The truth about bin Laden: Gareth Porter reveals at Truthout that OBL was not running al Qaeda when reportedly killed last May 1; confusion in Beijing on status of blind lawyer since leaving US Embassy Also:
--San Diego university student went to 420 party, was caught in DEA sweep and spent 5 days in jail without food or water
--"superliberal" 9th Circuit rejects lawsuit by Jose Padilla, gives immunity to John Yoo for torture memos, Yoo makes crass remark
--Jason Leopold of Truthout gets more DHS documents showing coordinated response to Occupy protests
--Occupy San Francisco takes over building on May 2, ejected with 26 arrests
--federal judge overseeing Oakland Police Department slams slow pace of investigation over police misconduct las fall, concerned they will delay report until 1-year statute of limitations
--WalMart sued by pension fund over bribes in Mexico, will buy its way out of this one, too
--media overplays the story of mom addicted to tanning booths
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