President Obama‘s spokesman said that the administration would “perhaps” cooperate with the House select committee investigating the Benghazi terrorist attack, after suggesting that the probe does not represent “legitimate oversight” of the executive branch.

“We can and perhaps we will go over again and again what the assessment was by the CIA,” White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters while responding to questions about whether the administration would cooperate with the probe, which will be led by Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C.