Thursday, October 22, 2015

Benghazi: Nothing Much Found, because Nothing Much There

   Perhaps the Benghazi hearings today showed the wisdom and benefit of an open government, one that doesn't rush to do its business behind closed doors.
   Too often, Congress does pull its doors shut. I much like it when it doesn't. I believe truth has a better chance to prevail given the light of day.
   Hillary withstood the marathon session. At day's end, Trey Gowdy, chair of the committee investigating Benghazi, was asked what new information emerged. He was unable to come up with a thing.
   I did not hear any of the hearings, but I read a couple news stories after the fact. It seems Hillary defended herself well. I find myself wondering: If there really isn't much to find, and you spend 11 hours trying to find it, and you put the whole show on television, then you're just letting the public witness what a witch hunt it is you're conducting.
   If the hearing had been behind closed doors, though, Gowdy and the investigators would have been more likely to have placed a positive spin on the day's event. If no one was there to know differently, then they could have painted over things.
   Truth lives in the light of day, while darkness covers deceit.

 


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