The Citizens Commission on Benghazi (CCB) was an idea I had while working as the editor of Accuracy in Media (AIM). Following an interview I did with then-retired Admiral James “Ace” Lyons about his views on Benghazi, and a variety of other topics, I had the idea to form a group of former military, intelligence and congressional people interested in getting to the truth of that disastrous terrorist attack that took place on September 11 and 12, 2012, just two months before the presidential election. AIM was on board, and all of the work done to advance the efforts were financed and done under the auspices of AIM.
You can read more about the CCB here.
Roger Aronoff
Executive Director and Editor of the CCNS
Jihadis Out of Afghanistan
- 1989: Afghan War Ended
- Libyan Fighters Return Home
- Early 1990s: Libyan Islamic Fighting Group established
- 1990-1995: Qaddafi Defeated LIFG
- Key LIFG Leadership Moved to Sudan w/Usama Bin Laden (UBL)
- 1993 Lockerbie bombing wrongly blamed on Qaddafi
- 1995: Assassination attempt vs Egyptian President Mubarak
- 1995: LIFG assassination attempt vs Qaddafi w/MI6 support
Enter Blue Mountain Security Solutions Ltd.
- 26 Feb 1999: Blue Mt. Security Solutions Limited incorporated; located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
- Previously known as: Pilgrim Elite Training Ltd. (13 April 2000); Pilgrim Elite Training (10 April 2008)
MI 6 & LIFG
- 1995: Abu Anas al-Libi, other LIFG flee Sudan for UK; UBL returned to Afghanistan
- 1995-2000: LIFG live in UK safehaven
- 2000: Discovery of the Manchester Document
- 2000: LIFG members fled UK back to Afghanistan
9/11 Attacks & Aftermath
- September 11, 2001
- Post 9/11: some LIFG picked up, detained
- 2002 (?): Abu Sufian bin Qumu captured, sent to GITMO
- 2004: Abu Anas al-Libi & Abdelhakim Belhadj captured
- Mid-2000s: GITMO detainees released to home countries
- 2005: Qaddaffi pressured by US Emb Tripoli & son Seif to begin “reconciliation process”
- 2005: LIFG/Muslim Brotherhood (MB) cleric Ali Mohammad Al-Sallabi is key mediator
- 2008: Christopher Stevens appointed DCM Tripoli, Libya
- 2008-10: Key LIFG leadership released from Libyan prisons
- 2008: Abdelhakim Belhadj released from jail
- Abu Sufian bin Qumu returns to Derna
Islamic Uprising Begins
- 15 Feb 2011: Mubarak fell, MB took power
- 17 Feb 2011: Libyan revolt began
- 21 Feb 2011: Yousef al-Qaradawi fatwa to kill Qaddafi
- Late Feb 2011: Gen. Fatah Younis defected to rebels
- 12 Mar 2011: Michael Kostiw, Staff Director, Senate Armed Services Committee & Sen. John McCain’s staff, said Sen. McCain wanted personal cell phone #s for Gen. Younis, Falah Saloma, Xenois. Provided.
