GOP Senators Call For Special Committee To Investigate Benghazi

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

SAHIL KAPUR – MARCH 31, 2014, 10:09 AM EDT

A trio of Republican senators is pushing for a special committee to investigate the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that left four Americans dead.

"We are once again calling for the appointment of a Joint Select Committee to investigate the terrorist attacks on our compounds in Benghazi," said Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), John McCain (R-AZ) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) in a statement Monday. "It is imperative that we learn everything that happened before, during and after the attacks. A Joint Select Committee should be established."

The push comes as House Democrats are demanding that House Oversight Committee Chair Darrell Issa (R-CA) give up his year-and-a-half long probe into purported Obama administration mischief over the attack. Democrats accuse Issa of pursuing a witch hunt aimed at tarnishing the president and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ahead of a possible 2016 presidential run. To date, there isn't evidence to implicate Clinton or senior White House officials in wrongdoing.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/graham-mccain-ayotte-special-committee-benghazi

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Please tell me this is from The Onion....

[groundloop]

2. Sick bastards are seeking attention before the election

They just won't give it up.

(I bet they won't ever mention the fact that the embassy security budget was cut by GOPers).

[Fawke Em]

22. Why don't the Dems on the committee point this out?

Issa can cut their mics, but they can still shout it.

[SamKnause]

3. Really

How many times are these corrupt useless assholes going to investigate this ???

The politicians in the U.S. sicken me.

DC needs an enema to relieve our country of these useless corrupt idiots.

[kysrsoze]

20. Unbelievable - I knew who two of them were, before I even opened the thread.

McCane and Graham... imagine my surprise, or lack thereof. Assholes.

[3catwoman3]

34. Sounds like a good idea.

My now-retired 92 yr old mom sayd in the early days of her nursing career, they used to have one known as "The Triple H - high, hot, and a hell of a lot." Perfect.

[Berlum]

4. Ain't it about time for the Repubbies 55th FAILED attempt to repeal Obamacare?

Guess they are putting that important FAIL aside for renewed Benghazi FAIL./

RepubliWankers really need to send back their paychecks to America's taxpayers. They have not done shit. And apparently that's their plan going forward. What a sorry lot of overpaid Wankers the Repubbies are.

[Laelth]

5. Hacks. They have nothing.

No ideas, no plans--they are bankrupt. All they can do is play politics. This is nothing more than a pre-emptive strike against Hillary's 2016 campaign.

-Laelth

[blm]

8. Nope - more immediate - protecting Mizz Lindsey for his primary.

.

[Laelth]

9. Interesting. Thanks. n/t

-Laelth

[Turbineguy]

6. That's a great idea!

Since noboby seems to have gotten their knob polished there should be no limit on how much they spend.

[blm]

7. Call the Intel Committee since it was a Fvckin' covert CIA operation, and you damn well know it!!

Fvckin' lying McCain and Ayotte - they're putting on this dog and pony show to help Mizz Lindsey win his primary.

[broadcaster75201]

10. Think this is bad? Just wait til the GOP takes back the Senate.

And YES they will take it back. I have seen NOTHING that indicates Dems will get out and vote. Nothing. Nada. Zip.

[UncleYoder]

13. Thank you Sgt. Schultz,

oh my, what will we ever do?

[otohara]

17. Suffer More

they will make life miserable for POTUS and US

[broadcaster75201]

32. He who ignores the past ....

But I assume you know that one. At least I hope you do and aren't basing your conclusion on the history of extraordinary turnout by Dems in mid-terms. /s

Haven't seen a damn thing yet to suggest Dems are going to vote in enough numbers.

Sincerely,

Sgt. Shultz

[Beacool]

25. I'm afraid that you may be correct.

I think that we are in real danger of losing the Senate.

Heaven help us.....

[tridim]

30. How is heaven going to help us?

And who is "us"?

We, the Democrats are going to kick ass in 2014. The GOP is a disaster.

[TexasTowelie]

11. Harry Reid should tell them to eff off.

It's a waste of time and money to keep investigating something that has already been investigated.

[TRoN33]

12. Great...

Non-Tea Party Fab Three is back at it. Didn't they took the cue from Pentagon that Fab three is literally wasting taxpayer money on this investigations!

[SoapBox]

14. Arghhhhhhh..

Fire these money wasting fuckers.

[Sunlei]

15. let them watch youtube all day, all Americans would be better off

Want them to expose what American group filmed/funded that b-grade Muslim hate video, who informed that radical internet Imam two days before the 9-11 date(he called for protests on all embassy buildings & that caused a lot of protests in several countries. ) & exactly who added the subtitles intended to cause global outrage? عربي/عربى

[Historic NY]

16. Reid should give them a one-way ticket to collect facts on the ground...

that ought to shut them up.

[ashling]

18. Because God knows,

Darrul Issa needs all the help he can get

[IDemo]

19. Combine this with the committees to verify birth certificates and climate change n/t

[Trust Buster]

21. Totally expected IMO......

.......the wing nuts have been alternating between the IRS and Benghazi. When Issa's committee issued it's final report on the IRS, I thought "here comes another dose of Benghazi". As long as Hillary remains a possibility in 2016, Benghazi will not end.

[rtracey]

23. i believe

I believe the Democratic Senators should order an investigation into all the attacks on American Embassies and consulates under the 2 terms of the Bush administration. What are they hiding?

[Beacool]

24. Again???????

Don't we already know everything that happened that night, short of what Obama and Hillary had for dinner? And we can find that out if needed.

[Arkana]

26. So the Three Stooges want another Benghazi witch-hunt, eh?

I wish I could say I was surprised.

[sakabatou]

27. OFFS

[AlbertCat]

28. How about a committee to investigate...

.....Bush's lies in the SOTU

or maybe

Cheney's payments from Halliburton while in office



I mean if we're gonna dig up old stuff that hasn't been resolved sufficiently.

[tridim]

29. Insanity, by popular definition. nt

[brooklynite]

31. I can speed up the analysis of what happened AFTER the attack...

Mitt Romney attempted to make it a political issue, came off looking like an idiot, and President Obama was handily re-elected.

Did I leave anything out?

[Festivito]

33. GOOD! Let us devise a transparent method for investigations.

We could use a new precedent for government investigations to include full Web coverage, summaries and dissenting opinions.

Straightforwardly we can call their bluff by saying we are calling their bluff. It should be that clear and concise.

Let's make a good show of it!

[Blue Owl]

35. Goin' off the rails on a Benghazi Train...

[tanyev]

37. Trained parrots do have a limited vocabulary.

[blkmusclmachine]

38. When does the impeachment begin?/So much for "bi-partisanship"