May 01, 2013
— DrewM Well, this could get interesting.
Utah representative Jason Chaffetz suggested that whistleblowers with “personal, firsthand knowledge” of last September 11’s attacks in Benghazi will speak at a congressional hearing next week. Fox News’s Bill Hemmer pressed Chaffetz on whether these individuals would come out publicly for the first time at the recently announced hearing. “I think they will be appearing,” Chaffetz said, “some of them, some of them.”
And from "The Most Transparent Administration Ever"(tm): You can take the community organizer out of Chicago politics but you can't take the Chicago politics out of the community organizer/President.
At least three State Department employees and one CIA employee have faced pressure as they prepare to testify at upcoming hearings on the Obama administrationÂ’s response to the Benghazi attack before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, according to an attorney for one of the witnesses.Federal law prohibits any effort to obstruct or intimidate witnesses in a congressional hearing.
Victoria Toensing, an attorney for one of the witnesses, said these were not direct threats. Rather, she said, administration officials have insinuated witnesses could lose their jobs or get passed up for promotions if they testify.
“They’re not telling them they’re going to put them through the guillotine tomorrow,” Toensing told the Washington Free Beacon. “It’s subtle intimidation.”
“People understand that if they talk, they’re going to lose a job or not get the next promotion, or if they’ve been there long enough they should retire,” she added.
Yesterday Obama was asked about these whistleblowers and he said he hadn't heard anything about them. He also didn't say, "of course people should be free to tell what they know". He just said he'd look into it.
I guess he was too busy talking to Jason Collins ("Who?"--99% of Americans) to keep up on a little thing like an investigation into the death of one of his ambassadors.
*I changed the headline. They may not be survivors but people who were on duty that night in DC or elsewhere. We'll see.
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Posted by: Fourth Virginia at May 01, 2013 07:04 AM (wbmaj)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at May 01, 2013 07:06 AM (wbmaj)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 01, 2013 07:06 AM (lVPtV)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 01, 2013 07:06 AM (XvrTA)
Posted by: Flyguy at May 01, 2013 07:08 AM (35x9C)
Posted by: King Barry the Transparent at May 01, 2013 07:08 AM (z8ibe)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 01, 2013 07:08 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Preezy Choom at May 01, 2013 07:09 AM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Sir Hillary Edmund Rodham Clinton at May 01, 2013 07:09 AM (8s1bv)
But he sure is up on gay guys.
Posted by: Heralder at May 01, 2013 07:10 AM (+xmn4)
I hear the coast of Libya is lovely this time of year.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 01, 2013 07:10 AM (lVPtV)
This is the newest defense for Hillary spun by all of the lefty defenders.
'Yes that's my signature signing off on the Benghazi e-mails but I never saw them. That signature goes on everything, even the State employees dental forms'
Posted by: polynikes at May 01, 2013 07:10 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: navybrat at May 01, 2013 07:10 AM (2ZO++)
Posted by: Obama at May 01, 2013 07:11 AM (m2CN7)
Federal law prohibits any effort to obstruct or intimidate witnesses in a congressional hearing.
Running guns into Mexico is against Federal law too. So is selling pardons, and Holder has done both. What's a little "career counseling" to prospective witnesses compared to either of those?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 01, 2013 07:12 AM (IDSI7)
Posted by: The Narrative at May 01, 2013 07:12 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: wte9 at May 01, 2013 07:13 AM (6Tcdo)
Posted by: EC at May 01, 2013 07:13 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Bubba Clinton at May 01, 2013 07:13 AM (SO2Q8)
Jason Chaffetz, Trey Gowdy and others should just STFU.
The more they tease with statements like those above, the more likely the whistleblowers will feel exposed and vulnerable.
Lets just see and hear what they have to say.
Posted by: ploome at May 01, 2013 07:13 AM (O6OW+)
Qui Tam
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at May 01, 2013 07:14 AM (kXoT0)
MFM so far...
Gosnell? Nothing.
Benghazi? Nothing.
Jason Collins! ZOMG! How brave and wonderful and noble and amazing!
Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2013 07:14 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 01, 2013 07:14 AM (lVPtV)
Posted by: EC at May 01, 2013 07:14 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: realityman at May 01, 2013 07:14 AM (obXkJ)
Posted by: RoyalOil at May 01, 2013 07:15 AM (VjL9S)
Utah representative Jason Chaffetz suggested that whistleblowers with “personal, firsthand knowledge” of last September 11’s attacks in Benghazi will speak at a congressional hearing next week.
Just don't go for a walk in Fort Marcy Park. . .
