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  Heritage Action wants focus kept on scandals

Russian FSB says U.S. sought to recruit spies despite warning

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia warned the United States in 2011 to stop trying to recruit its security agents as spies and expelled a CIA operative in January this year after Washington ignored the warning, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday. Full story

Benghazi ‘scandal’ lacks anything actually scandalous

  Now that the infamous Benghazi emails have been released in full, it looks like there is even less to the “scandal” than meets the eye. Chris Hayes, Salon’s Joan Walsh, Huffington Post’s Howard Fineman, and Media Matters’ Eric Boehlert parse the facts and the hysteria.

White House attempts to end Benghazi dispute with new documents

  One hundred pages of emails were passed out by the White House Wednesday as the Obama administration tried to put an end to the long simmering dispute over what took place when the American compound in Benghazi was attacked. NBC’s Peter Alexander reports.

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NBC Politics: Senate panel votes to move Brennan's CIA nomination forward

Senate panel delays CIA nominee Brennan's confirmation vote

Senate panel likely to vote Thursday on CIA nominee Brennan

Senate Intelligence Committee drops bin Laden film probe

Polish prosecutors to drop charges in CIA jail inquiry: report

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  White House presents new developments in IRS, Benghazi stories

On the same day the White House released 100 pages of emails showing there was no coverup of the Benghazi attack or in the administration talking points about the attack, President Obama went before cameras to announce the resignation of the acting commissioner of the IRS. Chris Hayes talks to NBC's

  US Diplomat detained in Russia accused of spying

Russia said Tuesday that it had detained an American diplomat who was carrying cash, two wigs and technical equipment and was trying to recruit a Russian intelligence official to work for the CIA. The Washington Post's David Ignatius discusses.

  American diplomat allegedly caught spying in Russia

Ryan Fogle, a 29-year-old U.S. Embassy employee, was reportedly caught trying to recruit a Russian intelligence official to work for the CIA.  NBC’s Andrea Mitchell reports.

  Scarborough: White House needs to get out in front of Benghazi

Top Talkers: The Morning Joe panel discusses last week's report from ABC News' Jonathan Karl that revealed talking points on Benghazi were revised 12 times before being given to Congress an U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice. NBC News' Lisa Myers joins the discussion.

  Kinzinger: ‘I just want the answers’

A Meet the Press panel of experts reviews comments on the Benghazi investigation by Darrell Issa and Dianne Feinstein.

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Former CIA director David Petraeus
Former CIA director David Petraeus

Former CIA director David Petraeus addresses a University of Southern California event honoring the military on March 26, 2013 in Los Angeles.

Former CIA director and retired general David Petraeus serves as the keynote speaker at the University of Southern California annual dinner for veterans and ROTC students, in Los Angeles
Former CIA director and retired general David Petraeus serves as the keynote speaker at the University of Southern California annual dinner for veterans and ROTC students, in Los Angeles

Former CIA director and retired general David Petraeus serves as the keynote speaker at the University of Southern California annual dinner for veterans and ROTC students, in Los Angeles, California March 26, 2013. REUTERS/Alex Gallardo

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Former CIA Director David Petraeus Speaks At USC Dinner For Veterans And ROTC Students

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 26: Former CIA director and retired four-star general General David Petraeus makes his first public speech since resigning as CIA director at University of Southern California dinner for students Veterans and ROTC students on March 26, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Petraeu