U.S. Throws in with Al-Qa’eda & Muslim Brotherhood
- 14 Mar 2011: SecState Hillary Clinton met w/Mahmoud Jibril in Paris
- 15 Mar 2011: Mustafa Jalil flew out of Libya w/120 rebel leaders
- 16 March 2011: French President ordered his fighter jets to bomb Gaddafi’s convoys in advance of UN resolution
- 17 Mar 2011: UNSC Resolution 1973 for “No Fly Zone” to protect civilians
- 18 Mar 2011: SecState Hillary Clinton in London announced USG support to TNC rebels, Mustafa Jalil
- 18 Mar 2011: Christopher Stevens, in London w/SecState Clinton, named USG Liaison to Libyan rebels
- 19 Mar 2011: US-NATO bombing began–‘Operation Freedom Falcon’ under AFRICOM Gen. Ham
- US Navy fired 220 Tomahawk missiles vs Qaddafi forces over course of conflict
Truce Talks
- 20 Mar 2011: Adm. Chuck Kubic begin email, telephone contact between Tripoli & AFRICOM Stuttgart re: white flag of truce
- 20-21 Mar 2011: Qaddafi expressed interest in truce, possible abdication & exile; pulled forces back as sign of ‘good faith’
- Adm. CK called LTC Brian Linvill, former Tripoli Emb. MILATT office, now w/AFRICOM Stuttgart
- Maj. Mark Colbursum, USEMB Rabat also in contact loop
- 21 Mar 2011: Per LTC Linvill, ‘Gen. Ham has no green light’
- Qaddafi office called LTC Linvill, promised military pull-back fm cities
- 21 Mar 2011 (?): Gen. Ham on U.S. TV noted Q pullback
- 21-22 Mar 2011: Talks ended because Gen. Ham got no permission to proceed
- Late Mar 2011: Responsibility for U.S. military support to Libyan rebels transferred from AFRICOM to EUCOM/NATO
- ‘Operation United Protector’
Weapons Flow
- 28 Mar 2011: Qatar recognized Libyan rebels–Transitional National Council (TNC)
- 29 March 2011: Pres. Obama signed Presidential Finding for covert ops support to Libyan rebels
- 30 Mar 2011: NYT, “fierce debate on arming Libyan rebels”
- 31 Mar 2011: NATO took control of all military ops in Libya; controlled Libyan air space; all ships subject to inspection
- 22 Apr 2011: Sen. John McCain visited Benghazi rebels together w/Chris Stevens–called them “my heroes”
- 15 July 2011: USG formally recognized TNC
- 28 July 2011: Gen. Younis killed by Abu Khattala’s men on orders of Mustafa Jalil after finding out MB-Jalil weapons sale to Qaddafi
Curt Weldon’s Libya Trip
- 4-6 Aug 2011: Former Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA) visited Tripoli–‘private mission’ to ask Qaddafi step aside–Q wouldn’t see him–too late
- Curt.Weldon@yahoo.com–Jenkins Hill Int’l.–1 (484) 340-9944
- Trip paid for by 2 TX oil lobbyists: Houston attorney Brian Ettinger (former aide to then-Sen. Joe Biden) & former Bush aide Steve Payne, both of Worldwide Strategic Energy
- 20 Oct 2011: Qaddafi killed
- Late Oct 2011: TNC took command
- 1 Nov 2011: Black flag of Islamic jihad spotted flying over Benghazi courthouse
- Nov 2011: Abdelhakim Belhadj led Libyan delegation to meet Syrian Free Army (SFA) & offer fighters, weapons
Aegis Defense Services
- Nov 2011-Dec 2012: Kristi M. Rogers founded/led Aegis Defense Services LLC; registered Delaware, hqs. in Arlington, VA
- Aegis won 5-yr., $10b contract under DoS Worldwide Protective Services (WPS) program
- Sources: http://www.manatt.com/KristiRogers.aspx & www.linkedin.com/pub/kristi–rogers/4/658/aa3
- Nov 2011: Blue Mt. ‘joined forces’ w/ ‘local outfit’–Eclipse Group, Dewey Clarridge
- Dec 2011: Blue Mt. security firm rec’d a ‘no-objection certificate’ from new Libyan govt.
- “Already had been working w/Western companies in Libya ‘for several months’”
- Source: http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2011/12/09/Security-firms-hustle-in-lawless-Libya/UPI-75871323450621
Benghazi Security Deteriorates
- March 2012: DoS contract for local guard services, Benghazi took effect
- 28 Mar 2012: U.S. Amb. Cretz sent cable to SecState Clinton requesting additional security assets
- 6 Apr 2012: IED thrown over SMC wall