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 01, 2013 07:15 AM (zF6Iw)
Wonder who the JEF had call these witnesses to intimidate them?
how sweaty is Hillary!! now?
are we ever gonna hear about why we were there to begin with?
are we ever gonna hear that we gave arms to Al Qaeda and they blew up Benghazi when we tried to get them back?
we armed Al Qaeda...we armed Al Qaeda
Posted by: thunderb at May 01, 2013 07:15 AM (nH8jP)
I hear the coast of Libya is lovely this time of year.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 01, 2013 11:10 AM (lVPtV)
Is Somalia all booked up? Beautiful azure sea, charming natives, it's the new Riviera. Hurry! Operators are standing by.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 01, 2013 07:15 AM (IDSI7)
When they asked about "Whistle Blowing", Obama only heard "Blowing" so that was his cue to congratulate Collins on his hard-won career choice of being gay.
Posted by: Heralder at May 01, 2013 07:15 AM (+xmn4)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 01, 2013 07:15 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: AAA at May 01, 2013 07:15 AM (JFsQc)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Please? at May 01, 2013 07:16 AM (VtjlW)
We'll see in time whether they have more spine than Roberts.
You're setting the bar a tad low. Still, I hope these people won't be intimidated into silence or coloring their testimony.
Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2013 07:16 AM (DrWcr)
Victoria Toensing, an attorney for one of the witnesses, said these were not direct threats. Rather, she said, administration officials have insinuated witnesses could lose their jobs or get passed up for promotions if they testify.
“They’re not telling them they’re going to put them through the guillotine tomorrow,” Toensing told the Washington Free Beacon. “It’s subtle intimidation.”
“People understand that if they talk, they’re going to lose a job or not get the next promotion, or if they’ve been there long enough they should retire,” she added.
There's this word I'm looking for...patriotism, yeah, that's it. Grow some stones, dammit.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 01, 2013 07:17 AM (lVPtV)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 01, 2013 07:17 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2013 07:17 AM (GFM2b)
This is the newest defense for Hillary spun by all of the lefty defenders.
'Yes that's my signature signing off on the Benghazi e-mails but I never saw them. That signature goes on everything, even the State employees dental forms'
Posted by: polynikes at May 01, 2013 11:10 AM (m2CN7)
Makes you wonder why we bother having a Secretary of State. We could just have a GS-1 with a rubber stamp and call it good.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 01, 2013 07:18 AM (IDSI7)
Jason Chaffetz, Trey Gowdy and others should just STFU.
The more they tease with statements like those above, the more likely the whistleblowers will feel exposed and vulnerable.
Lets just see and hear what they have to say.
Posted by: ploome
Maybe they are leaking to let others know they are not alone and it is OK to come out
coming out as gay - a hero
coming out as a Benghazi survivor - traiter
Posted by: thunderb at May 01, 2013 07:18 AM (nH8jP)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 01, 2013 11:06 AM (lVPtV)
I always wanted a sibling.
Posted by: Chelsea at May 01, 2013 07:18 AM (o44nj)
Posted by: Madamex at May 01, 2013 07:18 AM (QFemb)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 01, 2013 07:18 AM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: RWC at May 01, 2013 07:18 AM (fWAjv)
Warned about Benghazi security. No help.
Warned about Boston bombers. No help.
Anybody here live in Boca or Birmingham?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 01, 2013 07:19 AM (jKWYf)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at May 01, 2013 07:19 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: redguy at May 01, 2013 07:19 AM (oqvI4)
Posted by: WalrusRex at May 01, 2013 07:19 AM (Hx5uv)
If people are more concerned with their damned DC careers, well, fuck them. Hope their careers help them sleep at night.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 01, 2013 07:19 AM (lVPtV)
The wheels on the bus will go round and round over Robert Muller's head.
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at May 01, 2013 07:19 AM (wbmaj)
Posted by: Marco Rubio at May 01, 2013 07:19 AM (3z3WL)
Off Boston PD's Twitter account - 3 fresh Marathon bombing suspects arrested.
Do note Twitter accounts have been hacked (cough...AP...cough).
Posted by: steveegg at May 01, 2013 07:20 AM (o44nj)
Posted by: EC at May 01, 2013 11:14 AM (GQ8sn)
No, I did not.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at May 01, 2013 07:21 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: and irresolute at May 01, 2013 07:21 AM (DBH1h)
Another day in the socialist utopia of Obamaville.
Posted by: WalrusRex at May 01, 2013 07:21 AM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: steveegg at May 01, 2013 07:22 AM (o44nj)
Posted by: Madamex at May 01, 2013 11:18 AM (QFemb)
AHA! Now those must be the brother's Tea Party handlers!
Posted by: Heralder at May 01, 2013 07:22 AM (+xmn4)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at May 01, 2013 11:21 AM (kXoT0)
CTRL + mouse wheel up or down.
Posted by: EC at May 01, 2013 07:22 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: thunderb at May 01, 2013 07:22 AM (nH8jP)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at May 01, 2013 07:23 AM (SzAZ7)
Posted by: BigDaddyD at May 01, 2013 07:23 AM (S4N/h)
i'm sure this administration is going to follow it?
chokes on tea.
hands alex the better tea.
