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State Department's Benghazi review let senior officials off the hook, report finds
fox ^ | 9/15/13 | fox

Posted on 09/15/2013 6:38:13 PM PDT by Nachum

The State Department review of the Benghazi terror attack let senior officials off the hook for the policy decisions that led to sub-standard security at the U.S. compound in eastern Libya, according to a draft House committee report obtained by Fox News.

The nearly 100-page report concludes that the State Department’s internal review board -- called the Accountability Review Board, or ARB -- was flawed. The report by Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee alleges the board’s probe was not comprehensive, its interviews were not thorough, and the investigation itself may have been damaged by conflicts of interest.

A central finding is that the department, as a result of the board’s findings, meted out discipline to four mid-level officials (who were later re-instated anyway), but the board glossed over the actions and decisions of senior-level officials. The report claims the internal review identified many of the security problems with the Benghazi compound, while ignoring who was behind the policy decisions that led to them.

Specifically, the report points to the authorization by Under Secretary for Management Patrick Kennedy to continue operating the ad hoc compound in Benghazi. The interim report found that a December 2011 action memo, prepared by Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and signed off on by Kennedy, green-lighted the operation. Witnesses told Republican investigators that this decision to run the operation on an ad hoc basis was largely responsible for the inadequate security presence on the ground in Benghazi, not money.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; departments; state

1 posted on 09/15/2013 6:38:13 PM PDT by Nachum
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2 posted on 09/15/2013 6:38:38 PM PDT by Nachum (I am Breitbartacus!)
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To: Nachum

anyone in the least bit surprised?

ha


3 posted on 09/15/2013 6:40:24 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (Er)
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To: Nachum
The draft interim findings will be released early next week. The House oversight committee has hearings scheduled for Sept. 19.

Okay...then what?

When will a Special Committee be called??? When will Hill! have to testify?

4 posted on 09/15/2013 6:44:26 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
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To: Nachum

What else would you expect from an agency that examined itself and whose Director at the time was the party at fault.


5 posted on 09/15/2013 6:44:38 PM PDT by Venturer ( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
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To: Nachum

Next you’ll tell me that there’s gambling going on at Rick’s.


6 posted on 09/15/2013 6:55:32 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: Nachum
yeah... like this one!!!

7 posted on 09/15/2013 7:18:55 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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