As I noted here, the Benghazi “whistle blower” hearing yesterday did not produce proof of a cover up, although partisan websites and commentators are insisting it did. What it produced was some news that suggested at the least chaos in official decison making and at the worst incompetence. It also was clear that GOPers now view former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as a likely candidate in 2016 so the race to start negatively defining her and chip away at her high poll numbers has begun.
GO HERE to read the seven revelations from yesterday’s hearing.
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Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.