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After Gov’t Ignores Them for 2 Years, Family Of SEAL Killed In Benghazi Seeks Massive Retribution
ijreview.com ^ | 9/22/2014 | Caroline Schaeffer

Posted on 09/23/2014 11:13:52 AM PDT by rktman

The family of Glen Doherty, one of the two Marine SEAL contractors killed in the 2012 Benghazi attack, are taking matters into their own hands and suing the CIA and the State Department for $1 million each, according to The Washington Times.

Three other Americans were killed in the attack, including the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, Foreign Service Officer Sean Smith, and CIA contractor and former SEAL Tyrone Woods.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: benghazi; benghazicoverup; cia; criminal; doherty; dohertyfamily; dohertylawsuit; hillarybenghazi; inept; liars; statedept
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To: oh8eleven

...and neither SEALs nor Marines are “contractors.”


21 posted on 09/23/2014 11:57:03 AM PDT by clintonh8r (It's possible to love your country and hate your government. I'm proof of it.)
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To: rktman

Bttt.

5.56mm


22 posted on 09/23/2014 11:58:15 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: pfflier

Yeah, but they’re journalists and aren’t required to know anything. Maybe they meant to say “...two former SEALS working as contractors...” Of course that would be cutting them some slack so, nah.


23 posted on 09/23/2014 11:59:56 AM PDT by rktman ("The only thing dumber than a brood hen is a New York democrat." Mother Abagail.)
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To: pfflier

Exactamundo. He could have been a Marine; he could have been a SEAL; he could have been a contractor; he wasn’t all three.


24 posted on 09/23/2014 12:00:06 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: rktman

FINALLY ! the Douherty”s speak up ..... This was the family Nancy Pelosi was speaking for when she said she was hearing from the families , who told her they just want the matter to put to rest. If that wasn’t true then they should sue Pelosi .


25 posted on 09/23/2014 12:03:26 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: rktman
The Obama Regime will undoubtedly try to settle the Doherty family lawsuit at their home, using binding arbitration.


26 posted on 09/23/2014 12:13:10 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: LeoWindhorse

They do seem to want the matter put to rest. Except for the life insurance part. They want two million dollars. I wonder what the provision in law is that is allowing the life insurance company to deny their claims.


27 posted on 09/23/2014 12:16:09 PM PDT by petitfour
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To: petitfour

“I wonder what the provision in law is that is allowing the life insurance company to deny their claims.”

Act of war probably


28 posted on 09/23/2014 12:21:45 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: petitfour

I guess I was wrong. It is about the money, though perhaps more about the principle of people like Doherty having to buy life insurance but then not getting anything back from that policy.

If the insurance is able to keep from paying up because the death was considered the result of an act of war, then is the Doherty family suing for Doherty being in a war zone that was only equipped as if it was not a war zone? (IIRC it wasn’t equipped/protected enough to even be a consulate or outpost, much less to be in a war zone).


29 posted on 09/23/2014 12:33:20 PM PDT by butterdezillion (Note to self : put this between arrow keys: img src=""/)
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To: butterdezillion

I think it is about the principle. It irks me when you pay for something, and then the insurance company tries to screw you out of it. (Please Pardon the crude language)


30 posted on 09/23/2014 12:38:56 PM PDT by petitfour
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To: rktman

Should have made it $1 billion because the State Department will pay $1 million out of petty cash and admit to no wrongdoing.


31 posted on 09/23/2014 12:58:51 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: rktman

$1 million isn’t much in todays world.


32 posted on 09/23/2014 1:08:35 PM PDT by Gator113 ( Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin and Mike Lee speak for me, most everyone else is just noise.)
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To: rktman

Not nearly massive enough.


33 posted on 09/23/2014 1:17:13 PM PDT by moovova
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To: NEMDF

Sigh. You hear this all the time on talk radio: “Sue the B#$%^&*s” What most people don’t realize is that you must have a legally-recogizable claim in order to be able to maintain a lawsuit -— there’s no general right to go to court if someone has done wrong, such as if someone lies about their official conduct. At common law, viz., in olden times back in England, the law considered the king unable to do any wrong as a matter of law. Under the principle of “sovereign immunity,” the sovereign could not be sued - for anything at any time. In modern times the principle is still in play with our sovereign state and federal governments. There are many exceptions, but the principle remains that the sovereign, federal or state, may only be sued under circumstances where it has consented to be sued. There are provisions that do allow for suing the federal government for wrongful death under certain general circumstances. However, there are a massive maze of immunities where the government cannot be sued for discretionary actions, and I think we’re going to find that setting the security level at the Benghazi facility falls right into immunized conduct. Surely lying about it afterward, as some here have suggested, is an absolute non-starter. I’d bet my botton dollar that this lawsuit goes NOWHERE, and probably pretty fast.


34 posted on 09/23/2014 1:18:58 PM PDT by j.havenfarm
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To: NEMDF

This family lives here in MA. and was pretty adamant about not wanting politicize Benghazi. I From what I read I got the feeling that they were Barry supporters but maybe not.


35 posted on 09/23/2014 1:50:41 PM PDT by surrey
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To: rktman

Check it out:

http://hotair.com/archives/2014/09/23/video-semi-retired-president-now-saluting-marines-with-coffee-in-hand/

Makes me sick that this slug is “CIC” as he likes to remind us all repeatedly ... he doesn’t care, has utter contempt, etc. Pick one. If it were up to him, the families would be ignored forever.


36 posted on 09/23/2014 2:17:55 PM PDT by Qiviut ( One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. ~W.E. Johns)
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