http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/republican-benghazi-investigation-debunks-conspiracy-theories-clears-obama-Hillary
WASHINGTON (AP) — A two-year investigation by the Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee has found that the CIA and the military acted properly in responding to the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, and asserted no wrongdoing by Obama administration appointees.
Debunking a series of persistent allegations hinting at dark conspiracies, the investigation determined that there was no intelligence failure, no delay in sending a CIA rescue team, no missed opportunity for a military rescue, and no evidence the CIA was covertly shipping arms from Libya to Syria.
In the immediate aftermath of the attack, intelligence about who carried it out and why was contradictory, the report found. That led Susan Rice, then U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, to inaccurately assert that the attack had evolved from a protest, when in fact there had been no protest. But it was intelligence analysts, not political appointees, who made the wrong call, the committee found. The report did not conclude that Rice or any other government official acted in bad faith or intentionally misled the American people.
The House Intelligence Committee report was released with little fanfare on the Friday before Thanksgiving week. Many of its findings echo those of six previous investigations by various congressional committees and a State Department panel. The eighth Benghazi investigation is being carried out by a House Select Committee appointed in May.
The attacks in Benghazi killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, foreign service officer Sean Smith, and two CIA contractors, Tyrone S. Woods and Glen Doherty. A Libyan extremist, Ahmed Abu Khatalla, is facing trial on murder charges after he was captured in Libya and taken to the U.S.
In the aftermath of the attacks, Republicans criticized the Obama administration and its then-secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is expected to run for president in 2016. People in and out of government have alleged that a CIA response team was ordered to "stand down" after the State Department compound came under attack, that a military rescue was nixed, that officials intentionally downplayed the role of al-Qaida figures in the attack, and that Stevens and the CIA were involved in a secret operation to spirit weapons out of Libya and into the hands of Syrian rebels. None of that is true, according to the House Intelligence Committee report.
will republicans apologize to this admin and "we the people" for allowing their grand inquisitor Issa to pursue this folly for two years and millions of taxpayer dollars and misleading us with Issa's gut contrivance? with all they have done to the country and you why are they now in place to do even more mayhem, where is the anger of being used to accomplish their deceitful taking over to do even more harm and deprive us of even more things, you do realize if you give them the keys to the WH 2016 all the accomplishment till then will be immediately revoked. so if you like what Pres. has done for us don't waste your 2016 vote on a pig with no makeup, because they won't dress up the damage they will just inflict it.
this is the harm they cause when they spot that grain of sand they are intent on spinning into a scandal they jump the gun and proceed half cocked and promote the lies with impunity 8 times 47 more and they would have tied the repeal of ObamaCares law which they are about to up that number unless "we the people" stop them because the right wing and the party won't they will ride the rebuked scandal into 2016, they know enough will continue to believe them and create an atmosphere of distrust of Dems unless Dems get up and fight the power.
