In the last episode of Finding Benghazi, Trey “Bobo” Gowdy was snubbed by the Pentagon for wasting their time. Gowdy responded by saying “Nuh uh!”
Gowdy said comments by Stephen C. Hedger, assistant secretary of defense for legislative affairs, were "riddled with factual inaccuracies" and did "a disservice to the public" and employees at the Defense Department.
However, the Democrats on the panel stopped gritting their teeth long enough to point out that Gowdy’s letter isn’t just wrong, it’s purposefully wrong.
The House Benghazi committee's Republican chairman is ignoring statements by his own former lawyer indicating that the U.S. military acted properly on the night of the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, attacks in Libya, the panel's Democrats said.
How do you run an endless “investigation,” even though all the witnesses tell you that no one did anything wrong, all the evidence shows that no one did anything wrong, and eight committees and two seasons later your reality show still hasn’t produced so much as a snippet of mysterious hair? What’s the purpose of a investigation if it runs on even after receiving all the answers?
The criticism by the two Democrats is the latest volley in an escalating, election-year fight over the Benghazi panel's actions — or inaction. The panel, created in May 2014, has not conducted a public hearing since October, when former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified.
Democrats call the panel a thinly veiled excuse for Republicans to criticize Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Ah. They’re waiting for ratings week. Hopefully they’ll gin up some grainy video, or at least a few howls in the darkness. Because even for ironic entertainment value, this thing has run its course.