Rep. Conyers Won’t Make Primary Ballot, Manning May Be Transferred, Greenwald’s Book May Get Film Adaptation: P.M. Links

• Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) is
  going to have a tougher road to re-election than he thought. He
  
  failed to collect enough signatures to appear on the August
  primary ballot. A majority of the signatures he turned in were
  invalidated.
• The Army, with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s approval, is
  considering
  transferring Chelsea Manning to a civilian prison so she can
  get treatment for her gender identity issues. The military
  currently has no system of dealing with the transgendered.
• Jill Abramsom, executive editor of the New York Times,
  
  is out, as of this afternoon. She will be replaced by Managing
  Editor Dean Baquet.
• A judge has quashed New York City’s subpoena trying to get
  years’ worth of information about everybody using
  room rental service Airbnb in the city in order to try to catch
  folks violating city hotel regulations. The judge ruled the
  subpoena was overbroad. The city’s attorney says they’ll adjust and
  reissue the subpoena.
• Sony Pictures has bought the
  film rights to adapt Glenn Greenwald’s book, No Place to
  Hide, about Edward Snowden and National Security Agency
  surveillance, into a movie.
• Riots have broken out in Turkey in response to the
  deadly mine explosion that has killed more than 200. Police
  have pulled out the tear gas and fire hoses.

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