{"id":48444,"date":"2014-11-22T17:56:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T00:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/22\/oh-look-another-benghazi-investigation-reports-no-scandal.html"},"modified":"2014-11-23T08:23:59","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T15:23:59","slug":"oh-look-another-benghazi-investigation-reports-no-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/22\/oh-look-another-benghazi-investigation-reports-no-scandal.html","title":{"rendered":"Oh, look, another BENGHAZI! investigation reports no scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nicely timed:<\/p>\n<p><i>&#39;The House Intelligence Committee report was released with little fanfare on the Friday before Thanksgiving week.&#39;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The GOP-controlled House Intelligence Committee finds no smoking gun. Again.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#39;Many of its findings echo those of six previous investigations by various congressional committees and a State Department panel.&#39;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Think that might be the end of the BENGHAZI! brouhaha? Of course not.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#39;The eighth Benghazi investigation is being carried out by a House Select Committee appointed in May.&#39;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>And expect more from the Senate, now that the GOP is in charge there, too. And, of course, the mantra BENGHAZI! will be heard throughout the land until at least the 2016 elections, esp. if Clinton gets the nomination.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/article\/ecc3a300383445d5a90dd6ca764c9e15\/house-intel-panel-debunks-many-benghazi-theories'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/g9otAgDOjfA_BZRCcNMEQSPTE3ig_cRMuaVO_MujdLk2J7WajdkxxzoJpeFcOmd7X_Y47AzEcd_RYorgkaVzA5RTfaBbYabJkITXlB9N611_=w506-h303-p' border='0' \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/article\/ecc3a300383445d5a90dd6ca764c9e15\/house-intel-panel-debunks-many-benghazi-theories'>House intel panel debunks many Benghazi theories<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nWASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; A two-year investigation by the Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee has found that the CIA and the military acted properly in responding to the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound&hellip;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/cpamieM6Mp1'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicely timed: &#39;The House Intelligence Committee report was released with little fanfare on the Friday before Thanksgiving week.&#39; The GOP-controlled House Intelligence Committee finds no smoking gun. 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