Posted on 04/03/2017 1:12:33 PM PDT by davikkm
JW Testifies to House Oversight Committee, Visits WH
It was my privilege to testify last week on behalf of Judicial Watch before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which was meeting to hear testimony on several bills that would improve government transparency. The complete hearing is available here.
You can read all of my prepared remarks here. But let me share with you a few key parts of my testimony.
The Enemy of Transparency Our nation faces a transparency crisis. The United States government is bigger than ever and also the most secretive in recent memory. To be frank, the Obama Administration was an enemy of transparency. President Obama promised the most transparent administration in history, but federal agencies turned into black holes in terms of disclosure.
The Benghazi Lie Right after the Benghazi terrorist attack occurred, Judicial Watch uncovered a newly declassified email showing then-White House Deputy Strategic Communications Adviser Ben Rhodes and other Obama administration public relations officialsnot intelligence officialsputting out the lie that the Benghazi attack was rooted in an Internet video, and not a failure of policy. These documents had been withheld from Congress and half-a-dozen or so congressional committees had been made to look very foolish indeed. As a direct result of this disclosure, then-Speaker Boehner reversed his opposition to convening a Select Committee on Benghazi.
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Were they all wrapped up? Like in a cloth or something?
You should know by now, that everything in Washington is wrapped in red tape.
So many crimes by these people. Too many to count. Going to require thousands of miles of rope to effectively deal with it.
*PING*
I want to know where Obama was that night. His whereabouts at that time as CIC must be really damning.
In the closet with Reggie Love?
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