Briefing

THE WEEK

EGYPT RESET ITS REVOLUTION

‘THE PEOPLE NEED TO COME TOGETHER.’

CATHERINE ASHTON, European Union foreign policy chief, on the future of Egypt, after meeting with deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi

$136 MILLION

Value of diamonds stolen from a hotel exhibit in Cannes, France, one of the largest jewelry heists in history

‘Who am I to judge?’

POPE FRANCIS, speaking candidly about gay priests while returning from his first papal trip to World Youth Day in Brazil

‘Bradley is by no means out of the fire.’

DAVID COOMBS, lawyer for Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier who infamously gave classified material to WikiLeaks; he was acquitted of aiding the enemy but convicted of espionage

‘I can’t tell you absolutely what someone else is going to consider inappropriate or not.’

ANTHONY WEINER, after new disclosures of sexually explicit text messages rocked his New York City mayoral campaign

180+

U.S. cities that offer food-waste recycling, now including New York City

GOOD WEEK

FBI

New director James Comey confirmed by Senate, 93 to 1

BAD WEEK

TSA

New report says it had a 26% uptick in “employee misconduct” from 2010 to 2012

35%

Sales increase for Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth after a Fox News interview with author Reza Aslan–during which he was asked repeatedly why a Muslim would write a book about Jesus–went viral

‘I was there just to put it away.’

BREK SHEA, U.S. national soccer player, who scored the winning goal against Panama 42 seconds after entering the Gold Cup championship game

Sources: al-Arabiya; AP (2); Washington Post; Reuters