Benghazi : Hllary's Behavior "Absolutely Morally Reprehensible"

Benghazi has stalked Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton since 2012, becoming synonymous with political scandal -- the Obama/Clinton Watergate. Many believe the Obama administration turned a blind eye to Benghazi security, failed to come to the attack victims' aid and then misled the public afterward. ~~~~~ Benghazi has also become a major political problem for Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump has pounded her “bad judgment” and insistence that the violence was in protest to an anti-Moslem YouTube video that was the source of protests elsewhere in the Moslem world. But, the Benghazi attacks were planned and carried out by a member of a radical islamist militia. Hillary's email to daughter Chelsea and phone call to the Egyptian prime minister within 24 hours of the attack make clear she knew the video had nothing to do with it. Yet, she persisted in blaming video-inspired spontaneous protests when speaking to Americans and to victims' families, telling lies when the fact is that diplomatic security agents in Libya unanimously testified “there was no protest” at the compound. ~~~~~ The Benghazi committee report rips Clinton for not acting on repeated warnings about growing extremism in Benghazi and elsewhere in Libya after the Hillary-championed, American-led ouster of Moammar Qaddafi : “It is not clear what additional intelligence would have satisfied either [Undersecretary of Management Patrick] Kennedy or the Secretary in understanding the Benghazi Mission compound was at risk -- short of an attack. The intelligence on which Kennedy and the Secretary were briefed daily was clear and pointed -- Al Qa’ida, al Qa’ida like groups, and other regional extremists took refuge in the security vacuum created by the Libya government and its inability to take command of the security situation.” ~~~~~ On Monday, Trey Gowdy, Benghazi Select Committee Chairman, accused the Obama administration of deliberately deceiving his panel : “Whatever the administration is hiding...it's well past time the [State] Department stops stonewalling.” The Benghazi committee has for over a year tried to obtain records from the State Department without success -- among them are emails from senior aides to then-Secretary of State Clinton, some of her emails, and additional records from an Accountability Review Board analysis of the Benghazi attacks. In addition, the White House has stonewalled the committee’s efforts to get answers about President Obama’s activities the night of the September 11, 2012, attacks. Republicans say this obstruction is Obama's effort to hide key facts. ~~~~~ Gowdy refused to accuse Clinton of wrongdoing during a Tuesday press conference, saying his charge was to find the truth about the Americans killed in Benghazi. His refusal to call Hillary culpable is also a result of his habitual caution as a prosecutor. But, while he is being criticized, Gowdy gave us the facts. And, two other committee members, Mike Pompeo and Jim Jordan, had no reservations about Clinton's culpability. They released an additional 48-page supplement amply criticizing Clinton. Pompeo called her behavior “absolutely morally reprehensible.” ~~~~~ Dear readers, committee Democrats attempted to undercut the report on Monday, by releasing their rebuttal and many interview transcripts a day early. And, despite all facts and findings to the contrary, Hillary was predictable : "the committee had to today report it found nothing -- nothing -- to contradict the conclusions of the independent accountability board or the conclusion of the prior, multiple congressional investigations carried out on a bipartisan basis in the Congress.” NO. The report attacked the Accountability Review Board created by the State Department to investigate Benghazi. Clinton senior staff were deeply involved in the ARB's formation and edited a draft of its final report, the committee said : “The decisions to deviate from longstanding processes raise questions about the ARB’s independence, thoroughness, and therefore the fullness of their findings of accountability." More tomorrow.