Month: July 2014

Sources: Militia blamed for Benghazi attack moved next door to US Consulate before strike

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By ADAM HOUSLEY | FOXNEWS.COM | Members of the Islamist extremist militia blamed for the Benghazi terror attack had moved in next door to the U.S. Consulate months before the strike but “nothing was done” despite concerns about the dangerous neighbors, sources tell Fox News. Sources say members of Ansar al-Sharia moved to the house … Read more

Oversight Committee Details Benghazi Investigation Obstruction to Select Committee

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The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued a press release today in conjunction with a letter sent by Chairman Darrell Issa to Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi.  It may be found at the committee’s website here.  The text of the release follows: July 11th, 2014 Oversight Committee … Read more

APNewsBreak: Different attackers in Benghazi?

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Jul. 9, 2014 7:53 PM EDT By: DONNA CASSATA (AP), BRADLEY KLAPPER (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly revealed testimony from top military commanders involved in the U.S. response to the Benghazi attacks suggests that the perpetrators of a second, dawn attack on a CIA complex probably were different from those who penetrated the U.S. diplomatic … Read more

Reputation for Zeal Precedes Republican Leading New Benghazi Inquiry

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By JENNIFER STEINHAUER JULY 9, 2014 WASHINGTON — Representative Trey Gowdy was cutting the grass in the front yard of his Spartanburg, S.C., house when Speaker John A. Boehner called with a special assignment. Mr. Gowdy, a South Carolina Republican and a former prosecutor whose peculiar hairstyle has generated almost as much news media coverage … Read more

Benghazi panel ramps up

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By LAUREN FRENCH | 5:58 PM EDT | Updated: 7:45 PM EDT There are no Benghazi hearings on the House calendar, but the silence doesn’t mean the investigation is fading away. Rep. Trey Gowdy is launching a special committee to wrangle a probe that’s sprawled across the jurisdictions of multiple headline-hungry committee chairmen. And while … Read more

How Not To Indict a Terrorist

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The Justice Department’s charges against Khatallah are curiously sparse. By Andrew C. McCarthy What happens when the president who has politicized law-enforcement to a degree unprecedented in American history meets a terrorist responsible for killing Americans he has recklessly failed to protect, decimating his pretensions about “decimating”al-Qaeda? What happens is: You get the most politicized … Read more