The Benghazi Scandal is not Dead

Regrettably four brave Americans - Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods - are still dead, their mutilated bodies turning over in their graves due to the Obama Administration's callous indifference to these executions at the hands of Islamic terrorists. The 20 months that have transpired since 9/11/12 have seen not one terrorist (not even a single spontaneous demonstrator) brought to Justice by this Government, comprised of the most elaborate, globe spanning Justice/Defense/Intelligence Services in world history.

This spectacular impotence, unprecedented in world history, followed a night long heavy weapons attack which completely destroyed two separate United States sovereign facilities, caused dozens of State Department and CIA casaulties, and our four American heroes brutally murdered.

So, you ask, what did the House Republicans focus on yesterday in the Intelligence Committee's Oversight Hearing?  The mind numbing answer - who changed the Susan Rice Talking Points before she went on five separate Sunday morning TV shows on September 16, 2012, as Rice had then blamed the Benghazi attacks on a street mob enraged by an anti-muslim internet video that had never before been available in Libya.  The Repubs grilled former CIA Deputy, Mike Morell, as to whether these ludicrous talking points were produced by him to provide the President with political cover for his re-election campaign's narrative that Al Qaeda was a beaten, "on the run" enemy.

This Repub thesis, while certainly credible, ignores a more egregious scandal that, when exposed in a straight-forward manner, will shock and terrify every single American concerned about our Nation's security.  The Unite States Intelligence Community is sustained by budget allocations exceeding the entire national governmental expenditures of some fourteen South American countries, outside of Brazil.  Accordingly, with in essence unlimited resources dedicated to identifying threats to the Homeland, what did CIA Deputy Morell testify his Agency analysts relied upon for their ironclad conclusion that the Benhazi attacks were the result of a spontaneous street demonstration - "news stories and other intel sources."  Morell confirmed that his cadre of the 'best of the best' never spoke to a single attack survivor, attack witness or attack participant before finding conclusively that peaceable demonstrators, who just happened to bring crew serviced mortar platforms to their street gathering, were the Benghazi culprits.  Incompetence of this magnitude begs for a plausible explanation, yet that inquiry eludes the Repubs.

Indisputably, when the CIA, eleven years into a massive war against Islamic terrorists, cannot differentiate between a non-existent street mob and a planned and coordinated military assault on America, heads should roll (not just in a far off desert) in the corridors of power in Langley, Va. This unprecedented failure of intelligence gathering is truly worthy of Repub outrage and oversight of the executive branch's responsibilities to protect us all.  In a situation where the Secretary of State and US President went on chortling for weeks about a video inspired, but non-existent, riot, the Nation's adversaries immediately realized we are clueless - a deer in the headlights - and therefore, defenseless on the world stage.

Can anyone imagine John Kennedy, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson or even Bill Clinton immediately not firing every single CIA baffoon responsible for this national disgrace?  Where is the accountability in this Administration?  Well, it appears to be non-existent, just like that Benghazi street mob gone astray.  Killing four American heroes results in no consequences for the murdering terrorists, so why should we expect any career consequences for the CIA folks who couldn't find their back sides with both hands.