Clinton sought end-run around counter-terrorism bureau on night of Benghazi attack

[Revmitchell]

On the night of Sept. 11, as the Obama administration scrambled to respond to the Benghazi terror attacks, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a key aide effectively tried to cut the department's own counterterrorism bureau out of the chain of reporting and decision-making, according to a "whistle-blower" witness from that bureau who will soon testify to the charge before Congress, Fox News has learned.

That witness is Mark I. Thompson, a former Marine and now the deputy coordinator for operations in the agency’s counterterrorism bureau. Sources tell Fox News Thompson will level the allegation against Clinton during testimony on Wednesday before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif.

Fox News has also learned that another official from the counterterrorism bureau -- independently of Thompson -- voiced the same complaint about Clinton and Under Secretary for Management Patrick Kennedy to trusted national security colleagues back in October.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...ureau-on-night-benghazi-attack/#ixzz2STcm4bXR

 

[Revmitchell]

We should expect a smear campaign against these witnesses this week. And of course it will most likely be parroted on this board as if it is truth.

 

[mactx]

You know, seeing the tactics this admin uses to quash those who dare to disagree and tow the line, only a fool would leak their testimony before they had given it.