Examiner Editorial: Benghazi shows how feds suppress information

Published December 12, 2013 5:00am ET



Slowly but surely the truth is coming out on the many measures taken by the Obama administration to suppress information about the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Documents recently obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by Judicial Watch reveal that then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s minions told a British firm under contract to provide security to the Benghazi facility to say nothing to the news media.

State Department contracting officer Jan Visintainer told the firm that “the best way to deal with the inquiries is to either be silent or provide no comments.” This is yet another illustration that President Obama’s promise that his would be the “most transparent administration ever” was no better than the one about being able to keep your health insurance plan and your doctor under Obamacare.

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