Little Progress in FBI Benghazi Investigation: Suspects, Including a Former Gitmo Detainee, Still At Large

By: Candice Lanier (Diary)  |  May 10th at 01:27 AM  | 

The day after the September 11, 2012 Benghazi attacks President Obama said: “Make no mistake. We will work with the Libyan government to bring justice to the killers who attacked our people.” But, more than seven months later, there are no indictments and no arrests. According to a House Republican Conference report on the Benghazi attacks, FBI investigators have made “very little progress.” In fact, | Read More »

How Sequestration Would Impact the Benghazi Consulate and Other U.S. Diplomatic Posts

By: Candice Lanier (Diary)  |  February 21st at 02:35 PM  | 

Sequestration, expected to kick in on March 1, would result in $85 billion in cuts in financial year 2013 and a total of $1.2 trillion spread out over ten years.  The sequestration is almost a certainty. The approach of potentially disastrous cuts to the military did not stop Congress from authorizing $60.2 billion in additional deficit spending for Hurricane Sandy relief–a pork-filled measure which includes | Read More »

Year in Review: 2012 in Pictures

By: Candice Lanier (Diary)  |  December 22nd at 10:15 AM  | 

A photo compilation of some of the biggest news stories of 2012. To view the photos, click here.

Threat of Terror Attack on U.S. Citizens Home and Abroad Intensifies

By: Candice Lanier (Diary)  |  November 15th at 11:49 PM  | 

Top United States General, Carter Ham, urged a global fight against Al-Qaeda in Africa, saying it could “export violence” to the West. Ham is the head of the U.S. Africa Command and has reaffirmed the belief that Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) was linked to the horrific September 11 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi. “If we, the international community, don’t find a way | Read More »

Benghazi Update: Hillary Sidesteps Testifying and Newly Released DOD Timeline is Full of Discrepancies

By: Candice Lanier (Diary)  |  November 11th at 09:15 PM  | 

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declined an invitation to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which will take place on Thursday, regarding the Benghazi attack. But, Michael Courts, acting director of International Affairs and Trade for the Government Accountability Office, will be testifying, and so will a RAND Corp. analyst. Clinton, “was asked to appear at House Foreign Affairs next week, and we have | Read More »

Father of Benghazi Victim Learned of Son’s Death on CNN… Before Being Contacted by State Dept.

By: Candice Lanier (Diary)  |  October 29th at 02:16 PM  | 

Last month, Ray Smith was hoping to get together with his son, Sean, whom he had not seen for 15 years. But, it became devastatingly apparent, after seeing a story on CNN about the four Americans killed in Libya, that he would never see his son alive again.  “I seen all these coffins come off the plane,” Smith recalled. “Four of them. Then I saw | Read More »