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WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director John Brennan says a 28-page secret chapter from a congressional inquiry into 9/11 contains preliminary information about possible Saudi links to the attackers that hadn't been checked out at the time. Brennan tells NBC's "Meet the Press" that the 9/11 Commission followed up on the preliminary information and made "a very clear judgment" there was no evidence indicating that "the Saudi government as an institution or Saudi officials individually" financially backed al-Qaida. He says if the material is released, he's concerned some might seize on "uncorroborated, unvetted information."
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders is acknowledging that his path to the nomination depends on flipping superdelegates, the party insiders who can back either candidate and are overwhelmingly behind rival Hillary Clinton. He admits that it's "an uphill climb," but he says he's still fighting. The Vermont senator spoke at a news conference Washington marking one year as a candidate for president.
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not clear what caused a freight train to derail this morning in downtown Washington, D.C. Crews are inspecting the tracks, which are used by CSX, Amtrak and the MARC commuter rail system. CSX says 14 cars went off the tracks, and one of them leaked sodium hydroxide, which can irritate and burn the skin and eyes. The company says non-hazardous ethanol and calcium chloride leaked from other cars. No injuries were reported and no evacuations were ordered.
NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer is calling for a federal investigation into an outdoor advertising company's effort to target billboard ads to specific consumers. The New York Democrat has dubbed Clear Channel Outdoor Americas' so-called RADAR program "spying billboards." He says the service may violate privacy rights by tracking people's cell phone data via the ad space. The company, which operates more than 675,000 billboards throughout the world, insists it only uses anonymous data collected by other companies.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The bodies of a renowned mountain climber and expedition cameraman who were buried in a Himalayan avalanche 16 years ago have been found. The widow of one of them says two climbers attempting to ascend a mountain in Tibet discovered the remains of two people partially melting out of a glacier. Identification was made on the basis of a description of the clothing and backpacks on the bodies. A man who was climbing with the two in 1999 and survived the avalanche says the discovery has brought relief and closure.
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