sundance:
If you have followed our Benghazi research, and read the Benghazi Brief, it appears Gowdy has all the key players listed for interviews. However, another key element for the interviews is going to be the sequencing.
Panetta must be interviewed first because it was he and Hillary who developed and executed “operation zero footprint” in Libya; Hillary should be questioned last. This approach puts the primary constructionists, the “whys”, as bookends – the other interviewees fill in the details as to who, what, where and when.
Tom Donilon’s interview serves one primary function – he was the link between Hillary (state dept) and Obama (white house) – he was, and “is”, the last layer of plausible deniability protection from the president; Donilon was also Hillary’s designated contact to be liaison between what she was doing, and informing POTUS.
Tommy Vietor worked for Tom Donilon, and it was Vietor and Donilon who were in the situation room on 9/11/12 conveying information to Denis McDonough, Obama’s Chief of Staff. Hillary was in her DC office that afternoon when events erupted and told to stay away from the White House.
Just like Ambassador Stevens and Sean Smith, Hillary Clinton was out beyond the wire and Donilon/McDonough knew she was an immediate sunlight risk if she came to the White House. Clinton was off the range, this was 100% her porcelain baby, when it crashed the White House told her she owned it.
WASHINGTON DC – A special House committee looking into the deadly Benghazi, Libya, attacks in 2012 will interview a host of current and former high-ranking Obama administration officials as it speeds the pace of the investigation.
The panel’s chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., said Friday he intends to interview 20 high-ranking officials, including former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and former CIA director David Petraeus, as well as White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and national security adviser Susan Rice.
The list also includes former White House press secretary Jay Carney; Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and former national security adviser Thomas Donilon.
New ringmaster, same circus.
Says Greg the clown.
Says the guy who wonders when (or if) republicans will finally turn their attention to doing something genuinely useful.
They’ve got a majority in both Houses of Congress. In theory, at least, they should be able to participate constructively in the activity known as governance, which is what they’re supposed to be doing to earn their rather excessive paychecks and benefit packages.
Instead, the Big Benghazi Show is being held over. Surely not by popular demand. What exactly is the House going to look into that the Senate didn’t exhaustively look into already? Did they leave the meter running during the interval between acts? It would be interesting to know how much this pre-2016 election circus will be costing in taxpayer dollars. A circus, after all, is what it actually is. It’s political theater, held over because they’re now hoping to use it to discredit Hillary Clinton.
@Greg:
Well then Greg, if you want it to be over, then write the Obama administration and tell them that you as a loyal Democrat “know” they have nothing to hide, so they should quit their obstruction tactics and cooperate with the investigations. You do want them to finally be the most transparent administration ever as they promised you. Don’t you?
@Ditto, #4:
Why would I suggest he cooperate with a political lynch mob? The fact that no evidence of wrongdoing could be found after investigating the hell out of Benghazi for two straight years doesn’t mean evidence is being hidden. What it means is that the accusations were a load of b.s. Republicans won’t accept or acknowledge the results of their own damn investigations simply because they’re not happy with the results.
This is another reason I pretty much despise FOX News. While they trumpeted all manner slanderous allegations 24/7 for months on end without having a shred of evidence, they scarcely made mention of the fact that the republican-led investigations ultimately concluded that there was no evidence supporting any of them. It’s amazing that no damning evidence could be found, since FOX News could have provided the names of a few of their unnamed sources, all of which had apparently seen things first-hand or had special inside information. Why didn’t any of these people come forward to testify? I’m guessing because they either made things up or don’t even exist.
I don’t have a clue what White House “obstruction” you’re talking about, unless it’s failure to provide proof of things that never actually happened.
@Greg: As long as the administration continues to withhold info, there will continue to be alternative scenario proposed. If the administration wants this to go away, they need to tell the truth. I know that (the truth) is not something this administrative is very familiar with!
@Randy:
“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”