Ace:
Shit Status: Real.
Appearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will be three career State Department officials: Gregory N. Hicks, the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Libya at the time of the Benghazi terrorist attacks; Mark I. Thompson, a former Marine and now the deputy coordinator for Operations in the agency’s Counterterrorism Bureau; and Eric Nordstrom, a diplomatic security officer who was the regional security officer in Libya, the top security officer in the country in the months leading up to the attacks.
So, Ambassador Steven’s top deputy is one of the whistleblowers? Unless we wind up with a Frankie Pentangeli situation, Wednesday’s hearing is going to be very interesting. Very.
One note I’ve been wanting to make and it’s related…despite the stuff from Fox this week about how a military response was possible, it wasn’t.
Even the scathing report from the House said there was no timelymilitary rescue/support option (pdf).
Well, now I know how I’ll be spending my birthday.
Watching the testimony at Issa’s hearing.