Terrorism

Retired U.S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering, who led the State Department’s internal audit of the Benghazi attack, defended their efforts on Sunday, saying they had completed a thorough review and saw no reason to reopen the investigation.

“I don’t see yet any reason why what we did at the Accountability Review Board should be reopened,” said Pickering on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

The House Intelligence chairman said committees had been contacted by additional whistleblowers.

Spokesman Jay Carney accused Republicans of trying to "politicize" last September's terror attack in Libya. 

The secretary of State in a Google Hangout Friday bemoaned the ongoing controversy and investigation into the September attacks.

Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) suggested the Speaker risked becoming “complicit” in a cover-up if he doesn't create a special committee.

The Obama administration is ignoring the link between radical Islam and terrorism, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Thursday. Read more...

The Speaker said the emails are needed "to get to the truth of what happened" in Libya last Sept. 11.

"You would hope that people would’ve stood up and said, ‘This is wrong," Rubio said.

One witness faulted the State Department’s review of the attack — saying it appeared aimed at protecting higher-ranking officials.

Pentagon officials have rejected a request from Rep. Buck McKeon for classified information.