• CVS Caremark pharmacies will
  stop selling tobacco products by Oct. 1.
• Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Rep. Mike Rogers
  (R-Mich.) has said that the journalist Glenn Greenwald, who has
  been reporting on the information leaked by NSA whistle-blower
  Edward Snowden,
  illegally sold stolen material.
• A grand jury has indicted
  Ross Ulbricht, who is accused of creating Silk Road. CNN
  reports that Ulbricht is charged with “engaging in a continuing
  criminal enterprise, computer hacking, money laundering, and
  operating a narcotics conspiracy.”
• New Jersey Gov.
  Chris Christie plans to embark on a national tour amid the
  so-called “Bridgegate” scandal.

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