What you find is a 100-page novella of turf-battling and backside-covering. By the end, the original product is so shredded and pre-chewed that it has lost most of its meaning. All the relevant agencies have had their say, and there's little left for the public. No wonder that then-CIA Director David H.

Text smaller Text bigger JERUSALEM - Did the State Department scrub information about a dramatic incident the night of the Sept. 11, 2012, Benghazi attack in which U.S. Embassy staff 400 miles away in Tripoli evacuated their residential compound under possible terror threat?

By Thomas Sowell - May 14, 2013 There can be honest differences of opinion on many subjects. But there can also be dishonest differences. Last week's testimony under oath about events in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 makes painfully clear that what the Obama administration told the American people about those events were lies out of whole cloth.

WASHINGTON - An exasperated President Obama on Monday called Republican criticism of his handling of the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, "a sideshow" and said that any accusation of a cover-up by his administration "defies logic."

What sent Richard Nixon into political disgrace during the time of Watergate was "not the crime, but the cover-up." Or so historians and pundits have been saying for nearly 40 years.

Sept. 11: Terrorists attack the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya Sept. 12: State Dept. Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs tells Libya's President that Ansar al-Sharia was responsible Sept. 13: CIA writes candid talking points for members of Congress Sept. 15: White House deputies edit the talking points, removing all references to Islamic terrorism Sept.

An armed man waves his rifle as buildings and cars are engulfed in flames after being set on fire inside the U.S. Consulate compound in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) Revelations from State Department "whistle-blowers" on the Benghazi terror attack that left the U.S.

A mysterious Libyan ship -- reportedly carrying weapons and bound for Syrian rebels -- may have some link to the Sept. 11 terror attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Fox News has learned.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday defended the administration's response the night of the September 2012 terror attack in Libya, testifying in prepared remarks that there were "no delays in decision-making" despite accounts to the contrary.

GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP / Getty Images Four months after a brutal assault on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi killed the ambassador to Libya and three other Americans, politicians in Washington are still railing over how diplomats were left vulnerable to attack.

Story Highlights White House was only responsible for a minor change 4 Americans were killed in Sept. 11 attack State Department has acknowledged major weaknesses in security Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn. listens as Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Monday.

On December 15, the day after the day after the shooting at a school in Newtown, Connecticut, State Department officials notified the press that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had fallen ill. 'While suffering from a stomach virus, Secretary Clinton became dehydrated and fainted, sustaining a concussion,' deputy assistant secretary Philippe Reines said in a statement to the press.

A top U.S. State Department official has resigned and three others have been suspended after independent investigators concluded that security at the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, was "grossly inadequate" at the time of the deadly September 11 attack.

Amid ongoing controversy surrounding the September 11 attacks in Benghazi that left four Americans dead, State Department officials acknowledged today that "mistakes occurred" regarding the security situation in Libya, and pledged the department is taking immediate action to correct "systemic problems" that may have prevented the department from preempting the attacks.

The State Department suffered from systemic failures in its response to the terrorist threat in Benghazi, Libya, and had insufficient numbers of security on the ground, according to an independent panel investigating the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate there.

A man looks at documents at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 12. (Photo: Ibrahim Alaguri, AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - An independent panel charged with investigating the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Libya that killed a U.S.

WASHINGTON - An independent inquiry into the attack on the United States diplomatic mission in Libya that killed four Americans on Sept. 11 sharply criticizes the State Department for a lack of seasoned security personnel and relying on untested local militias to safeguard the compound, Congressional and State Department officials said Tuesday night.

WASHINGTON -- Sen. John Kerry says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has agreed to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about an independent report on the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya.

Nelle immagini una ricostruzione firmata Next Media Animation dell'assedio al consolato statunitense a Bengasi in cui ha perso la vita...

SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL ONE: Thank you, Operator, and thanks to all of our journalists for joining us on this very, very difficult day. We thought it was important to give you a little bit more information about what we knew when we knew it to help shape your understanding of the tragic events in Benghazi.

TAMPA, November 25, 2012 ― The media can't get enough of the "investigation" into what the Obama administration knew about what was happe...