“House committees have been subpoenaing information for six years but whatever becomes of it?”
Whatever becomes of it? Good grief. “What becomes of it” is they never GOT any information. Seven House committees on Benghazi got stiffed.
Now comes Trey Gowdy with a Special Committee who uncovered this mendacious fact that Shifty Clinton had not only one private email account, but more— historically, all of them out of reach of any and all committees and their investigations.
You can not shine while being kept in the dark, my friend.
You can not shine while being kept in the dark, my friend.
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I appreciate your point but let me enlighten you about the machinery and ways of the federal government. I’ve worked as a consultant and am very familiar with how agencies operate — and protect themselves. IMO the committees are basically “looking for love in all the wrong places”. The information was always there, you just had to know where to look and how to go about it. The legal oriented people on the Hill think they can issue subpoenas and get what they want forthwith. Trust me, that’s just not reality.
Police detectives break cases because they approach things from many different angles. They put the pieces together as in a mosaic that eventually forms a picture. Of course the people that you’re looking at will try to keep you in the dark. That’s obvious. The thing is, you’ve got to find ways to start breaking down the individual links in the chain. Believe me, it can be done, especially in the federal environment where people put job security above all things. All you really need to understand is the personnel dynamics and the supporting infrastructure. In this regard, you’ll note that the INTERNAL IG at IRS recently found more emails in just a couple of weeks time. Yet the congress with all its resources couldn’t do this.
Congressional committees are not as thorough or as diligent as you would believe they are. But they should be. They are often more interested in political perceptions than relentless prosecution of wrongdoing.