Monday Morning News; The Case For Clear Cutting America's Forests To Power Europe -- The Rolling Stones' Keyboardist; Aubrey Is Back!

Active rigs: 187 (steady, but down 2 after several days at 189)

Wells coming off the confidential list have been posted.

RBN Energy: Alaska LNG markets

WSJ Links

Section D (Personal Journal):

Section C (Money & Investing):

• Aubrey is back! 

In April, after setting up shop in a six-story Oklahoma City building and conducting informal meetings with prospective backers, Mr. McClendon, 53 years old, sent a six-page letter to about a dozen private-equity firms.

The letter said that Mr. McClendon wants to raise between $2 billion and $3 billion of "initial equity capital" for his new exploration-and-production company, American Energy Partners LP.

• Heard on the street: a shale tale -- natural gas will pay the price of own success. I think we've heard this before. 

Section B (Marketplace):

• No links but several stories on upcoming news from Apple.

Section A:

• Technology emboldened the NSA; power corrupts; absolute power corrupts ... well, you know the rest.
• Shocked! Shocked! Booz Allen shocked by employee's data breach; something tells me he no long qualifies for the company's health care plan
• Polls show Americans 100% behind Obama on this one (spying). Not! Although it appears Congress supports him; after all, Senator Reid says Congress knew all about it for years
• Op-ed: why clear-cutting forests can -- and should -- power Europe -- Rolling Stones keyboardist