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governm ent officials w ho had served in R ep u b
lican ad m in istratio n s— and thus had no m otive
to w hitew ash the facts — to lead it. W hen this
panel failed to blam e C linton for the tragedy,
R epublicans trashed it and baselessly claim ed
that the board conspired to co v er up h er p u r
ported culpability.
B efore she left office, the forw ard-looking
C linton began the process o f im plem enting all o f
the b o a rd ’s 29 recom m endations and to o k d is
ciplinary action against several State D ep art
m ent officials. U nfortunately, that d id n ’t close
the case.
W hen C linton suffered a concussion after
falling shortly before she w as scheduled to give
P o s t’s Fact C h eck er concluded, all outgoing
cables from W ash in g to n b ear the secretary o f
state’s “signature.” T h a t’s ju s t protocol. T h e re ’s
no evidence C linton e v er saw them .
C onservative law yers pro m o ted a w ould-be
star congressional w itness w ho w as said to
have been m uzzled and dem o ted by top C linton
aides. Y et, he testified to no m uzzling and said
h e ’d req u ested reassig n m en t him self, due to
fam ily concerns.
N ext cam e the revelation that another top
S tate aide m assag ed a d m in istra tio n talk in g
points to protect C linton from political fallout.
B ut co n trary to the suggestion that the aide w as
a C linton flunky, she w as a career F oreign S er
vice o fficer w ho had previously served as D ick
C h en e y ’s adviser.
D esp ite Is sa ’s sp in m e iste rs’ best efforts,
nothing in the talking points co n troversy al
tered the fact that pro fessio n als in the intelli
gence co m m u n ity — not political aides — both
originated and signed o ff on the talking points.
T hey d id n ’t include details about the perp etra
tors, testim ony show ed, to avoid tipping o ff
terrorists to the crim inal investigation.
R epublicans have the B enghazi story exactly
backw ards. W hether by helping craft the O bam a
ad m in istratio n ’s tougher-than-B ush approach
to terror, holding h e rself accountable, p rovid
ing a steady hand as the attack u nfolded, taking
congressional testim ony on B enghazi in D e
cem ber, co nservatives, led by Fox N ew s, m ade
the crazy claim that C linton w as faking illness to
avoid appearing on C apitol H ill. C linton was
suffering from “acute Benghazi allergy,” Charles
K rautham m er surm ised. W hen she did testify
and show ed som e visible em o tio n w hile d is
cussing the violent deaths o f h er diplom ats,
conservatives sought to deny h er hum anity by
claim ing she w as acting.
O th er charges seem ed m ore serious — until
they fell apart on exam ination. T he portrait o f
C linton as A W O L on the night o f the attack w as
quickly dispelled in testim ony show ing that she
w as deeply engaged, talking to O bam a, N ational
Security A dvisor T om D onilon, C IA director
steps to ensure o u r diplom ats are safe, c o o p er
D avid Petraeus, and the head o f the Libyan
ating fully and tran sp aren tly w ith go vernm ent
N ational C ongress.
investigations — even by publicly connecting
Issa c laim ed his in v e stig ato rs u n earth ed
to the feelings o f h er fellow A m ericans about the
dam ning State D epartm ent cables directly im pli
loss o f bona fide A m erican h e ro e s — every step
cating C linton in decisions about security at the
o f the w ay C linton did the right thing.
d ip lo m atic facility that the acco u n tab ility re
David Brock is the founder o f Media Matters
view board som ehow m issed and contradicted fo r America and the co-author o f the e-book
h er sw orn testim ony. B ut as T he W ashington
The Benghazi Hoax, with Ari Rabin-Havt.