The Department of Justice said Friday morning that a key figure in the 2012 Benghazi attack has been brought to the United States to face justice. Attorney General Pam Bondi said that Zubayr al-Bakoush was captured overseas and flown to the United States, arriving at Andrews Air Force Base at 3:00 a.m. Friday morning, where he was greeted by FBI Director Kash Patel and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro. “Al-Bakoush will now face American justice on American soil,” Bondi said. “We will prosecute this alleged terrorist to the fullest extent of the law.”   NEW: Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that Zubayr Al-Bakoush, a key participant in the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack, was arrested and arrived in the U.S. today to face justice. pic.twitter.com/cnC0CbVSB4 — Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) February 6, 2026 Al-Bakoush will face several charges related to murder, terrorism, and arson for his role in the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack that led to the deaths of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, State Department information officer Sean Smith, and CIA contractors Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods. “Let this case serve as a reminder: if you commit a crime against the American people anywhere in this world, President Trump’s Justice Department will find you,” Bondi said. “It might not happen overnight, but it will happen. You can run, but you can’t hide.” The fallout from the 2012 Benghazi attack remained a major focus in U.S. political debate for years, prompting multiple congressional investigations and high-profile hearings over security failures and the Obama administration’s response under then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Much of the criticism centered on Americans on the ground who waited 13 hours for help that never came. Bondi said that even 14 years later, holding those responsible to account still matters. “Hillary Clinton famously once said about Benghazi, ‘What difference at this point does it make?’ Well, it makes a difference to Donald Trump,” said Bondi. “It makes a difference to those families. And fourteen years later, it makes a difference to law enforcement who made the difference in this case.” Bondi said the families of the victims were “absolutely thrilled,” adding that they had “probably lost faith that something would happen.”   I asked Attorney General Pam Bondi what communication looked like with victims families amid today’s major Benghazi suspect arrest. Bondi said details were kept airtight until arrest was made but they contacted afterward. @realdailywire pic.twitter.com/cnoEB8Yryx — Cameron Arcand (@cameron_arcand) February 6, 2026 “Donald Trump never forgets,” she said. FBI Director Patel said capturing those responsible for the attack was an early priority, adding that more suspects remain at large. He noted that the Trump administration has arrested six of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives in about one year, two more than were apprehended under the Biden administration. In 2014, American authorities arrested militia commander Ahmed Abu Khatallah in connection with the Benghazi attack. He was acquitted in 2017 of 14 charges, including murder, but convicted of four lesser terrorism-related counts and sentenced to 22 years in prison. Al-Bakoush was first charged by a complaint in 2015, a case that remained sealed for 11 years, according to Pirro.  “We’re here today because we have an interagency that is led by superior individuals who have one shared goal: protecting America and our lives and our future,” Patel said. “And to any others out there who wish to do harm, especially commit acts of terrorism here and around the world, this is the fate you will meet. You will not be forgotten by us. We will chase you down.” The FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team, the FBI’s Critical Incident Response Group, and the FBI’s Special Flight Operations Unit were involved in the operation. Pirro, who will prosecute al-Bakoush, said she had a close relationship with the victims’ families while reporting on the attack for Fox News. She said she personally called the families to share the news after the suspect was arrested.  “I spoke with Sean Smith’s mother, who I’ve known for years and have communicated with for years. I spoke with Tyrone Woods’ wife, widow, Dr. Dorothy Woods. I spoke with Ambassador Chris Stevens’ family, as well as Glen Doherty’s brother, Greg, as well as his widow. These were people who never expected that justice would be coming.”

