The “Independent” Accountability Review Board (ARB) commissioned by then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to investigate security lapses at Benghazi, may have new problem to deal with thanks to witnesses to the attack. They are testifying in front of the House Intelligence Committee this week. Though the testimony is taking place behind closed doors, Catherine […]
Liberals are coming face to face with a confluence of realities that even they can no longer spin. Those who try are looking increasingly ridiculous and are headed straight for the abyss the longer they attempt to do so. Juan Williams is one such example. Liberal talk radio host Leslie Marshall is another. It’s also […]
You know Media Matters is going to take up for Hillary. That’s not really the story here. The story is that its vice-president Ari Rabin-Havt is actually citing the State Department’s Inspector General report on the Benghazi Accountability Review Board (ARB) as evidence the ARB was not biased. This is the line from the IG […]
At last week’s House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Benghazi, the Accountability Review Board’s Chairman, Thomas Pickering, may have divulged classified information when he confirmed Egyptian involvement in the Benghazi attack on 9/11/12. When asked by Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) if there was an Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood connection to the attack, Pickering responded […]
By Ben Barrack Her name is Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and she sits on the House Oversight and Government Reform committee. She may have asked two of the most important questions at the September 19th hearing on Benghazi but they don’t appear to have been picked up. It was one of the lengthier hearings and […]
There’s actually two stories here. One is that a 100-page draft report by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has identified the Accountability Review Board (ARB) tasked with investigating the breakdowns at the State Department which led to the deaths of four Americans. The other is who is (and how) it’s being reported. **UPDATE** […]
The implications of the claims of this whistle-blower are potentially game-changing. According to individuals with firsthand knowledge of what went down in Benghazi, the claims made by the Accountability Review Board (ARB), which was established by then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and headed by Admiral Mike Mullen and Ambassador Thomas Pickering, may be demonstrably […]
