Give us truth on Benghazi

Give us truth on Benghazi Evidence (as it slowly dribbles out) demonstrates that an awful lot of the confusion over the Sept. 11 attacks on Americans at Benghazi, Libya, began with the Obama administration. And over the months since the attacks resulting in the murders of four Americans, the administration has done very little to clear things up. Closed-door meetings by congressional intelligence committees are not helping. From Republicans and Democrats, we get conflicting accounts of what was said. This is a sure-fire recipe to promote skepticism and conspiracy theories. Americans need a lot more candor. A lot more transparency. Let us see the videos. Let us hear the phone calls. Let us hear from the key figures, read the contemporaneous accounts. Whether this is done through a select committee or open hearings of the intelligence committees doesn't matter. Just make it all available. Only then can we clear up the questions. Were warnings ignored? Were precautions taken? Why was the response to the attack so inadequate? Did the White House intentionally seek to cast the attacks as something they were not to mislead Americans? The latest evidence is a camelback-breaker: On Friday, former CIA Director David Petraeus reportedly told lawmakers in a closed meeting that the Benghazi "talking points" recited by U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice on the Sunday-morning talk shows differed substantially from the information his agency provided the White House. Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2012/11/15/20121115geditorial1117-ive-us-truth-benghazi.html?nclick_check=1#ixzz2CWBAP7Z4