- 19 Apr 2012: DoS cable to Amb. Cretz signed by SecState Clinton refused request for more security
- 3 May 2012: DoS signed security contract w/Blue Mountain for $783,284
- 3 May 2012: DoS turned down request from Amb. security team for DC-3 airplane
- Sometime in 2012: Blue Mt. sub-contracted Amb. Compound security to 17 February Martyrs Brigade
- May 2012: CK visited Benghazi
- 22 May 2012: International Red Cross hit by 2 RPGs
- 22 May 2012: J. Christopher Stevens appointed Ambassador to Libya
- 1 June 2012: Car bomb exploded outside hotel where UK Amb staying
- 6 Jun 2012: IED blew hole in SMC outer perimeter wall
- 7 Jun 2012: Stevens presented credentials in Tripoli
- 7 Jun 2012: Amb. Stevens requested keep 2 mobile security teams for personal protection, but DoS refused request
- 10 Jun 2012: UK Amb convoy hit by RPG attack
- 10 Jun 2012: AQ staged open rally in Benghazi
- 15 Jun 2012: DoS official Charlene Lamb told RSO Nordstrom Site Security Team (SST) contract would not be renewed
- 17 Jun 2012: UK closed its Benghazi consulate
- 17 Jun 2012: International Red Cross closed Benghazi office
- 19 Jun 2012: Tunisian consulate stormed by Ansar al-Shariah
- 22 Jun 2012: Amb. Stevens warned ‘extremist groups’ operating openly in Benghazi, and in Libya as a whole
Blind Sheikh Release Campaign & a YouTube Video
- 21 Jun 2012: Hani Nour Eldin, Gama’at al-Islamiyya official/Egyptian MP, met in WDC w/NSC Denis McDonough to request release of Blind Sheikh
- 29 Jun 2012: Morsi pledged to work for release of Blind Sheikh
- 2 Jul 2012: “Innocence of Muslims” 14 min. trailer posted to YouTube by Sam Bacile
- Intent: arouse anti-Islam protests by 11 Sep 2012
Benghazi Methodically Stripped of Security
- 6 Jul 2012: DoS official Lamb demanded Tripoli not make formal request for SST extension or MSD security team
- 9 Jul 2012: USEMB Tripoli requested cont’d security support for 60 days, but rec’d no reply from DoS
- 21 Jul 2012: RSO Nordstrom warned DoS risk to U.S. officials in Libya is “HIGH”
- 2 Aug 2012: Amb Stevens requested 11 additional personal security bodyguards–turned down
- 5 Aug 2012: DoS ordered removal of Amb. Stevens’ 16-man SST
- 8 Aug 2012: 11 of 16 members of Site Security Team under LTC Andrew Wood departed Libya per DoS orders over Embassy & LTC Wood objections
- 8 Aug 2012: Remaining 5 SST members stayed at Base 27, 27 km outside of Tripoli, where they had been training Libyan security forces
- 15 Aug 2012: USEMB Tripoli emergency meeting on security
- 16 Aug 2012: Amb. Stevens/RSO sent cable to DoS, said SMC could not withstand coordinated assault
- Late Aug 2012: AFRICOM offered additional security, but Stevens turned it down as DoS had refused all his requests
Competing Narratives: Blind Sheikh & ‘Innocence of Muslims’
- 2 Aug 2012: Egypt made formal request that U.S. release Blind Sheikh
- 30 Aug 2012: Gama’at al-Islamiyya called for 11 Sep 2012 protests at USEMB Cairo
- 4 Sep 2012: Film producer phoned al-Youm al Sabaa (7th Day) WDC Coptic daily; emailed copy of film trailer
- 6 Sep 2012: Gamel Girgis wrote 3-para article, called film ‘shocking’
- 8 Sep 2012: Gama’at al-Islamiyya & EIJ joint statement threatening burn USEMB Cairo unless Blind Sheikh released
- 8 Sep 2012: Libyan officials met w/Amb. compound reps–said unable to control militias
- 9 Sep 2012: Arabic-language forum posted statement inciting Egyptians target USEMB Cairo re: Blind Sheikh release
- 9 Sep 2012: Egyptian TV host aired clip of film, invited outrage
- 9 Sep 2012: Al-Azhar Mufti condemned clip for ‘insulting the prophet’
- 9 Sep 2012: Facebook pages appeared, calling for 9/11 protests; callers to USEMB Cairo (still clueless re: video)
10 September 2012
- 10 Sep 2012: Ayman al-Zawahiri videotape called for Libyan revenge for June 2012 CIA drone killing of Abu Yahiya al-Libi in Afghan-Pakistan region
- 10 Sep 2012: Amb. Chris Stevens traveled from Tripoli to Benghazi, along with Sean Smith and 5 DSS officers
