Rep Darrell Issa, the Chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee appeared on Fox News this morning to talk about the latest revelations in the “phony” Benghazi scandal – aka “the big one.”
Yesterday, Issa issued two subpoenas to the State Department for documents relevant to the Committee’s investigation into the attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya that cost four American lives.
The documents covered by the subpoenas will allow Congressional investigators to understand how the ARB conducted its review and how it obtained testimony from witnesses. Witnesses interviewed by the Committee have testified that the ARB never asked them about the very issues that the ARB eventually cited as cause to hold four State Department officials accountable for the inadequate security posture in Benghazi. Those four officials were subsequently placed on paid administrative leave based on the ARB’s recommendation. Yesterday, the House Oversight Committee sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry outlining some of the concerns expressed to the Committee by witnesses. The subpoenas also require the State Department to produce 25,000 page of documents to Congress that are currently carted into the Capitol each day, preventing investigators from having full access.
“After ignoring requests for months, the State Department has left no alternative but to issue subpoenas for documents relevant to our investigation,” said Issa. “State Department tactics to delay and impede accountability have exhausted the Committee’s patience. Further subpoenas may also be necessary if the Department is not forthcoming on other requests.”
Rick Folbaum asked Issa the $64, 000 question, “what are officials trying to keep from being made public?”
Issa rattled off the three main components of the scandal (before, during and after) that have never smelled right.
– “Before Benghazi, there were plenty of calls for help that were unheeded…”
– “During the attack they did not call on friends and allies to bring aid…”
– “The constant misleading about what happened. The people deserve the truth on day one”, Issa said, “not an evolving truth that goes on until – actually for as long as it takes for us to prove that they didn’t tell the truth the first time.”
As for the CNN reports that CIA employees are being intimidated into silence, Issa said, “we are aware that there’s a pattern of saying they must coordinate with their bosses before talking to congress. Of course that’s not consistent with the law – and that leads to a general belief that you shouldn’t talk to congress and that happens to be obstruction, and it’s illegal under the statutes.
Via Gateway Pundit
UPDATE:
The Conversation: Report: At Least 5 CIA Employees Forced to Sign Nondisclosure Agreements
Twitchy: ‘No f****** s***’: Atlantic writer decides there might be something to this Benghazi thingy
Nice Deb 
Reblogged this on Reality Check and commented:
Somehow the truth will come out, but too late to do much about it. Hillary will be President. Obama will be the new “face of fascism”. Bill Clinton will be the Ambassador to the UN. Holder will be Vice President or some other position controlled by the Marxists.
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I’m tending to go with @americanpatriotrealitycheck. Blah, blah, blah. The problem some of these older politicians don’t realize, is the ‘rule of law’ for this administration doesn’t exist–they use it only when they can exploit it either to justify their actions, or referring to it as outdated and outmoded to enflame and ‘energize’ their base. You know..’What can we do? it’s ‘Rule of Law’. While we play be the rules, they’re playing for keeps. I think we need to suspend some of the ‘rules’ for the moment, and play like our lives depend on it.
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