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Home Front: WoT
Hicks: Questions Over Benghazi Led to Demotion
2013-05-09
WASHINGTON -- A State Department official on Wednesday offered the first public testimony from an American diplomat who was on the ground in Libya the night last September when the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi was attacked. And he said he was later demoted for raising questions about how the attack was handled.
This is part of how we know Champ, Hilde and their team bungled this from beginning to end. They've been threatening and attacking just about everyone who could shed light on what happened.

The other part of how we know is that they blamed that idiot YouTube video and jugged its hapless producer -- who still sits in jail, by the way. If Champ had made the decision not to embark on a rescue because of information he had, or because he judged it to be the greater hazard, then fine. We'd disagree but we'd respect his right to make the call. But the moment Champ, Hilde and Susie Rice started to lie to us about that video, that's the moment when it became clear that Benghazi wasn't about saving our ambassador, but about saving Obama's re-election instead.

I'm sure Candy Crowley would agree.
Posted by:Steve White

#5  #1 -- Besoeker 2013-05-09 03:02 about Hicks and the ARB --

"The fact he (Hicks) was not interviewed during the ARB process..."

Hicks was indeed interviewed for the ABR, for 2 hours. However, he said there was no "recording" during the 2 hours, no one was even taking notes. And he has not been allowed to read the classified version.

It was Mr. Thompson that asked to be interviewed and the offer was refused.
Posted by: Sherry   2013-05-09 12:18  

#4  As a young Army officer I had to attend one of those "Wymyn's Luncheons." The US ambassador, a New Agey chaplain, etc. were going to be in attendance. I'd never go to those things because the overtly exclusionary attitude offended me. But once my (male) boss made me go. He wanted to know what went on at those things. I was so bored I couldn't tell him much. I did not realize I was supposed to be networking my way into a "no boyz" club. I thought I was supposed work with everyone, fairly and with an open mind. Silly me.
Posted by: RandomJD   2013-05-09 11:12  

#3  Is Foggy Bottom really the Cat House?

The Hildebeast's dislike for men and particularly male authority figures fits the current USG Civilian Personnel Office recruiting initiatives. It's not just Foggy Bottom "Cat House", and it didn't just happen. LTG (Ret)Claudia Kennedy used to hold private [ladies only] luncheons and koffeeklatch sessions for aspiring female army officers.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-05-09 09:34  

#2  Anybody notice how three men testified yesterday and most of the higher-up who were calling the shots and demoting them appear to have been women? Is Foggy Bottom really the Cat House?
Posted by: Vespasian Oppressor of the Visigoths8235   2013-05-09 09:18  

#1  "I've been effectively demoted from deputy chief of mission to desk officer," he said during a six-hour hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

This fellow is no lightweight. I suspect his career civilian rank is equivalent to that of an Army general officer at the two star level or better. The fact he was not interviewed during the ARB process should result in anyone associated with the ARB being labeled as co-conspirators and the entire report being fed into the nearest shredder Appalling, the entire episode.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-05-09 03:02  

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