Posted on 05/04/2013 7:30:19 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Their identities have been a well-guarded secret, known only to their high-powered lawyers and a handful of House lawmakers and staff. But now Fox News has learned the names of the self-described Benghazi “whistleblowers” who are set to testify before a widely anticipated congressional hearing on Wednesday.
Appearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will be three career State Department officials: Gregory N. Hicks, the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Libya at the time of the Benghazi terrorist attacks; Mark I. Thompson, a former Marine and now the deputy coordinator for Operations in the agency’s Counterterrorism Bureau; and Eric Nordstrom, a diplomatic security officer who was the regional security officer in Libya, the top security officer in the country in the months leading up to the attacks.
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“His tone differed from his prepared remarks, which appeared more measured, and which he said were written with the help of guidelines from the State Department.”
Yes thats whats so scary these are the guidelines of our State Dept for Embassy Security and they are sadly lacking. I’m being kind. Its basically gross incompetence that takes the breath away.
Realistically, that's my biggest fear about the hearings. In my opinion, Hillary was deliberately inoculated from any blame or responsibility when she supposedly fell, hit her head, got a concussion, and was discovered to have a blood clot in her brain back in December.
I fear it's been set up that IF the lies unravelled badly enough to threaten Obozo/Jarrett/Holder that the unravelling would stop with Hillary. You know, she just can't remember quite what happened because she had a blood clot in her brain. You know, she may have said such and so happened, and now we know that's not true. But she simply misremembered because she had a blood clot in her brain. Worst case - you know, she may have made a bad decision or acted wrongly, but it really was because she had blood clot in her brain.
But in 2016 she will be fully recovered and it will be discriminatory to vote against anyone but the lady who had a blood clot in her brain.
Maybe there won’t be much new information, but what is of utmost importance is the disclosure of who threatened these guys and what was the nature of the threat.
Also, I take that to mean that the State Dept wrote his prepared remarks.
After he said “the Talban is inside the building,” his State Dept career was over.
The ARB refused info he wanted give them. Good to hear ARB is now being investigated.
BTW: Hicks and Thompson have never testified publicly before.
Yes. And the Fast and Furious outcome was such a success for justice wasn’t it? Same cast of characters (almost) this time.
ping!
Absolutely! Hasn’t she suffered enough?!?
The Birth Certificate Unit in the White House basement is probably in overdrive preparing their suicide notes as we speak.
I remember Chaffetz being nears tears relaying some of the info in the first hearing...then his face got red and you could see the anger rising up inside him. I hope he gives them hell next week!!
This cannot be emphasized enough.
Much better without my typo. Thanks
Ah, Nordstrom was the one who said that the Taliban is in the building. I’d forgotten who said that.
If the Dems/leftists/progressives had defeatist attitudes, 0mozlem would not be president and there would be R majority in both houeses, the border would not be open, homosexuals would not be in the military, jihad would not have spread all over North Africa and the Middle East, the economy would not be utterly in the toilet, etc etc.
Once the EO decision went to court there wasn't much more he could do.
That being said, my impression is that he's waiting for the court decision. And did you know the federal judge hearing the case early last week voiced skepticism about Holder's position?
We'll see what happens.
Mentioned his comm with Washington during the incident and also the talking points that Rice first carried forth
Humm...no real smoking gun there.
If that were the only issue, I would agree. When even Gretta was taking him to task on subpoenas, he just snickered in her face. She shot back incredulous with his disrespect and the smile left his face and then tried to change the subject. I have not seen him there since. I suppose he finally figured out she wasn’t going to play DC footsey with him.
So, one is left to wonder what he has in store. Heard that Grahamnesty is sharing some of what Hicks is going to testify.
It's the one that ties F&F to the highest levels. I don't think you're going to get the same quality of information by issuing more subpeonas at this point.
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