11 September 2012
- 11 Sep 2012: Amb. Stevens warned DoS via cable re: deteriorating security situation in Benghazi
- 11 Sep 2012: CNN Nic Robertson outside USEMB Cairo interviewing protesters, Mohamed al-Zawahiri re: Blind Sheikh
- 11 Sep 2012, later: CNN began to push film narrative
- 11 Sep 2012 (0643): Sean Smith saw uniformed Libyan police in bldg. across street taking photos of compound
- (12:54:09 PM) vile_rat: assuming we don’t die tonight. We saw one of our ‘police’ that guard the compound taking pictures
- 11 Sep 2012: Anti-film protests broke out in Cairo, other places
- 11 Sep 2012: Cairo Emb perimeter breached, US flag torn down/burned; black jihad flag raised in its place
- 11 Sep 2012: Cairo Emb tweeted apologies for film
- 11 Sep 2012 (1930-2030 LT): Turkish Consul General Akin dinner mtng w/Amb. Stevens
- 11 Sep 2012 (NLT 2000 LT): Ansar al-Shariah forces set up wide cordon
- 11 Sep 2012 (NLT 2000 LT): Neighbors told AP they could not move in or out of neighborhood after this time
- 11 Sep 2012 (ca 2000 LT): Brits dropped off equipment at Amb. compound
- 11 Sep 2012 (ca 2030 LT): Turkish ConGen departed SMC, left neighborhood, no problem, no warning to Amb. Stevens
- 11 Sep 2012 (ca 2100 LT): Amb. Stevens & Sean Smith retired for evening
- 11 Sep 2012 (2142 LT): attackers w/rifles, RPGs stormed Amb. Compound
- 11 Sep 2012 (2142 LT): Amb. Stevens phoned DCM Greg Hicks at USEMB Tripoli to tell him “We’re being attacked”
- 11 Sep 2012 (minutes after first gunfire): Libyan neighbor said he saw two vehicles drive out of SMC at high speed, packed with “white faces”
- 11 Sep 2012 (shortly after attack began): DSS guard Scott Strickland with Amb. Stevens, Sean Smith inside safe room escaped through barred window, but car kept per SOP beneath window for E & E was not there
- 11 Sep 2012 (1600 EST/2200 LT): Unarmed Predator drone diverted from Derna mission by RADM Landolt (AFRICOM J-3, Director of Operations)
- 11 Sep 2012 (1622 EST): SecDef Panetta, Chm JCS Gen. Dempsey, AFRICOM CMDR Ham informed of attack
- 11 Sep 2012 (2205 LT): Ty Woods, CIA Global Response Staff (GRS) departed CIA Annex to try to help Ambassador & staff
- 11 Sep 2012 (2220): Annex GRS team retrieved Sean Smith’s body, cannot find Amb. Stevens, loaded DSS agents, returned to Annex under attack
- 11 Sep 2012 (2220): GRS team told by Annex colleagues attackers at SMC using “DoS cell phones” during attack to communicate w/commanders
- 11 Sep 2012 (1700 EST / 2310 LT): Drone arrived overhead Benghazi–video coverage from this point onward
- 11 Sep 2012 (2330 LT): Glenn Doherty, 2 members SST, 2 USMC departed Tripoli in leased C-130
- 11 Sep 2012 (2350 LT): CIA GRS arrived back at Annex, come under fire
- 11 Sep 2012 (2354 Lib/1654 EST): DoS email said firing at SMC stopped
- 11 Sep 2012 (1700 EST): Panetta, Dempsey met BHO, VP Biden at WH
- 11 Sep 2012: Pentagon, combatant commands all learned of “terrorist attack”
- 11 Sep 2012 (1740 EST): UnderSecState Patrick Kennedy refused request sent FEST to Libya
- 11 Sep 2012 (1741 EST): SecState Clinton phoned CIA Director David Petraeus to coordinate
- 11 Sep 2012 (1807 EST): DoS Ops Center email to WH, Pentagon, FBI re: Ansar al-Shariah claim of credit on FB, Twitter
- 11 Sep 2012 (1900-2000 EST): Pres. Obama spoke w/Israeli PM Netanyahu about a political issue
- 11 Sep 2012, (0200 Lib/ca 2000 EST: DCM Greg Hicks spoke by phone w/SecState Clinton & advisors
- Hicks told them it was a terrorist attack, video was a “non-event” in Libya
- 11 Sep 2012, ca 2200 EST: SecState Clinton on phone w/BHO
- 11 Sep 2012, shortly after 2200 EST: DoS press release blamed video for Benghazi attack
12 September 2012
- 12 Sep 2012 (ca. midnight LT): Five members LTC Andy Wood’s Site Security Team at Base 27 outside Tripoli learn of attack
