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Bombshell: Govt Official Says Hillary Spearheaded Benghazi Review, Not Independent Board
Daily Beast copied onto Freedom Outpost ^ | May 21, 2013 | Tim Brown

Posted on 05/21/2013 4:58:37 PM PDT by EXCH54FE

One of the four State Department employees, who was recently disciplined by their former boss Hillary Clinton, has broken his silence concerning Benghazi and has leveled some very big charges at the former Secretary of State. He is now indicating that the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her staff were the ones that led the review of the Benghazi attacks, not an independent board.

The Daily Beast reports,

Raymond Maxwell was placed on forced “administrative leave” after the State Department’s own internal investigation, conducted by an Administrative Review Board (ARB) led by former State Department official Tom Pickering. Five months after he was told to clean out his desk and leave the building, Maxwell remains in professional and legal limbo, having been associated publicly with the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other American for reasons that remain unclear.

Maxwell, who served as deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs from August 2011 until his removal last December, following tours in Iraq and Syria, spoke publicly for the first time in an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast.

“The overall goal is to restore my honor,” said Maxwell, who has filed grievances regarding his treatment with the State Department’s Human Resources Bureau and the American Foreign Service Association, which represents the interests of foreign-service officers. The other three officials placed on leave were in the Diplomatic Security Bureau, leaving Maxwell as the only official in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (NEA), which had responsibility for Libya, to lose his job.

“I had no involvement to any degree with decisions on security and the funding of security at our diplomatic mission in Benghazi,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at freedomoutpost.com ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: 201108; 201212; 2016election; arb; benghazi; election2016; hillary; hillaryclinton; hitlery; iraq; libya; maxwell; raymondmaxwell; southcarolina; syria; treygowdy
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Is anyone surprised by this? I’m not. I’m just wondering how Hillary and company are planning on silencing this guy now.
1 posted on 05/21/2013 4:58:37 PM PDT by EXCH54FE
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I’m just wondering how Hillary and company are planning on silencing this guy now.

Don't know but I'd advise him to steer clear of Ft. Marcy park.

2 posted on 05/21/2013 5:00:40 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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Arkancide 2.0 a comin’


3 posted on 05/21/2013 5:02:20 PM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: EXCH54FE

4 posted on 05/21/2013 5:03:35 PM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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To: Alamo-Girl

Ping!


5 posted on 05/21/2013 5:03:55 PM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: EXCH54FE

This Raymond Maxwell guy is one ballsy dude. He ain’t goin’ down without a fight.


6 posted on 05/21/2013 5:04:22 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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To: JoeProBono
B T T T ! ! ! ©

7 posted on 05/21/2013 5:05:26 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: EXCH54FE
IBTBM (In Before The 'Bombshell' Mockers)

This REALLY IS a bombshell.

8 posted on 05/21/2013 5:05:43 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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To: annieokie; penelopesire; maggief; Protect the Bill of Rights; thouworm; SE Mom; Nachum; onyx; ...

In case you missed it ping.


9 posted on 05/21/2013 5:05:56 PM PDT by MestaMachine
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“Fire him? I don’t recall. Review board? No, I don’t remember. Benghazi? Never heard of it. State Department? No, I don’t recall being associated. Secretary of State? No, I don’t remember being Secretary of State. Now if you have no further questions, Congressman, let’s just Move On.”


10 posted on 05/21/2013 5:06:26 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: EXCH54FE

Oh my!


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12 posted on 05/21/2013 5:07:03 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: EXCH54FE

That explains why they did not need to interview her for the review.


13 posted on 05/21/2013 5:07:59 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: EXCH54FE

For reasons not entirely clear, Obama is out to get Hillary.

You know, the wife of the man who said about Obama, “a few years ago he’d be getting us our coffee”.


14 posted on 05/21/2013 5:08:06 PM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: Don Corleone
You're right.

Accidental Deaths

15 posted on 05/21/2013 5:09:57 PM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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For all of you who do not know, this is Raymond Maxwell. Interesting.......
16 posted on 05/21/2013 5:11:24 PM PDT by nesnah
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To: EXCH54FE

Get that b^%ch back on the stand...under OATH.


17 posted on 05/21/2013 5:11:37 PM PDT by SueRae (It isn't over. In God We Trust.)
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To: EXCH54FE

"I see the swirling scandals, but it ain't at F-4 yet."

18 posted on 05/21/2013 5:12:36 PM PDT by Slyfox (The red face of shame is proof that the conscience is still operational.)
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19 posted on 05/21/2013 5:13:36 PM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: MestaMachine

Gads..I am never gonna catch up today...lol! Glad for it too! Sounds like stuff is about to hit the fan for Zero and Hillary!

Is there a hearing tomorrow?


20 posted on 05/21/2013 5:16:24 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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