Calls for Benghazi Select Committee Mount

Law enforcement officers call for special investigation
Libya consulate / AP

More than 26,000 members of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) have come out in favor of creating a Watergate-style investigatory committee that would be tasked with determining the truth behind the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

The Unbalancing

Column: The week Obama’s luck finally vanished
AP

Since the presidential election we have been told, repeatedly and gleefully, that the Republican Party is doomed, that demographics and history are on the side of President Barack Obama and the progressive movement, that the GOP base is unhinged, and that Tea Party radicalism threatens to upend conservative hopes not only in 2014 but also in 2016. But in the space of one week that story, true or not, has been eclipsed by another one: Washington finally has turned on Obama.

Palestinian Chicken

KFC smuggled into Gaza Strip via weapons tunnels
AP

For about $27, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip can have Kentucky Fried Chicken smuggled through an illicit underground smuggling tunnel connected to Egypt, according to reports.

Unusual Adviser

Pro-Iran advocate on nuclear proliferation oversight board
Patrick Disney / NIAC

A former senior official at a pro-Iran activist group has been a member of the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) since June 2012, sparking concern among proponents of a tough U.S. policy stance toward Tehran.

A Shavuot Faux Pas

J Street hosts dinner at Chinese restaurant on Jewish holy day
Palestinians commorate Nakba Day / AP

Jewish Democrats are upset with the liberal fringe group J Street for hosting a congressional dinner event on Wednesday evening during a major Jewish holiday.

Ahmadinejad in Trouble

Iranian president could be punished for electoral violations
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei / AP

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad could face up to “74 lashes” with a whip for allegedly interfering in the country’s upcoming elections, according to regional media reports.

Tenure Track Bigotry

Columbia prof unleashes ‘anti-Jewish screed’
Joseph Massad / Columbia University

A tenured Columbia University professor is facing criticism for claiming in a column published Tuesday by Al Jazeera that Zionism is anti-Semitic and that the Jewish people who opposed Zionism and Israel died in the Holocaust, a notion that critics deemed anti-Semitic.