Three current State Department employees are expected to contradict their leadership in testimony before Republican Rep. Darrell Issa‘s oversight committee this morning. The whistleblowers are:
Mark Thompson
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism
US Department of State
Gregory Hicks
Foreign Service Officer and former Deputy Chief of Mission/Chargé d’Affairs in Libya
US Department of State
Eric Nordstrom
Diplomatic Security Officer and former Regional Security Officer in Libya
US Department of State
Four Americans were killed in the attack on the U.S. compound: U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, State Department worker Sean Smith, and former U.S. Navy SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty.
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From KIII TV:
Since announcing the hearing, Issa has trickled out testimony from the whistle-blowers — who allege the Obama administration did not do enough in response to the attacks — in an apparent attempt to build anticipation for the session. The testimony of Greg Hicks, a former top U.S. diplomat in Libya, has been Issa’s hallmark. Hicks is expected to discuss how the American military could have done more to protect those stationed in Benghazi.
Four Americans were killed in the Benghazi terrorist attack, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, when armed terrorists stormed the compound on September 11, 2012. Family members of those who were killed are expected to attend Wednesday’s hearing.
Hicks also will charge that the since the start of the attack, administration officials knew the culprit was al Qaeda and not — as was initially claimed — a spontaneous act that grew out of a demonstration over an anti-Islamic film made in the United States.
H/t FOTM’s tina!
~Eowyn
