The Benghazi Select Committee moves slowly but spends quickly, exceeding the budget of the entire House Intelligence Committee
By Ari Rabin-Havt | 06/18/15 7:23am
On
June 16th, the Benghazi Select Committee, meeting behind closed doors,
questioned Hillary Clinton confidant Sidney Blumenthal for nine hours
about emails he sent to the then-Secretary of State containing privately
gathered intelligence reports from inside Libya.
The
release of new emails from Mr. Blumenthal marked a milestone for the
committee, characterized committee chairman, Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy
of South Carolina, as “noteworthy,” because no Congressional committee
that “has previously looked into Benghazi or Libya has uncovered these
memos.”
Yet there was
no explanation as to how these emails contained any new insights or
information about the September 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic
compound and CIA base in Benghazi, Libya that resulted in the murders of
Ambassador Chris Stevens, Foreign Service Officer Sean Smith, and CIA
contractors Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty.
Mr.
Blumenthal himself noted “my testimony has shed no light on the events
of Benghazi—nor could it—because I have no firsthand knowledge.”http://observer.com/2015/06/sticker-shock-calculating-the-benghazi-investigations-huge-price-tag/
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