Posted by: willow at May 01, 2013 07:24 AM (nqBYe)
'Yes that's my signature signing off on the Benghazi e-mails but I never saw them. That signature goes on everything, even the State employees dental forms'Posted by: polynikes at May 01, 2013 11:10 AM (m2CN7)
***
In a civil contract dispute case i was once involved in, the defendant argued that he had "approved the document with his signature" but did not intend for it to be a binding contract. Maybe Hillary could run with that.
Posted by: WalrusRex at May 01, 2013 07:24 AM (Hx5uv)
I do.
Fuck them.
Obama knew and let Americans die--from Boston to Libya.
Posted by: RoyalOil at May 01, 2013 07:24 AM (VjL9S)
Posted by: King Barry the Spotty at May 01, 2013 07:24 AM (z8ibe)
I have it on good authority that it was a lone wolf, ok lone wolves. But they had not outside help...oh...female DNA? They were not linked to any outside terrorist group....oh, Chechen rebels?? But we had no way of knowing....we were warned by Russia and Saudi Arabia...in writing??
---
Look, Obama evolves OK. So his opinions evolve and his lies evolve. It's all progress.
FORWARD
Posted by: Bubba Clinton at May 01, 2013 07:25 AM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: WalrusRex at May 01, 2013 07:26 AM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: The Narrative at May 01, 2013 07:26 AM (FcR7P)
Need to go earn a few sawbucks to purchase evening refreshment for the ONT.
BBL
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 01, 2013 07:26 AM (4Mv1T)
also.
The Saudis' warning to the U.S. government was also shared with the British government.
'It was very
specificÂ’
and warned that 'something was going to happen in a major U.S. city,' the Saudi official said during an extensive interview.
It
'did name Tamerlan specifically,' he added. The
'government-to-government' letter, which he said was sent to the
Department of Homeland Security
at the highest level
Posted by: willow at May 01, 2013 07:27 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: t-bird at May 01, 2013 07:28 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: WalrusRex at May 01, 2013 11:24 AM (Hx5uv)
I think that is # 6 on the list of explanations preceded by:
depends on what the meaning of signature signifies.
the auto signer has a mind of its own.
Bo ate my pen.
I signed it but had my fingers crossed.
Posted by: polynikes at May 01, 2013 07:31 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 01, 2013 07:32 AM (IDSI7)
Posted by: President Double Bogey at May 01, 2013 07:34 AM (UzPAd)
The wheels on the bus will go round and round over Robert Muller's head.
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at May 01, 2013 11:19 AM (wbmaj)
Could you please use another metaphor? Thanks.
Posted by: Tamerlan Tsarnaev at May 01, 2013 07:34 AM (IDSI7)
Posted by: Northernlurker at May 01, 2013 07:49 AM (ieiyL)
Posted by: Barry O at May 01, 2013 07:51 AM (rfrEG)
Names of those "administration officials", please. Then take them out to the middle of D.C., strip them of their clothes and blast them with water cannons from all sides.
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at May 01, 2013 07:51 AM (vd7A8)
Maybe our Hillary could pull a "Jason Collins" --
Posted by: gracepmc at May 01, 2013 07:55 AM (rznx3)
Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at May 01, 2013 08:06 AM (UU0OF)
Me and 'the invaders inside my head' want to see all these people and what they got to say. Not just on C-Span but on Oprah's channel, MSNBC, G4, Toon Channel and The 3 Majors.
I/we want all of America to see just what was voted for and what Progressives see/think and 'feel' as Moving Forward, ThinkProgress, Our New Paradigm or whatever they're calling it this month.
I/we want Hillary to sweat buckets and have the puddles that result be scooped up, the vessels sealed and placed in the Smithsonian, at the front [fucking] door hallway, with a large 'splainer telling everyone why 'this stinkin' moisture' is so important.
...and finally I/we would really like Barry to go and publically visit all the affected [deceased's] American families and to say once again, for all and sundry to see and hear, that :
"...we're doing all we can to bring them to justice....", with a straight face and no flinching..........
Any other requests ? I'm done............
Posted by: Uncle Kevvie at May 01, 2013 08:21 AM (gZD5/)
Posted by: Dang at May 01, 2013 08:23 AM (R18D0)
Posted by: JPS at May 01, 2013 08:33 AM (czwCj)
That is an Awesome book. I loaded it to someone and never got it back. Meh, it was a paperback.
Posted by: Paladin at May 01, 2013 08:45 AM (ExWNO)
Posted by: Max Entropy at May 01, 2013 09:38 AM (aSXDR)
I remember reading in Popular Mechanics around the late 70s a mention about Operation Holystone, one mission which involved slipping in and out of Vladivostok harbor. That was some daring shit.
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at May 01, 2013 10:27 AM (vd7A8)
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