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The DOJ’s investigation of leaks to reporters took another turn this weekend when a public disagreement broke out over whether or not the agency had notified News Corp of subpoenas for phone records. Writing at the New Yorker, Ryan Lizza

Blue Oyster Cult is best known for the classic rock staple (Don’t fear) The Reaper. It’s a great song but, as a fan of the band, I find it unfortunate that many people’s knowledge of their music seems limited to

Andrew Stuttaford at National Review highlights an interesting report on The Center for American Progress (CAP), the progressive think tank most closely associated with President Obama’s administration. Among other things, they publish the progressive blog Think Progress. CAP is partly

In 2010 the LAPD completed an investigation into alleged gun purchases made by SWAT team members for the purposes of reselling the guns at a profit. Now the FBI has been called in to determine if any laws were violated.

Texts and photos from Trayvon Martin’s cell phone were released Thursday by defense attorneys for George Zimmerman. Some of the photos appear to have been released online previously while others, including photos of a Smith & Wesson handgun, appear to

The Inspector General Act of 1978 mandates that “particularly serious or flagrant problems” be shared with Congress by the relevant agency within seven days. During yesterday’s congressional testimony Inspector General George argued that such reporting would be “impractical” and “counter-productive.”

The man who defended Kermit Gosnell in court believes the takeaway from the trial is that more abortion restrictions are needed. This places him solidly to the right of President Obama who ignored the trial and instead vowed to fight

Did officials in Libya make enough requests for additional security or not? The ARB report seems to say both things are true. In a story published Tueday by The Hill, Gregory Hicks’ attorney, Victoria Toensing, points out an interesting contradiction

While Occupy was alive in this country the media in this country mostly referred to it as a group of protesters concerned about inequality. Newspapers in Europe were less circumspect, referring to the group as “anti-capitalist” on a fairly routine

The newly published request for a search warrant of James Rosen’s email account makes clear that Rosen himself is a target of the investigation. The document compares Rosen to an “intelligence officer” whose actions make him a “co-conspirator” rather than

The Obama administration has clearly decided it is too difficult to play defense on the I.R.S. scandal. They are now pushing a cooked up counter scandal in a blatant attempt to turn the tables on their accusers. Ever since Steve

A new report by CBS’s Sharyl Attkisson presents a new administration fallback on Benghazi. The people who made the decisions now claim they are just “idiots.” But that’s not what the record shows, at least when it comes to decisions

Since the Congressional hearings last year, Democrats and their allies have tried to claim that budget cuts were responsible for the lack of security in Benghazi. According to a review of the facts by Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post

Yesterday an organization of LA area unions organized held a rally in downtown Los Angeles to protest the possible purchase of the LA Times by the Koch brothers. The event was announced last week with a press release that promised

The partisan pattern established by the IRS scandal–conservative groups being singled out for mistreatment–seems to have a corollary at the Environmental Protection Agency. Green groups had FOIA fees routinely waived by the agency while those from conservative groups did not.

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation blamed accounting errors for a newly revealed bank account containing $42.6 million dollars. The account has been growing, unnoticed, for 17 years. Word of the account broke this week in a report released by

Thanks to Jay Carney, we now know the Benghazi talking points were the result of an “inter-agency process” and not just a finished product handed over by the CIA. So who else had a hand in them? Allahpundit notes that

A new report by ABCs Jonathan Karl reveals that the inclusion of the word “demonstrations” in the Benghazi talking and the removal of “al Qa’ida” happened before officials in the State Dept. and the White House had even seen them.

Today Dave Weigel focused on a question that ought to be getting more attention than it has. Where did we get the idea that there was a protest in Benghazi? To answer that question we have to parse the talking

During today’s hearings, Democrats have suggested that cuts to the State Department’s budget may have played a role in the lack of security in Benghazi. This claim was addressed during the previous hearings which took place on Oct. 10, 2012.

The Washington Post has a live blog set up to cover the Benghazi hearings. Moments ago they posted an update titled “Who’s tweeting about Benghazi? Rich, middle-aged men and Chick-fil-A lovers”: Thanks to Demographics Pro, a Twitter analysis firm, we

Left-wing political strategist Robert Creamer has published a piece pushing back on renewed interest in Benghazi. Creamer makes a number of claims, several of which can be rebutted. Let’s walk through his argument: The original Republican narrative about the attack

Spontaneous protest in response to a video or planned attack by Islamic militants? This has become shorthand for the argument over what took place in Benghazi on 9/11. Republicans organizing tomorrow’s hearings should avoid getting trapped in this dilemma and

Rep. Ann Wagner memorialized Chip Gerdes on the House floor tonight: Immediately after this, Chip was also memorialized by Rep. Rodney Davis.

During the 2nd Presidential Debate on October 16, 2012 the issue of Benghazi came to the forefront after a question about security arrangements at the consulate. The President used his answer to criticize Gov. Romney for playing politics while the

On September 14, just three days after the attack in Benghazi, Breitbart News published a story titled “Pattern of Targeting Diplomats in Benghazi Should Have Been Warning.” The same day that story went up, the State Department and the White

J.D. Mullane is a columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times. He’s been at the Gosnell trial for the past few weeks and has done some great reporting on the trial itself but also on the behind the scenes activity

The Seattle PD has published its account of what took place last night. They indicate that the march earlier in the day ended without incident. But the 2nd, unpermitted march by anti-capitalists quickly escalated into chaos: According to a flyer,

Repeating a pattern seen many times before, a left-wing march in Seattle devolved into a violent clash between protesters and police. After police issued an order to clear the area, protesters broke windows and threw bottles and rocks at police.

Was Pigford a failure or a success? If you’re a taxpayer you’d almost certainly say it was a failure. As much as $4.4 billion in payouts made mostly to people who had no legitimate claim of discrimination by the USDA.

A war of words has broken out in Europe between Francois Hollande’s socialist party in France and the Christian Democrats led by Angela Merkel in Germany. The split between the two nations has become so bitter that some papers are