Whenever a heinous crime is committed, it has become common to hear politicians and pundits say something like, “The first thing we have to do is make sure something like this never happens again.” While that remark may reflect an important goal, it’s a long term goal and not “the first thing” that should be done. If your house were burglarized, would you be happy to hear the police say that, or would you rather have them focus first on finding, arresting, and prosecuting the burglar.
So what’s the story with the murders of Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty, and Tyrone Woods? It seems as though some people want to leave the Benghazi murders behind as long as we’ve taken steps to prevent another such attack. About four months after the murders, Hillary Clinton famously asked “What difference does it make?” suggesting that it was ancient history and not worthy of further investigation. How would you like to hear those words from the police investigating your house burglary?
In that hypothetical burglary, if your neighbors had been in a position to witness the break-in, wouldn’t you want the police to question them? In Benghazi, there were more than four people present. There are survivors, yet for some reason, the survivors have not been interviewed. This fact appears to be part of what many see as an administration cover-up.
As important as it is to unravel a cover-up, it’s at least as important to understand the attack itself. The attackers need to be apprehended, preferably alive, and grilled on how and why they did what they did. Many questions remain to be answered: Why wasn’t there better security? Why has there been so little progress toward apprehending the killers? Why hasn’t “the most transparent administration ever” been more forthcoming in response to congressional requests for information? Why weren’t military assets mobilized to aid the defenders? Where was the commander-in-chief while the attack was underway? and so on. There remain ample reasons to convene a special committee with subpoena power to uncover the whole story of what happened and why.
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