Issa Subpoenas the State
Department Over
Benghazi Documents
Katie Pavlich
8/2/2013 12:00:00 PM - Katie Pavlich
Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Darrell Issa has
issued two subpoenas to the State Department. The subpoenas comes after months of stonewalling
and non-answers surrounding the 9/11 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi
which left four Americans dead.
“After ignoring requests for months, the State Department
has left no alternative but to issue subpoenas for documents relevant to our investigation,” Issa
said in a statement. “State Department tactics to delay and impede accountability have exhausted
the Committee’s patience. Further subpoenas may also be necessary if the Department is not
forthcoming on other requests.”
What the subpoena's contain:
Subpoena 1
All documents provided by the Department of State to the
Accountability Review Board (“ARB” or “the ARB”) convened to examine the facts and
circumstances surrounding the September 11-12, 2012 attacks on U.S. facilities in
Benghazi, Libya.
All documents and communications referring or relating to
ARB interviews or meetings, including, but not limited to, notes or summaries prepared
during and after any ARB interview or meeting.
Subpoena 2
1. All documents that have been made available to the House
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform for in camera review, including, but not
limited to, the approximately 25,000 pages of documents referenced in the March 29, 2013
letter from Acting Assistant Secretary Thomas B. Gibbons to House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa.
Issa has already subpoenaed the State Department for
information surrounding the talking points used by former U.N. Ambassador and Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice on five different Sunday shows nearly a week after the 9/11 attack. During those show appearances, Rice blamed a YouTube video for the violence despite top officials, including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, knowing in real-time the situation was a terrorist attack.
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