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3. If there was an ounce of integrity in that committee they'd focus on CIA, not State.
Thu Sep 18, 2014, 01:43 PM
Sep 2014

Benghazi was a covert CIA operation under the direction of Gen. Petraeus and everyone there, including the men killed, knew it. Petraeus had dozens of operatives on the ground in Benghazi before, during, and after the attack. That is why CIA was in charge of the talking points. Every GOP member of the Intel Committee knew it then and every GOP member of congress knew it by October 2012. They also knew that because it WAS a covert operation that details would NOT be forthcoming in any immediate way, and that would give them plenty of time to create their own narrative that would excite their base and raise negative feelings towards the WH.

For the GOP narrative to even be plausible would Mr. Gowdy explain to the American people how he has come to believe that Clinton overwhelmed Petraeus and took over his operation in Benghazi.

Perhaps the simple truth is that Mr. Gowdy is an obsessive partisan, not a truth seeker.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970204712904578092853621061838

I'm sure this will continue well into Hillary's 2nd term Hugabear Sep 2014 #1
It's good to see Draco Malfoy has a career after Slytherin. nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #2
Oh, MyOwnPeace Sep 2014 #13
I have to admit...it's not original to me and I have forgotten the DUer who msanthrope Sep 2014 #14
I was thinking more like Zippy The Pinhead. hobbit709 Sep 2014 #16
You are SO right, lol Demit Sep 2014 #29
this guy The Wizard Sep 2014 #35
Zippy has a nicer nose! That guy's nose looks like he stepped out of line MADem Sep 2014 #44
Yep - Draco Malfoy & Trey Gowdy ... Separated at Birth 66 dmhlt Sep 2014 #39
If there was an ounce of integrity in that committee they'd focus on CIA, not State. blm Sep 2014 #3
Sure would have been nice Pharaoh Sep 2014 #4
Gee IkeRepublican Sep 2014 #5
Good reason to have Bernie as our go to guy for Democratic candidate.. TRoN33 Sep 2014 #6
Comedy Gold!! nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #8
This guy can't even get a decent haircut. Sheesh. HuckleB Sep 2014 #7
It's shag to cover his balding. nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #9
Indeed. HuckleB Sep 2014 #11
I like a man who faces reality. msanthrope Sep 2014 #12
Another dead end road for the right. TheCowsCameHome Sep 2014 #10
Follow the facts where ever they lead? Turbineguy Sep 2014 #15
Does this remind anyone of a certain commission from 1998? robbob Sep 2014 #17
good reminder. thanks riversedge Sep 2014 #26
We will get republicans before isis does! jonjensen Sep 2014 #18
total idiot heaven05 Sep 2014 #19
That's not the haircut of a serious man. (n/t) Iggo Sep 2014 #20
"Face found in Vidalia onion, thousands of teabaggers flock to pray" TheCowsCameHome Sep 2014 #21
Spreading the word MrScorpio Sep 2014 #22
"...vowed to pursue the facts wherever they lead him." rock Sep 2014 #23
Couldn't they find SOMEBODY who doesn't look like the villain in an axe murder film? DFW Sep 2014 #24
He's going to follow the probe up his own ass, because that;s where he is pulling this from. Thor_MN Sep 2014 #25
More time and money wasted when so much is needed elsewhere. That is the GOP for you. YOHABLO Sep 2014 #27
Looks like he tried for the Rod Stewart wet poodle look and failed miserably. Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2014 #28
9/11/01 and 9/11/12 jaxind Sep 2014 #30
Democrats should have pursued Bush, Rice, Rumsfeld for war crimes with same gusto because the crimes whereisjustice Sep 2014 #31
He looks like The Wizard Sep 2014 #32
Yes! I wish that face would be plastered all over the papers and internet. The face of the GOP. AlinPA Sep 2014 #41
This guy just looks evil!!! Like a 1930s Arian nazi Thekaspervote Sep 2014 #33
oh my, that seems to be a rather dated pic of the little lizard: niyad Sep 2014 #34
This dick needs to be FIRED for wasting the People's SoapBox Sep 2014 #36
Bengahzi is nothing more than Conflation and polynomial Sep 2014 #37
Et tu, Kato? NBachers Sep 2014 #38
GOP Groundhog Day sellitman Sep 2014 #40
In that picture, Rep. Gowdy looks like Rod Stewart after a bad batch of meth. bulloney Sep 2014 #42
These people are such hypocrits! TexasProgresive Sep 2014 #43
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