By Ben Barrack When elected officials know about a specific threat to national security and do nothing, are they guilty of a crime? Yes, it is a sin of omission. It’s clearly stated in James 4:17: “Whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.” The same […]
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Rep. Rohrabacher in Egypt, meets with Egypt’s al-Sisi
What are the odds that Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), who introduced our work on Egypt’s involvement – under Mursi – in the Benghazi attack into the Congressional record, didn’t broach the subject with Egypt’s General Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi when the former visited Egypt this weekend? What are the odds that the subject of the charges […]
Democrat Congresswoman on Benghazi: Uh… Er… Uh
Her name is Rep. Ann Kuster (D-NH). At a recent town hall meeting, she was reading questions from attendees that were submitted on notecards. Upon reading a question about Benghazi, Kuster attempted to dismiss the question and move on by saying that the resolution calling for a select committee to investigate, is a Senate matter. […]
Major Benghazi Inconsistency Revealed after Closed Session
CIA personnel who witnessed the Benghazi attacks on 9/11/12 testified in front of the House Intelligence Committee behind closed doors this week. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), chairman of the committee and Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), who sits on the committee, appear to be at complete variance on one key issue. That issue? Was there a […]
Who’s the Liar, Lara Logan or Obama?
In separate but virtually identical letters to Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and CIA Director John Brennan, the chairmen of the House Oversight and Foreign Affairs committees, cited an excerpt from a recent 60 Minutes report on Benghazi. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) quoted one sentence […]
Key Benghazi figure testifies in front of House Committee
On October 29th, the House Foreign Affairs Committee – Chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) – held a hearing on the Next Steps on Egypt Policy. The crux of the hearing had to do with how to deal with that country in light of all that’s happened since the “Arab Spring”. One of the witnesses […]
Pat Smith at Hearing: Obama and Hillary Lied to me
After the co-chairs of the Benghazi Accountability Review Board (ARB) – Thomas Pickering and Mike Mullen – were finished testifying in front of the House Oversight Committee, Pat Smith and Charles Woods testified. Woods is the father of murdered Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods and Smith is the mother of Sean Smith, who was murdered at […]
CIA Director John Brennan has a new Benghazi problem
As the Benghazi scandal begins to heat up again, there appears to be some confirmation that CIA employees were required to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDA) that would prohibit them from speaking with Congress. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) relayed what happened to one such employee who refused to sign the NDA. Via Washington Free Beacon: A […]
Rub it Across His Red Line?
By Keith Davies As the American people use their constitutional right of free speech it appears the “brilliant” constitutional scholar President has bitten off far more than he can chew and has miscalculated politically big time. We The People in Western countries are not going to be duped this time by the Liar in Chief […]
Today’s Barrack Show
On Today’s Ben Barrack show, Barrack played back and analyzed an exchange between ‘Ben in Hermitage’ and Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) during a radio town hall. During this call, Kelly was asked about the IRS scandal that involves Malik Obama’s work with the government of Sudan. Kelly admitted to knowing about the scandal and said […]
Gartenstein-Ross gives 2-wrd Response to our 16-Pg Rpt
It’s probably a safe bet that Daveed Gartenstein-Ross didn’t see much value in reading our June 30th report but he was asked to do so – and respond in writing – by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) at a House Joint Subcommittee hearing on July 10th. Much has transpired since that time but let’s go back […]
Trey Gowdy talks ‘Phony’ Benghazi and IRS Scandals
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) appeared with Greta Van Susteren to talk about Obama’s reference to ‘phony scandals’ and said that the Obama administration is actually changing the names of Benghazi witnesses and scattering them across the country. The conversation starts with whether the IRS scandal is ‘phony’ and then turns to Benghazi at about the […]
Benghazi House Select Committee Holdouts
As of this writing, there are 161 co-sponsors (all Republicans) of Rep. Frank Wolf’s HR-36. This resolution would require the formation of a Select Committee to investigate what happened in Benghazi on 9/11/12. Of course, with 234 Republican congressmen in the House, this leaves 73 Representatives who have not endorsed Wolf’s Resolution; their names and […]
Rep. Frank Wolf: Benghazi Question #5
Last week, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) pledged to go to the House floor every day until the August recess with a new question about Benghazi. Today, the congressman gave us Question #5, which has to do with who told the CIA Annex security team to stand down. Is it a good thing to be afflicted […]
Marine Col. who was ‘Retired’ (but wasn’t) to Testify on Benghazi
It started with a report from Sharyl Attkisson. The CBS reporter – whose computers were hacked as she investigated Benghazi – reported that the Pentagon said Marine Corps. Col. George Bristol was retired and could not be compelled to testify. We now know that Bristol isn’t retired. Now the Pentagon is willing to let him […]
Calls for House Select Committee on Benghazi Growing
By Ben Barrack Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) began calling for a House Select Committee to investigate Benghazi three months after the attack. He has been met with resistance by House leadership that has demonstrated more interest in pushing Barack Obama’s immigration agenda. Wolf’s bill, H.Res.36 has 161 sponsors. This week, after a House Foreign Affairs […]