Sharyl Attkisson / @SharylAttkisson / October 15, 2014  ‘My stomach dropped’: Former Commerce Department official Sonya Gilliam shows documents to reporter Sharyl Attkisson. (Photo: The Daily Signal) To Sonya Gilliam, a recent account of improper sorting of Benghazi-related documents  at the State Department brought back vivid memories of her own encounters with high-level government officials who withheld, deleted … Read more

LOU DOBBS ON FOX BUSINESS NEWS CHANNEL Andrew C. McCarthy, Chairman of the Benghazi Accountability Coalition, joined Lou Dobbs to discuss why some Republicans seem just as reluctant as Democrats to probe the Benghazi massacre, and how the Obama administration has sought to minimize the al Qaeda threat after the president repeatedly claimed during the … Read more

By Stephen Dinan – The Washington Times Federal prosecutors won an 18-count indictment against accused Benghazi attacker Ahmed Abu Khatalla on Tuesday, which charges him with leading the assault that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and makes him eligible for the death penalty. The indictment, handed up in federal district court in Washington, also … Read more

It’s not just Democrats who don’t want a full public airing. By ANDREW C. McCARTHY | NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE | Something bothers me about the first and only hearing of the House Select Committee on Benghazi. Something I haven’t been able to shake. It was a desultory hearing. That’s not the main thing that bothers me, but … Read more

By George Russell Published October 10, 2014 FoxNews.com Sept. 11, 2012: A protester reacts as the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames. (ReuterA new State Department unit tasked with protecting high-risk U.S. diplomatic missions suffers from “significant staffing gaps,” and many in the State Department don’t even know it exists, according to a newly released … Read more

Members of the Benghazi Accountability Coalition released an open letter to Chairman Gowdy demanding that, in light of revelations in his book, Leon Panetta be asked to testify before the House Selection Committee on Benghazi – under oath – ASAP. (Link to BAC open letter)

Originally posted at Family Security Matters.

The House special committee investigating the Benghazi terrorist attackstoday convened its first public hearing, examining progress in implementing security improvements at U.S. embassies and other missions abroad. Although no fireworks erupted, the State Department’s failure to follow through on an independent group’s No. 1 security priority after the attacks proved a major highlight. Here’s a … Read more