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News What to Watch What to Watch and Read This Weekend: January Was a Rough Year, So Here’s Ian McKellen Reading Shakespeare Plus: A fantasy retelling of Charles Dickens and a rare chance to recommend Venom: The Last Dance By Molly Templeton | Published on February 6, 2026 Photo: Lionsgate Comment 0 Share New Share Photo: Lionsgate The sign for a bar near me currently reads “January was a rough year.” February isn’t off to a much better start; this short month promises to be at least as long as the previous one. There are the horrors, and then there are the people facing and fighting the horrors. And there are many ways to address the horrors, as Ian McKellen reminded me this morning when I watched his Colbert appearance. That’s below, because I think everyone should see it. It’s a reminder that history repeats, that art is powerful, that people can be moved—and maybe changed—by the unexpected. Stay warm, call your reps, and tell your friends you love them. Ian McKellen Is an International Treasure Last night, Ian McKellen—currently appearing on stage in New York—sat down with Stephen Colbert for a long conversation. I’m sure it is all wonderful, and I’ll listen to it eventually, but so far I’ve just watched one key clip. In it, McKellen performs a monologue. It’s gorgeous. It’s impossibly gorgeous. He is impossibly good, making the most of his somewhat unlikely stage, staring at the audience, into the camera.  I saw the clip without context; it just said “a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More,” which was somewhat perplexing. Shakespeare’s what? But in the longer video, McKellen introduces the monologue, explains how he originated the role, why it’s believed to be written by Shakespeare—all just beautifully deftly and succinctly. I’m kind of not telling you what’s in the monologue on purpose. I think you should watch it. It’s from 400 years ago and it is crushingly timely. He got a few lines in and I teared up. (Colbert clearly did too.) Whoever at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert decided to ask him to do this—they’re a bit of a genius. McKellen, returning to a speech he first gave 50 years ago, is a master.  Good Luck, Have Fun, Appreciate Some Actors’ Previous Films Next week, Gore Verbinski’s Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die arrives in theaters. Presumably the name will take up entire marquees. While not a huge fan of Verbinski, I am a huge fan of many of the actors in this film’s cast, all of whom have previous movies that are worth spending time with.  I don’t need to tell you that Sam Rockwell is a genius, and has been at least since he turned up on Galaxy Quest. Zazie Beetz made a splash in Deadpool 2, but is also delightful in Bullet Train, a movie that was never quite as fun as it should have been but is still diverting enough for a weekend watch. I cannot actually recommend Oliver Stone’s World Trade Center, but I can tell you that Michael Peña was very good in it. Juno Temple is, of course, in Ted Lasso, but she’s also in Venom: The Last Dance, which is not as charming as the first Venom, but irresistible in its way. And then there’s Haley Lu Richardson, who I first saw in Andrew Bujalski’s Support the Girls, a quiet indie about one very long day in the lives of some women working at a sports bar. It’s also about the incompatibility of compassion and capitalism. Nothing out of the ordinary happens, except that everything is out of the ordinary. It’s so good, and Richardson is great in it. I can’t wait to see her face the apocalypse (maybe). Dickens + Faeries = A Far Better Thing February 7 is Charles Dickens’ birthday, which means this is as good a time (perhaps a better time) than any to recommend H.G. Parry’s A Far Better Thing, which rewrites A Tale of Two Cities with faeries and changelings. Frankly, it made a lot more sense to me this way: Sydney Carton was taken by the faeries, and Charles Darnay is the changeling left in his place. (Lucie is also a changeling.) Parry effectively weaves a whole faerie world into Dickens’ fabric, and it works astonishingly well. She’s not writing over Dickens, not trying to one-up him, but putting a different spin on his classic tale. (Her first novel also involved Dickens; she has a PhD in English literature and knows of what she speaks.) If you want to know more, Strange Horizons has a great review. We Need Way More Independent Media and We Need It Now A lot of layoffs have been announced recently, from Pinterest cutting staff and leaning in to AI to Amazon cutting a huge number of employees (as CNBC notes, also in conjunction with a push to invest in AI). But this week’s cuts at The Washington Post hit especially hard. A correspondent in Ukraine was laid off while working in a war zone. “The layoffs affect every corner of the newsroom,” NPR wrote. That includes the entire books section, which has been closed.  Yes, you read that right: Closed. Gone. No more books coverage. No more SFF column from Charlie Jane Anders. A lot of book folk took to Bluesky yesterday to talk about what this means, and how bad it is for books; as Meg Reid wrote, “Every national book review outlet that closes feels like a death knell for independent publishers.” You can find a lot of obituaries for the Post as we knew it, but I particularly appreciated this one, from former Post employee Ashley Parker, which is intimate, personal, detailed, and a reminder of how meaningful a truly supportive workplace can be.[end-mark] The post What to Watch and Read This Weekend: January Was a Rough Year, So Here’s Ian McKellen Reading Shakespeare appeared first on Reactor.

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