Diplomat: U.S. Special Forces told “you can't go” to Benghazi during attacks  —  The deputy of slain U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens has told congressional investigators that a team of Special Forces prepared to fly from Tripoli to Benghazi during the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks was forbidden …

Reid calls Sen. Cruz a ‘schoolyard bully’  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called freshman GOP Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) a “schoolyard bully” during a contentious exchange Monday on the Senate floor.  —  The two senators bickered as Cruz rose to object to Reid's motion …

Air Force Officer Accused of Sexual Battery  —  The Chief of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response branch of the U.S. Air Force was arrested and charged with sexual battery in Arlington over the weekend.  —  Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski is accused of fondling a woman in a Crystal City parking lot early Sunday morning.

Huckabee: Benghazi will drive Obama from office  —  Mike Huckabee on Monday predicted that President Barack Obama won't finish out his second term in light of the “cover-up” of the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi and the former Arkansas governor called the affair “more serious than Watergate.”

None Dare Call It Treason  —  As Brother Benen notes this morning, the National Rifle Association's new president, James Porter of Birmingham, Alabama, likes to talk about the importance of the Second Amendment as a way to ensure the American people will be able to “resist tyranny”—i.e. …

Mediaite Learns: 'Vast Majority Of National Advertisers Now Refuse To Air Ads During Limbaugh's Show'  —  As we reported earlier this morning, Rush Limbaugh is allegedly in the midst of a battle with Cumulus Media, the distributor of his radio show.  The company's CEO has blamed ad revenue losses …

The Fiscal Cost of Unlawful Immigrants and Amnesty to the U.S. Taxpayer  —  By Robert Rector and Jason Richwine, Ph.D.  —  Executive Summary  —  Unlawful immigration and amnesty for current unlawful immigrants can pose large fiscal costs for U.S. taxpayers.

Syria Is Not Iraq  —  IN the search for an American response to the civil war in Syria, the favorite guidebook seems to be our ill-fated adventure in Iraq.  We have another brutal Middle East autocrat holding power on behalf of a sectarian minority.  We have another dubious cast of opposition factions competing for foreign patronage.

The Non-Violent March To Threaten Violence  —  As readers have probably noticed, I'm on something of a campaign the last few days to train a spotlight on the revolutionary rhetoric and gun-brandishing of many Second Amendment activists and “constitutional conservatives,” …

Rick Perry compares rejecting LGBT people to fighting slavery  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) said Sunday that he believes rejecting LGBT people is similar to fighting slavery during the pre-Civil War era.  —  Appearing on the Family Research Council's program “Stand With Scouts Sunday,” …

Gore Is Romney-Rich With $200 Million After Bush Defeat  —  In 1999, Al Gore, then U.S. vice president and a Democratic candidate for president, sold $6,000 worth of cows.  —  The former senator, who spent most of his working life in Congress, had a net worth of about $1.7 million and assets …

Chambliss sinks hole-in-one during golf round with Obama  —  Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) hit a rare hole-in-one while golfing with President Obama and two other senators on Monday.  —  Chambliss's office said the shot happened on the 11th hole at the Joint Base Andrews course in Maryland.

Why did Komen for the Cure give Nancy Brinker a 64 percent raise?  —  Komen, already under fire for shrinking contributions for breast cancer research, paid its CEO $684,000 last year  —  Last year may have been a very bad year for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, but it still was a very good year for its CEO, Nancy Brinker.

Behind the Scenes at Fox  —  A few days before the presidential election last November, Roger Ailes, the chief executive of Fox News, ordered that Geraldo Rivera's microphone be cut off after Mr. Rivera angrily defended the Obama administration against charges levied by others on Fox.

Rep. Mike Rogers pushed for FBI chief  —  The FBI's union is urging President Obama to nominate Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) to be the bureau's next director.  —  The FBI Agents Association said Rogers — a former FBI agent and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee …

The Rule of Lawyers  —  Law-school applications today have dropped to 54,000 annually, from 100,000 in 2004.  But the profession will continue to thrive  —  Law schools are under siege.  Applications have dropped to around 54,000 annually, from around 100,000 in 2004.

Abortion Rights Community Has Become the NRA of the Left  —  The abortion clinic of alleged killer Kermit Gosnell was not illegal.  But any talk of more government regulation unleashes an NRA-style assault from the abortion rights contingent, says Kirsten Powers.  —  What should we learn from the Kermit Gosnell trial?

Twitter is ready to be a true news operation  —  Twitter is hiring a ‘head of news’ in its bid to be even more indispensable to global media, but will it work?  —  There are fewer and fewer jobs in journalism, but last week an ultimate job was posted.  Twitter, fast becoming the basic source …

Solving Equation of a Hit Film Script, With Data  —  LOS ANGELES — Forget zombies.  The data crunchers are invading Hollywood.  —  The same kind of numbers analysis that has reshaped areas like politics and online marketing is increasingly being used by the entertainment industry.