- 12 Sep 2012 (early hours): Two of the five (SF Glenn Doherty, one Marine) join 3 others from Tripoli Embassy, leased C-130 plane, flew to Benghazi
- 12 Sep 2012 (0100 LT): Amb. Stevens’ body found at SMC by Libyan casuals/looters, taken to Benghazi Medical Center
- 12 Sep 2012 (0100-0230): Dr. Ziad Abu Zeid administered CPR, tried to revive Stevens, to no avail
- 12 Sep 2013 (unknown): Amb Stevens body taken from hospital to Benghazi airport by unknown part[ies]
- 12 Sep 2012 (0130): Tripoli rescue crew arrived Benghazi airport, where they are held up pending transportation for 3 hours by members of Libya Shield
- 12 Sep 2012 (0311 LT/2111 EST): Per DoS email, WH contacted YouTube to warn ramifications of “Innocence of Muslims” video
- 12 Sep 2012 (0430): Tripoli rescue crew arrived CIA Annex and joined fight
- 12 Sep 2012 (0500): Final Ansar al-Shariah attack w/mortar; Ty Woods, Glenn Doherty killed on the roof; DSS agent David Ubbin, others gravely injured
- 12 Sep 2012 (0615): 31 survivors, 3 bodies, depart Annex for Benghazi airport
The Day After: Cover-Up Begins
- 12 Sep 2012 (0605 GT): DoD prepared C-17 for Libya
- 12 Sep 2012 (1415 GT): C-17 departed Germany, Maj. Eric Stahl (USAF, ret.) pilot
- 12 Sep 2012 (1917 LT): C-17 departed Tripoli en route Germany w/Benghazi survivors/wounded
- 12 Sep 2012 (2319 GT): C-17 arrived Ramstein Airbase, Germany
- 12 Sep 2012: US Ambassador to Germany (Philip D. Murphy) immediately took survivors for debriefing
- 12 Sep 2012: CIA sent local Libyan agents to remove sensitive materials
- Faraj al-Chalabi flew from Libya to Pakistan to meet w/AQ
- 12 Sep 2012: Pres. Obama in Rose Garden: ‘no act of terror…’
- 12 Sep 2012: Fleet Antiterrorism Support Team (FAST) based in Rota, Spain arrived Tripoli, Libya–ca. 50 Marines “trained in crisis response operations”–after first being forced to deplane, change out of uniforms
- 13 Sep 2012: Pres. Obama phoned Morsi re: protests, need to protect USEMB Cairo
- 13 Sep 2012: VTC–Morell told Libya Chief Of Station (COS)/Chief of Base demonstration preceded attack–burden of proof on COS
- 14 Sep 2012 (early hours): DOD AFRICOM sent targeting memo to DoS, listing 11 suspects – 4 connected to AQIM, 7 connected to Ansar al-Shariah
- 14 Sep 2012: Jay Carney “protests were in reaction to a video”
- 14 Sep 2012: CNN found Amb. Stevens’ journal on floor of compound
- 14 Sep 2012: Ty Woods’ funeral–SecState Clinton tells father “we’re going to arrest & prosecute” the man who made the video
- 14 Sep 2012: POTUS notified Congress re: FAST deployment to Libya as per War Powers Act
- FAST = Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team
- 14 Sep 2012: Ben Rhodes email outlining cover-up points on video
- 15 Sep 2012: Mike Morell, Chief CTC/CIA, rec’d email from COS Tripoli–no demonstrations
- 15 Sep 2012: Deputies Committee Mtng; McDonough/NSC, DoS wanted changes in talking points
- 15 Sep 2012: Morell edited talking points for Amb. Susan Rice, took out ‘AQ’, ‘terror attack,’ left in ‘demonstration’
- 15-17 Sep 2012: FBI interviewed survivors–all called it ‘terrorist attack’
- 16 Sep 2012: Libyan Pres. Mohamed Magariaf told Bob Schieffer, ‘Face the Nation’: “…no doubt…preplanned…pre-meditated months ago…”
- 16 Sep 2012: Amb. Susan Rice lied to the nation on 5 Sunday talk shows re: film as cause of Benghazi attack
- 17 Sep 2012: Tariq Ramadan condemned/blamed film for Benghazi at American Muslim website
- 17 Sep 2012: Ahmed Rehab, ExecDir CAIR-Chicago on local radio re film, blamed film for anti-American protests
- 18 Sep 2012: CIA, FBI reviewed CCTV video from Ambassador’s compound–no protests
- 18 Sep 2012: FBI arrived in Tripoli to investigate (but did not go to Benghazi)
- 18 Sep 2012: Jay Carney–“it was the video…precipitated some of the unrest in Benghazi”
- 19 Sep 2012: Jay Carney–“do not yet have indication that it was pre-planned”
