I've been watching this since it started... they aren't any Washington Officials being interviewed. The 3 people on the panel and my brief summation of their story are:
Mark Thompson (Terrorist Response Team) - Requested the NEST (quick response team specifically trained to handle terrorist attacks on consulates) team immediately upon hearing of the attack and was denied.
Gregory Hicks (2nd in Command in Libya - Became In charge after Stevens died) Gave a pretty graphic testimony of the events as the occurred that night. He is the first person to testify that was actually on site. Gave an account that the special forces were ready to deploy to Benghazi from Tripoli and they were held up by General Hamm. Also, said at NO TIME was there any report of a demonstration as was reported by Washington. His only report to Washington was of an attack. He also said that he was specifically ordered not to be interviewed by the commission specifically tasked to investigate this incident.
Eric Nordstrom - (Former Regional Security Officer for Libya) He basically has testified about the lack of security measures and that these were reported and noted as deficient and nothing was done about it.
The whole thing is a Democratic side trying to protect the Administration and the Republican side trying to show the coverup...
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