Chaffetz: State Dept Hiding Benghazi Survivors

Breitbart ^ | 12/12/12 | Kerry Picket

[Nachum]

Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R- UT) told Breitbart News on Wednesday that he has been “thwarted” by the State Department from seeing any Americans who survived the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi. Many people forget that there were Americans who survived the Benghazi attack, some of whom were badly injured and are still recovering.

“My understanding is that we still have some people in the hospital. I’d like to visit with them and wish them nothing but the best but the State Department has seen it unfit for me to know who those people are—or even how many there are,” Rep. Chaffetz said. I don’t know who they are. I don’t know where they live. I don’t know what state they’re from. I don’t even know how many there are. It doesn’t seem right to me.

“This is so patently different than any other experience I’ve had. Unfortunately, people have been killed and maimed and in harm’s way in Afghanistan and Iraq and in points beyond. It’s typically been the case that they would release those names but in this case, they won’t. My challenge is to the media. You try and figure it out. They won’t let Congress know. They won’t seem to let the media know either.”

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[HollyB]

I’ve thought the same thing. The ‘only’ reasoning I can think of is to protect their identities if they are CIA operatives. But, that there has been NO info on them seems more than strange.

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[Nachum]

Strange indeed. We are all waiting to catch them on something they can be held accountable for. That day, I fear, is far away.

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[Southack]

...wouldn’t want pictures of mustard gas victims making the news...

[Lakeshark]

It's good to see you on the board e82.

We are being betrayed—openly, shamelessly, and repeatedly.

You got that right.

I don't know how, but if we don't take out the MSM, don't discredit what they've become, we can fight, but we'll neither be effective nor win.

Benghazi was a huge f up on Bambi's part, just huge.........and hardly anyone knows, it's simply shameful.

[LucyT]

“'My understanding is that we still have some people in the hospital. I’d like to visit with them and wish them nothing but the best but the State Department has seen it unfit for me to know who those people are—or even how many there are,' Rep. Chaffetz said. 'I don’t know who they are. I don’t know where they live. I don’t know what state they’re from. I don’t even know how many there are. It doesn’t seem right to me.'"

Now we are getting down to it. Time to light the fire, kids.

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LIARS ALL

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It's making me ill posting these.

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bttt

[MinuteGal]

I believe the Benghazi attack survivors are being held incommunicado by the Obama thugs who are hoping they can't be produced to testify before the congressional committee.

This sounds like a "benign kidnapping" to me.

And....if warrants are issued for their testimony, my bet is that Obama will classify the very thoughts in these survivors heads on the grounds of national security to prevent them from testifying.

Who knows the important names that could be brought down if testimony reveals stunning secrets the administration is trying to stifle.

Hollywood script writers could not even dream of the scenario being played out behind the curtains at this moment in time.... dramas being played out beyond the reach of we the people, our elected representatives....even the media.

Leni

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Well,...they have sure been quiet....makes one suspicious.

[TigersEye]

Just as we all suspected. This whole thing is the biggest, and in some ways the clumsiest, cover up ever yet the MSM isn’t going to touch it. The consequences of this all can only be a total collapse of our government and society. No nation in history has ever survived this kind of endemic corruption without crashing and burning AFAIK.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Well,....the Far left loons that support Obama are all in favor of crashing and buning this nation,....

[TigersEye]

Yes, they do and here is one who says straight out what the Progressive agenda is about.

Harry Belafonte Encourages Obama to Imprison Advocates of Entitlement Reform FR thread

Belafonte on GOP: Obama Needs To "Work Like A 3rd World Dictator & Just Put All These Guys In Jail" video 1:46

[Marine_Uncle]

RE: "Well,...they have sure been quiet....makes one suspicious."

Well maybe because the whole effort by the Repub side to get to the bottom of it, changed. The bottom of it is entirely different from the much earlier on scenario that our State Department personnel where attacked and killed inside a real DOS facility.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Chaffetz is a member of the Issa House committee....so I don’t think he is slacking off....

[Roccus]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/26/cia-operators-were-denied-request-for-help-during-benghazi-attack-sources-say/

IMO, the “sources on the ground” mentioned in the video are some of these survivors.

As for Issa and the House Committee on Hindsight and Government Expansion.....IMO, the dog and pony show that his F&F hearings became is a coming attraction for any Benghazi hearings.....with about the same results.

[Marine_Uncle]

I understand. But from what that early committee was investigating, turned out to be a whole knew scenario if all we have been reading in the past month is actually true.
It is like they (others who would follow) set up.
To the tee they followed the earliest understandings that a Department of State facility was attacked for some reason.
Now they are faced with what yet has not been told by Petreous and others regarding the real reasons things happened as they did. For instance, it being a CIA operation, whereby the rules of the road may change completely as how and what those other then the Senate and the House Intel committees are allowed to investigate.

Put another way. Investigating something that was not the case would be futile at this point in time. Of course they can go after the administration on the issues revolving around false pretenses that the deaths where caused by demonstrations that went haywire caused by the video.
We can scrap over things like where said "that al Qaeda was on the inside". I'm not suggesting any of the Congressional Committees in their given capacities, drop off the case, but am saying it now takes on a different perspective, where some of them may be told, sorry charlie, this was a clandestine operation that went wrong. The public cannot be told the truth, type of deal.