- 19 Sep 2012: Matt Olson, NCTC to Senate Homeland Scty & Govt. Affair Chm. Sen. Joe Lieberman: “They were killed in the course of a terrorist attack on our embassy”
OIC & U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Agenda: Restrict Free Speech
- 20 Sep 2012: American Muslim website published US-MB statements vs film, free speech
- 20 Sep 2012: Pres. Obama in Univision TV interview blamed the video
- 20 Sep 2012: Jay Carney admitted terrorism
- 21 Sep 2012: SecState Clinton admitted terrorism, abandons video narrative
- 24 Sep 2012: Pres. Obama appeared on The View & blamed the video
- 25 Sep 2012: Pres. Obama UN speech cited film multiple times
- 25 Sep 2012: Pres. Obama bowed to Islamic Law on slander: “The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam”
- 25 Sep 2012: Pakistani PM Ali Zardari condemned freedom of expression
- 26 Sep 2012: Egyptian Pres. Morsi rejected free speech, implied speech causes violence
- 28 Sep 2012: Turkish FoMin Ahmet Davutoglu cited ‘Islamophobia…can no longer be tolerated under guise of freedom of expression…’
- 29 Sep 2012: OIC SecGen Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu addressed Foreign Ministers at UN, blamed Benghazi on film, called to criminalize incitement to imminent violence based on religion or belief
Fall-Out Proceeds
- Oct 2012: John Brennan visited Libya
- Oct 2012: CK visited Tripoli
- 4 Oct 2012: SecState Clinton established Accountability Review Board
- 6 Nov 2012: Obama re-elected
- Nov 2012: Dir CTC/CIA Mike Morell & Amb. Susan Rice in closed door mtng w/Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)–Morell blamed FBI for altering talking points
- Sen. Graham phoned FBI, which “went ballistic”–w/in 24 hrs., CIA admitted responsibility
- 20 Nov 2012: Gen. David Petraeus resigned as CIA Director as Paula Broadwell scandal broke open
- Diane Feinstein, Chair Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, complained that FBI Petraeus probe not briefed to Congress
2013
- 23 Jan 2013: SecState Clinton testified before Senate Foreign Relations Committee–“what difference does it make?”
- 1 Feb 2013: Hillary Clinton resigned as SecState; John Kerry sworn in
- Mar 2013: Faraj al-Chalabi returned to Libya from Pakistan; arrested
- June 2013: Faraj al-Chalabi released for ‘lack of evidence’ even though USG has evidence he was involved in Benghazi attack planning
Clinton Team Gathers
- 2013: Beacon Global Strategies LLC founded in WDC by J. Michael Allen (former HPSCI staff director), Jeremy Bash, Philippe Reines, Andrew Shapiro
- Mike Morell, former CIA CTC Director, joined firm in July 2013
- All principals have close ties to former SecState Hillary Clinton
- Source: http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/articles/benghazi-cover-cont_782749.html
- 21 Jun 2013: Judicial Watch sued administration for Benghazi docs
- 26 Jun 2013: Gen. Carter Ham testified behind closed doors to closed session of House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation
- Gen. Ham said he got phone call of “terrorist attack” & told Gen. Dempsey immediately
- Aug 2013: House Committee on Oversight & Govt. Reform requested Benghazi emails
2014
- 4 Mar 2014: Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), House Oversight Committee, sent letter to Atty. Gen. Holder asking why FBI investigation of Gen. David Petraeus remains open 18 mos. after initiated
- 2 Apr 2014: Mike Morell testified before HPSCI he removed “Islamic terror” attack to avoid “inflaming” Muslim world
- 18 Apr 2014: Federal court ordered administration to turn over Benghazi docs to Judicial Watch
- 2 May 2014: Speaker John Boehner announced vote to form Select Committee on Benghazi
- 5 May 2014: Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) named Chairman, Select Committee
- 15 May 2014: Phil Kiko named Staff Director, Benghazi Select Committee
- 21 May 2014: Democratic leadership named 5 Democrats to Select Committee