Let’s see…
A foreign terrorist attack wreaks havoc on an American (cultural) outpost, resulting in an untimely death (of a movie — and after all, aren’t all Hollywood films really ambassadors of the American Way?).
The government tries to make us believe it’s all because of a tasteless, ill-advised video that it had nothing to do with. So far, all administration officials seem to be sticking to these talking points.
So maybe Trey Gowdy’s Benghazi committee should take on the big Sony hack of 2014. Seeing as how another GOP-led committee has already said it found no administration wrongdoing at Benghazi…
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You must not be serious in equating the neutered investigations (lastly reported this past month) with Gowdy’s serious investigation, which as a Select Committee, has powers of subpoena and grants of immunity. Without such powers, Watergate would not have brought down Nixon for lying without loss of a U.S. Diplomat’s and life.
We can certainly wait for the obviously covered up truths with respect to Benghazi, now that the incriminating Susan Rice e-mail has predicated a perjury.
Oddly, the Sony hacking affair strikes me as the work of some juvenile minds based upon the wording used by hackers in communicating their extortive threats. There may be a remote possibility of political dirty work by our current administration, but I am no conspiratist.
Good idea, Brad. Investigating the Sony hack along with Benghazi would be efficient in so many ways. It would be especially helpful since then anyone who would actually want to be on such a committee can be kept suitably occupied for a longer period.
And Juan, those earlier committees could have reported that they were unable to obtain all of the evidence relevant to answering their questions. Instead, they chose to reach substantive conclusions exonerating officials of the most inflammatory accusations. Were all of those Republicans part of a coverup to protect Hillary Clinton? If true, that is peculiar enough to warrant more investigation than Benghazi itself. It should definitely be added to the list of tasks for Gowdy’s committee.
” And Juan, those earlier committees could have reported that they were unable to obtain all of the evidence relevant to answering their questions.”
Actually, unavailability of evidence (e.g. witnesses forbidden to testify due to their having to sign non-disclosure agreements to retain their jobs and their relocation) had been widely reported by Reps. Issa and Gowdy. Did the mainstream outlet(s) you follow not report same? Lynn T.
How many millions of taxpayer dollars have been spent on Benghazi?
Since you raised the cost issue, B.B., Time reported in 1974 that the unfinished cost of Watergate investigations about a political burglary, was $8 million. In today’s dollars $8 million is in excess of $40 million. If justice were based solely upon cost, Nixon would probably have finished his term.