KTH: Gingrich wants Muslim Brotherhood infiltration inquiry
Anderson Cooper examines the lack of evidence from Newt Gingrich and five other lawmakers calling for an investigation into whether the Muslim Brotherhood is infiltrating the U.S. government.
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Disabled vets charity being investigated
CNN's Drew Griffin explains why the Senate Finance Committee is investigating DVNF and evaluating its tax-exempt status. He and Anderson Cooper respond to accusations made by the group on Twitter and their website.
RidicuList: 'Pelvic thrust' your way to fitness
A new piece of exercise equipment makes the ShakeWeight seem modest by comparison. Fitness inspiration brought to you by the RidicuList.
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Professor: Anti-Islam movement in U.S.
John Esposito says accusations against Secretary Clinton's aide Huma Abedin indicate a larger problem in the country. Five Republican legislators have asked for an investigation into her ties with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Captured photographer: Prepared to die
Jeroen Oerlemans says he was held captive by jihadists in Syria for a week and was "prepared to die."
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Grading Romney's overseas trip
Ari Fleischer and Cornell Belcher discuss how voters will judge Mitt Romney's foreign policy expertise after his trip to London and Israel.
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Rebels claim big victories in Syria
CNN's Ivan Watson reports on the fight over Aleppo, and how rebel fighters took control of a military base near the city.
Letters to the President #1288: 'Olympic watching'
Reporter's Note: President Obama gets a letter from me every day. I don’t suppose I am setting any world records, but still…I’m going for the Letter Writing Gold!
Dear Mr. President,
Well, I certainly hope your week is off to a good start. I spent, as I anticipated, a fair part of the weekend watching the Olympics. Every time they come around I find myself marveling at the extraordinary skills of some people, and the extraordinarily unusual sports some people enjoy.
This year I was surprised to discover that there is an air rifle shooting contest! Go figure. I knew there were plenty of shooting competitions associated with the Olympics, but I’ve never heard of this air rifle business before. I thought at first it was just some kind of glorified BB gun competition, but after reading about it for a while, it seems like a dreadfully technical and demanding sport. Lots of really careful aiming, and perfect trigger squeezing, with virtually no margin for error.
But then, I suppose that is true of a lot of these contests.
You know what my favorite one was so far? The men’s bicycle road race. The finish was fantastic. While the British, American, German, and Spanish teams pounded away at each other trying to set up a sprint finish, Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan quietly slipped away from the front of the pack with a Columbian rider. For mile after mile they held onto their lead and by the time everyone else realized how much of an advantage the two-man breakaway had developed, it was too late. All that was left was for Vinokourov, who is in his late 30’s, to break free from the much, much younger Columbian. He waited until almost the end, and when the younger rider glanced back to see if anyone was gaining on them, Vinokourov bolted. It was magnificent. A classic victory of experience and wile trumping youth.
Of course I would have liked to see our American cyclists on the medal stand, but it was awfully nice to see a great race anyway, and to see an old war horse win.
Anyway, we’re watching the games pretty late these days and I know your wife is over there, so if you want to come by for snacks and to join us a while, just give a call.
Regards,
Tom
Tonight on AC360: Shot and captured in Syria
A Dutch freelance photographer is lucky to be alive. Jeroen Oerlemans says he and a British photographer were held captive by Islamic extremists in Syria for a week starting on July 19, after crossing the border with Turkey in the hopes of traveling to Aleppo.
"We immediately knew we were in the wrong place," Oerlemans told Anderson Cooper. The two men were blindfolded, handcuffed and repeatedly told to "prepare to die” and to ”repent." Oerlemans said the jihadists thought they were spies who worked for the CIA, even though he told them they were journalists.
"We thought we’d better take our fate into our own hands," Oerlemans said. The two journalists tried to escape their captors, but were shot and recaptured. Oerlemans said he was hit in the thigh, while his colleague was shot in the arm. Oerlemans said their captors fired 20 to 30 shots at them. "We thought we'd be killed," he added.
Letters to the President #1287: 'A question of faith'
Reporter's Note: President Obama has asserted many times that he is a Christian, just as I have asserted many times in these letters that I am around if he wants to call.
Dear Mr. President,
Considering that it is Sunday I want to write a wee bit about a figure I saw the other day that astounded me. I don’t remember all the details, but in short it suggested that a sizeable number of Americans still think you are a Muslim, and even more have no idea what religion you profess.
After all the kerfuffle we’ve seen over such matters, it just blows my mind that so many people still don’t know that you’re a Christian.
I’m sure some of your political enemies would have plenty of snotty cracks to make about that, like you ought to go to church more, or something along those lines. But I don’t think that is really fair. Many, many Americans are not going to church as much as they once did and yet, as a practical matter, no one is accusing them of giving up their faith.
I suppose I am interested in all this because faith has become such a lightning rod. You can hardly open a news website these days without finding some sort of reference to a politician courting the evangelical vote, or the lapsed Catholic vote, or the Jewish vote, or the Muslim vote, or the Amish vote, or whatever. I respect that this really matters to some people, but for most voters I imagine what counts is how someone actually behaves more than what credo he claims.
Anyway, I guess you’ll probably be making a little more noise about your Christianity in weeks to come as a response to this news, and I can’t blame you. But I’m also not sure why. Because do you think any voter who does not yet know what faith you follow is going to catch on at this point?
Hope everything is well with you and yours.
Call if you can.
Regards,
Tom
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