Benghazi -- Politically Motivated?

Is the Benghazi investigation politically motivated.  The short answer is yes.  But it is no more politically motivated than was the Watergate investigation.  And yet with Watergate nobody died, while in Benghazi four people died, including the US Ambassador.  And the Obama administration clearly went out of their way to sweep it under the rug as quickly as possible because it didn't fit their pre-election narrative about the receding nature of Al Qaeda in the world.

Is it a crime to lie to the American people?  In legalistic terms, perhaps not, sadly.  But it is a serious matter all the same.   Bill Clinton lied under oath.  That indeed is a crime (although it was never pursued because some judges concluded that it would lead to a "constitutional crisis."   Perhaps Susan Rice didn't lie, but whoever gave her the lying talking points certainly did.  It is the job of the Congressional investigation to find out who did the lying.  Was it President Obama, or perhaps Valerie Jarrett?  I'm putting my money on Valerie Jarrett.

But then there is also the issue of dereliction of duty.  Was the president derelict?  Or was it Leon Pannetta? Or Hillary Clinton?  Or somebody else in the chain of command?

Hopefully, the investigation will get to the bottom of this.  Today, the whistle blowers are going to testify on Capitol Hill.