Charged: Federal prosecutors charged 23-year-old Paul Ciancia with the murder of a federal officer at LAX, a crime that could bring the death penalty. Investigators say Ciancia opened fire Friday with an assault rifle at a TSA pre-screening station, hitting TSO Gerardo Hernandez. The criminal information says Ciancia came back down the escalator and shot Hernandez again, killing him.

  Ciancia was shot by two police officers, one bullet hitting his face. He’s in critical condition at UCLA Medical Center. A note found in his bag said he was angry with TSA officers and intended to  “instill fear into their traitorous minds.” The TSA union in response to the shooting called for armed guards at every checkpoint.

Blowback: Pakistan’s foreign minister says a US drone strike Taliban killed not only the Taliban leader Hakimullah Meshud, but peace with the Taliban itself. “This is not just the killing of one person, it’s the death of all peace efforts,” Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said. Meshud was believed responsible for a 2009 attack on a US base in Afghanistan.  Death elevates Meshud’s status, even among Pakistanis who didn’t support him. The NY Times quotes a tribal elder saying, “One thing is clear: Anyone who is killed in a drone strike becomes a true Muslim holy warrior, no matter how sinful he is.”

Egypt: Former President Morsi goes on trial tomorrow on charges that he incited the killing of protesters outside the presidential palace in December 2012. His supporters say it’s a political trial to justify the military coup that ousted Morsi from office.

 Secy. of State John Kerry, during a brief stop in Egypt today, urged the end of political violence and a move toward democracy. “History has demonstrated that democracies are more stable, viable and prosperous than any alternative,” Kerry told a news conference.

Brothers in Arms:  Two West Point graduates became the first men to marry each other at the military academy yesterday. Larry Choate III,  class of 2009, married Daniel Lennox, class of 2007, in front of about 20 guests in the Cadet Chapel. The couple was not in uniform. The academy has previously hosted the weddings of two female couples.

Gulag: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, the member of the Russian rock group Pussy Riot serving two years for “hooliganism”, is not missing in the prison system, just transferred to a camp, according to authorities. Her family had claimed she was lost in the system, but prison authorities say they have until 10 days after the prisoner’s arrival to notify family of the switch. Tolokonnikova was convicted after a 2012 performance in Moscow’s main Orthodox cathedral that was deemed politically offensive.

Tolokonnikova has told her family she works 16-hour days in a labor camp. She went on hunger strike in September.

Go Green: The District of Columbia is on the verge of decriminalizing a recreational amount of marijuana. “We have hundreds of young black men, black boys, being locked up, for simple possession of a couple bags of marijuana,” said city council member Marion Barry who, as mayor in 1990, was convicted of possession of cocaine.

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