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Calls for Benghazi Select Committee Mount

Law enforcement officers call for special investigation

BY: Adam Kredo — May 17, 2013 11:17 am

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.

Support for Benghazi Select Committee Growing

GOP lawmakers increasingly in favor of special investigative committee

BY: Adam Kredo — May 16, 2013 6:30 pm

More than two-thirds of Republican House lawmakers now favor establishing a Watergate-style investigatory committee to examine the Benghazi terror attacks.

Unsatisfactory Response

Special operations officers demand more answers on Benghazi

BY: Adam Kredo — April 24, 2013 4:30 pm

Inside of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi after the attack on Sept. 11, 2012 / AP

Former special operations officers say that a much-anticipated congressional report investigating the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya leaves vital questions unanswered and proves that the Obama administration abandoned its responsibility to protect those who were under siege.

Eye on the FBI

Congress ordered review of FBI’s response to domestic terror prior to Boston bombing

BY: Adam Kredo — April 22, 2013 4:50 pm

armed FBI agents are on the scene in Cambridge, Mass., April 19, 2013 / AP

The FBI was ordered by Congress to carry out an external review of its efforts to combat domestic radicalization less than a month before two ethnic-Chechen terrorists bombed the Boston marathon.

FBI Arrests Chinese National

Rep. Wolf: Contractor was taking sensitive documents back to China

BY: Adam Kredo — March 18, 2013 5:53 pm

A Chinese national suspected of taking sensitive NASA documents to China was arraigned in federal court Monday after being captured by the FBI over the weekend as he tried to board a one-way flight bound for China, according to Rep. Frank Wolf (R., Va.).

Wolf on Benghazi: ‘It is Clear This is a Cover-Up’

Wolf pushing for select committee to investigate

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff — March 12, 2013 9:56 am

U.S. Lobbying Firms Back Away from Huawei

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff — January 25, 2013 3:15 pm

Two lobbying firms terminated operations with Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei Technologies, reports Politico.

Hold Up, Holder

Republican congressman Wolf urges Holder to improve background check system

BY: CJ Ciaramella — January 23, 2013 6:39 pm

Rep. Frank Wolf (R., Va.) sent a letter to United States Attorney General Eric Holder Tuesday urging him to redirect millions of dollars to improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, a move Wolf says could immediately reduce gun violence without curtailing Second Amendment rights.

Wolf Demands Change After Lone Benghazi Suspect Freed

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff — January 8, 2013 3:04 pm

Rep. Frank Wolf (R., Va.) reiterated his call for new select committee to investigate the Sept. 11 Benghazi attack after the release of the only suspect. Tunisian authorities freed terrorist suspect Ali Harzi today for insufficient evidence.

GOP Calls for Benghazi Select Committee

Lawmaker: Watergate-style hearings needed to get to bottom of Benghazi mess

BY: Adam Kredo — December 4, 2012 4:55 pm

Lawmakers in the House have proposed establishing a Watergate-style investigatory committee aimed at exploring every aspect of the Sept. 11, 2012, terror attack in Benghazi, Libya, that claimed the lives of four Americans.