Congress: Hillary’s Benghazi Investigation Let Top Officials Escape Blame -- Josh Rogin, The Daily Beast
A new report reveals that the State Department’s Benghazi investigation failed to hold senior officials accountable for the deaths of four Americans. Josh Rogin reports.
The State Department’s investigation into the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi was not independent and failed to hold senior State Department officials accountable for the failures that led to the death of four Americans, according to a new investigative report compiled by the House Oversight Committee.
The Administrative Review Board, chosen by then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, unfairly placed the blame for the terrorist attack on four mid-level officials while ignoring the role of very senior officials in Clinton’s State Department for decisions about security in Benghazi, according to the new report led by Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA). Also, the structure of the ARB and the culture in Clinton’s State Department raised questions about the independence and integrity of the review, according to Issa’s committee.
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More News On Reports That the State Department’s Benghazi Investigation Was Not Independent When Examining The Role Senior State Department Officials Played
Benghazi Accountability Review Board comes under renewed criticism -- CBS
State Department’s Benghazi review let senior officials off the hook, report finds -- FOX News
House committee to renew focus on Benghazi -- Washington Post
House Report: State Dept. Benghazi Probe Unfairly Protected Senior Officials, Hillary Clinton Blamed -- The Blaze
House Report: Hillary's Benghazi Probe Let Top Officials Off Hook -- Newsmax
My Comment: This is a blockbuster report. In short .... senior officials and aides to Hillary Clinton were protected in their internal investigation on Benghazi. As we had predicted months ago when these investigations started to unfold .... CYA is now official policy for this administration when it comes to Benghazi.