I posted this link on another thread...this blog is written by a former intel officer; he published his piece about 90 minutes before the guy at Foreign Policy and goes a step further; according to the “formerspook,” the “in-extremis force was the unit that Gen Carter Ham (AFRICOM/CC) wanted to send to Benghazi, but was reportedly over-ruled by officials in DC. And a few weeks later, Ham’s replacement at AFRICOM was announced by none other than Leon Panetta. Ham is retiring months ahead of schedule; just a coincidence, I’m sure:
http://formerspook.blogspot.com/2012/11/who-knew-petraeus-scandal-edition.html
Could there be another possibility ... that the investigation was not “official” but was instead being conducted by some rogue FBI individuals ... because the President and DOJ were actually potential targets of the investigation?