memeorandum: New sparks fly between CIA, Senate Intelligence Committee (Ali Watkins/McClatchy Washington Bureau)

11:55 AM ET, September 13, 2014

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Webbiegh / CBS Houston:

UPDATED: EXCLUSIVE Details On Adrian Peterson Indictment Charges — By: Nick Wright — According to law-enforcement sources, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson beat his 4-year-old son with a tree branch as a form of punishment this summer, an incident that allegedly resulted in multiple injuries to the child.

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Cole Premo / CBS Minnesota:

Adrian Peterson Indicted For Child Abuse, Turns Himself In — MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - A warrant was issued Friday for the arrest of Vikings running back Adrian Peterson after a grand jury in Texas indicted him for reckless or negligent injury to a child. — Peterson traveled to Texas and turned himself in late Friday evening.

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Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
Warrant Issued For Adrian Peterson's Arrest In Child Injury Case

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:

Bill Maher announced he's targeting Rep. John Kline. He picked the wrong guy. — Comedian Bill Maher announced Friday night that he will personally target Republican Rep. John Kline (Minn.) for defeat in the November election — the culmination of his longstanding “Flip a District” …

Discussion: ABC News and Power Line

Rachel Huggins / The Hill:

Bill Maher targets House chairman for midterms: He's a ‘silent threat’ — Comedian Bill Maher on Friday named Rep. John Kline (Minn.) as the viewer-nominated GOP lawmaker the funnyman wants to oust from Congress in his “Flip a District” challenge. — But Maher will have a tough time trying …

Ian Horswill / DailyTelegraph:

Why Travis McIntosh and Matt McCormick's wedding angers gay groups — TRAVIS McIntosh and Matt McCormick will get married tomorrow yet the matrimonial union has horrified gay rights groups. — Heterosexual best mates McIntosh and McCormick, who have known each other since the age of six …

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Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:

Voter fraud probe roils Ga. Senate race — A group helmed by a major donor and policy adviser to Democratic Senate candidate Michele Nunn is under investigation by the Georgia secretary of State for alleged voter fraud. — Secretary of State Brian Kemp (R) said in a memo, reported by WSB-TV …

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Ken Belson / New York Times:

Brain Trauma to Affect One in Three Players, N.F.L. Agrees — The National Football League, which for years disputed evidence that its players had a high rate of severe brain damage, has stated in federal court documents that it expects nearly a third of retired players to develop long-term cognitive problems …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, naked capitalism and Balloon Juice

Investor's Business Daily:

DOJ Working With Elijah Cummings To Protect The IRS — IRS: An aide to the attorney general accidentally calls the office of the House Oversight Committee chairman, asking for help in spinning the defense of the agency whose head just said they obey the law when they can.

Ali Watkins / McClatchy Washington Bureau:

New sparks fly between CIA, Senate Intelligence Committee — WASHINGTON — Tensions between the CIA and its congressional overseers erupted anew this week when CIA Director John Brennan refused to tell lawmakers who authorized intrusions into computers used by the Senate Intelligence Committee …

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Howie Carr / Boston Herald:

Anti-war crowd stunningly silent on ISIS plan — I could have sworn we were going to war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). — But the president, a well-known theologian, has informed us that despite what the Muslims of ISIS say, the Islamic State “is not Islamic.”

Discussion: RedState and Ed Driscoll

Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:

Man Reportedly Fired From Job After Telling ABC He Saw Palin Family Brawl (VIDEO) — A man who said he witnessed an epic fistfight last weekend at an Anchorage, Alaska party that allegedly included Sarah Palin's family was reportedly fired from his job after telling ABC's “Good Morning America” what he saw.

Discussion: The Immoral Minority

Tina Nguyen / Mediaite:
Palin Family Brawl Witness Gets Fired for Talking to Good Morning America

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Amanda Coyne:
Eyewitness comes forward on ‘Palin brawl’

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Congressman Mark Sanford / Facebook:

I apologize for the length of this post, but given the gravity of the issue at hand when I sat down to write late last night a long list of things came to my mind. — More than anything, I am struck by two truths. One, it seems that history well documents that those who work to avoid conflict …

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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo! News:

Sotloff's parents told they could be prosecuted for paying ransom to IS — The parents of murdered journalist Steven Sotloff were told by a White House counterterrorism official at a meeting last May that they could face criminal prosecution if they paid ransom to try to free their son …

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ABC News:
‘So Little Compassion’: Foley Parents on Gov't ‘Threats’

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Hans Bader / Liberty Unyielding:

College: Students must agree ‘why’ they had sex to avoid sexual assault charges — At Ohio State University, to avoid being guilty of “sexual assault” or “sexual violence,” you and your partner now apparently have to agree on the reason WHY you are making out or having sex.

Discussion: Hit & Run, Instapundit and Inside Higher Ed