State Department’s Benghazi Panel Is Now Under Investigation

The US Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during Sept. 11. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that she accepted the findings of an independent panel that faulted the State Department for security shortcomings that contributed to the deadly September attack and has ordered widespread changes to bolster US diplomatic security overseas. Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters/File

State Department's Benghazi Review Panel Under Investigation, Fox News Confirms -- FOX News

The State Department's Office of Inspector General is investigating the special internal panel that probed the Benghazi terror attack for the State Department, Fox News has confirmed.

The IG's office is said by well-placed sources to be seeking to determine whether the Accountability Review Board, or ARB -- led by former U.N. Ambassador Thomas Pickering and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen -- failed to interview key witnesses who had asked to provide their accounts of the Benghazi attacks to the panel.

The IG's office notified the department of the "special review" on March 28, according to Doug Welty, the congressional and public affairs officer of the IG's office.

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Update #1: State Department to review Benghazi investigation -- CNN
Update #2: State Department Inspector General reportedly probes review board that cleared Hillary Clinton and other senior officials in Benghazi attack -- Daily Mail

My Comment: This new review is a potential trouble spot for Hillary Clinton. When the Benghazi review panel produced their report in December .... I remarked that it was meaningless because it did not investigate her actions and the actions of President Obama during the night in question. Instead .... the review panel focused on those who were below her (no surprised since she appointed the members in it) .... made disciplinary recommendations only against her subordinates .... and .... this is what I find remarkable .... still was able to come out with the conclusion that nothing could have been done to save Amb. Stevens. A remarkable conclusion since we now know that the panel failed to interview key witnesses who had asked to provide their accounts of the Benghazi attacks to the panel.