The Presidential Daily Brief - 04/04/2016

[The Presidential Daily Brief] [The Presidential Daily Brief] April 4, 2016 [The Presidential Daily Brief] Follow Us: [Facebook] [Twitter] Important [Scores of refugees arrive in Turkey today from a camp on the Greek Island of Lesbos as deportations begin under the EU-Turkey relocation deal. Source: Getty] ['Panama Papers' Expose Covert World of Offshore Tax Havens] The secret's out. Details of [offshore] accounts linked to a dozen current and former world leaders, and many others, were made public in what may be the biggest private data leak ever. Several media outlets shared details yesterday of an investigation into 2.6 terabytes of data leaked from a powerful Panamanian law firm. They allegedly reveal $2 billion in murky funds linked to Putin and new details on the FIFA bribery scandal, while also implicating bigwigs from Iceland to Australia. Tax authorities are vowing to investigate, and more revelations are expected. Sources: [NYT], [Engadget], [DW], [The Guardian] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [First Migrants Arrive in Turkey from Lesbos] They've been invited to leave. The first boatload of migrants has been transferred from the Greek island to Turkey, and the controversial EU plan for stemming its [refugee] crisis is officially underway. Scores of refugees who reportedly hadn't applied for asylum were piled onto ferries on Lesbos this morning and sailed to Dikili in western Turkey. Some believe the transferring plan is illegal, but the first returns were conducted peacefully - and another boatload of migrants is expected to set off from the Greek island of Chios later today. Sources: [DW], [BBC] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Will Gunning for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Hurt Donald Trump?] The Big Cheese will be chosen tomorrow. That's when Dairyland voters choose between the GOP front-runner - who's been picking on their popular governor - and Ted Cruz. "We sent him packing like a little boy," [Trump] said about Walker's exit from the campaign trail early on, while claiming the Badger State "is doing very poorly." Cruz, meanwhile, is trying to exploit the billionaire's increasing unpopularity with women, and the ballots will prove whether he can retain the 10 percentage point lead he's enjoying in the polls ahead of Tuesday's primary. Sources: [NPR], [NYT] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Amtrak Suffers Another Deadly Crash in Philly] There's more blood on the tracks. A train bound for Savannah from New York City crashed into a backhoe just south of Philadelphia yesterday, killing two Amtrak employees aboard the digger and injuring 35 passengers. The crash follows last year's speeding-train [derailment] in the City of Brotherly Love, which claimed eight lives and injured 200. Normal train service along the Northeast U.S. corridor is expected to resume today as federal investigators begin piecing together why the backhoe was on the tracks, and how its presence went unnoticed. Sources: [NBC], [CNN] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] Briefly North Carolina, Villanova to face off for NCAA title. [(USA Today)] Weekend flooding kills at least 53 in Pakistan. [(BBC)] Joe Medicine Crow dies at age 102. [(AP)] 22 European terror suspects remain at large. [WSJ] (sub) Lagarde dismisses notion that Greece is being pushed toward default. [(FT)] sub INTRIGUING [Analysts: We Were Forced Out for Telling Truth About ISIS War] Two military [intelligence] analysts say they they will no longer be working at U.S. Central Command because they expressed skepticism of U.S.-backed rebel groups in Syria. A $500-million plan to arm and train the rebels to fight ISIS failed. Military brass allegedly doctored intelligence to show the White House a sunnier view of the "moderate" opposition's capabilities, and analysts claim there was internal pressure to say the war on ISIS was going well. Congress and the Pentagon are investigating, and the military has announced a new director of intelligence at CENTCOM. Sources: [Daily Beast] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Tesla Model 3 Orders Top $10 Billion] These drivers have a lust for power. CEO Elon Musk says his [electric car] company has already received 276,000 orders for the latest model of its all-electric sports car, with some comparing the excitement to those who line up to buy the newest iPhones. Fueling demand is a $35,000 baseline price, improved driving capacity of 200 miles per charge, and an American $7,500 EV tax credit. But more folks are hitting the e-pedal than Musk anticipated, and orders could exceed $20 billion before the vehicle ships next year. Sources: [Venture Beat], [Engadget] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Western Sahara's Never-Ending Migrant Crisis] They're living in limbo. Some 150,000 Saharawi refugees fled to Algeria after losing a war to Morocco over the annexation of their homeland - and 40 years later, they're still living in a desert settlement made of mud. Their camps have local elections, shops and a hospital, as well as rampant malnutrition and high infant mortality. Despite that, these refugees find themselves considered too well-off to warrant the help they need as the world's eyes - and foreign aid - are being redirected to more recent crises in the Middle East. Sources: [OZY] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Kesha: Sony Offered Me 'Freedom' to Recant] She's not changing her tune. "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS behind closed doors," the singer posted in an Instagram caption, claiming Sony offered to release her from her contract - an outcome she's been fighting for legally - if she took back her accusations of rape and abuse against former producer Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald. While Sony says the pop star is already free to record without Gottwald, many other [musicians] have publicly supported her fight. Kesha says she won't recant or apologize, even if it ruins her career. Sources: [Vanity Fair], [EW] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Abby Wambach Arrested for DUI in Oregon] She's kicking herself. The retired U.S. women's soccer forward apologized after the weekend incident, in which police say the 35-year-old ran a red light and failed a sobriety test but was "polite and cooperative." The all-time international scoring leader said she accepts "full responsibility" for her actions. But that didn't stop a few people, namely USMNT player Alejandro Bedoya, from [taking shots] at her via Twitter. More importantly, the news could impact Wambach's corporate endorsements and political activism, not to mention her sport's fight for equal pay. Sources: [SB Nation], [Goal], [NBC] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] Your 8 must reads to get you ahead of the curve FAST FORWARD [Molly Love: Resorting to Ecstasy for Intimacy] [Read In Full] TRUE STORY [After the Indictment: Dealer's Choice] [Read In Full] GOOD SH*T [The Dirtiest Soccer Player in the Known Universe] [Read In Full] 20M people love reading OZY every month. Be part of the revolution. [Facebook] [Twitter] [Instagram] [Vimeo] [Youtube] Add us to your Address Book | Having trouble viewing this email? [Read Online] This email was sent to {EMAIL} This email was sent by: OZY Media 800 West El Camino Mountain View, CA 94040 [Manage Subscriptions] | [Update Profile] | [Unsubscribe]| [Privacy Policy]