Many people, myself included, are thankful for the appointment of a Benghazi Select Committee with hopes that Trey Gowdy and the other 11 members will finally bring sunlight on one of the most obvious constructs of an intentional cover-up in modern history.

There are many questions unanswered -despite the two years past- because political control of the narrative was more important to the White House than actual delivery of the who’s, what’s, where’s and more importantly the “why’s”.

‘Control of the narrative’ is what led to the construction of the false story about a Mohammed U-Tube video as the impetus of the attack in Benghazi.

@SheriefSfarid We've never heard of this movie, what is it?

— U.S. Embassy Cairo (@USEmbassyCairo) September 9, 2012

‘Control of the narrative’ is what kept Hillary Clinton off the Sunday morning talk shows the weekend after the attack.   The structural lying was left to Susan Rice.

‘Control of the narrative’ is what led to White House Communications Director Ben Rhodes structuring the Susan Rice talking points.   ‘Control of the narrative’ is what led to National Security Council Spokesperson Tommy Vietor changing the wording on the talking points on behalf of his boss Tom Donilon.

‘Control of the narrative’ is what led CIA Director Mike Morell to lie in sworn congressional testimony when he said that “except for changing one word, the White House had no role in changing the talking points“.    Testimony that is now shown to be an obvious lie given the current information and specific documentation of both Ben Rhodes and Tommy Vietor’s construction therein.

‘Control of the narrative’ is ultimately the primary focus objective of those who are at risk from every aspect of the Benghazi Scandal;   and by all reasonable accounts there are more than a few aspects:

Why was Ambassador Stevens in Benghazi that day?
Why was he meeting with the Turkish delegation less than an hour before the attack began?
Why did we even have a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi? (The embassy is in Tripoli)
Why was the CIA working for the State Department?
Why was there another facility nearby just for the CIA operatives?
Why have no survivors of the attack been interviewed publicly?
Why was nothing done to help or assist them during the attack?
Why was there no immediate rescue mission?
Why did the FBI wait 19 days to visit the Benghazi mission? And only visit for 1/2 day?

These are just the brutally obvious questions that no prior committee has actually answered, and the aspect of these questions does not even reach all the “why’s” around the White House and State Dept. during and after the event itself.   The absence of even these simple questions shows how deep the ‘Control of the narrative’ extends.

Yes, Denis McDonough needs to be questioned under oath.   Yes, Ben Rhodes needs to be questioned under oath.   Yes, Tommy Vietor needs to be questioned under oath.   None of this has previously taken place and nothing about their testimony is covered under executive privilege.    The absence of these people questioned shows how deep the ‘Control of the narrative’ extends.

The mysterious and timely Secretary of State Hillary Clinton slip and fall.   Which led to her avoiding a timely sub-committee testimony.

The State Department told Kerry of Clinton’s concussion on Saturday morning, and, when he heard, Kerry insisted that she not attend the hearing.

“Senator Kerry was relieved to hear that the secretary is on the mend, but he insisted that given her condition, she could not and should not appear on Thursday as previously planned, and that the nation’s best interests are served by the report and hearings proceeding as scheduled with senior officials appearing in her place,” Seth said.

Clinton deputies Tom Nides and Bill Burns will testify in her place, Seth said (link)

The mysterious blood clot, which allowed a lengthy delay, a very lengthy delay, before eventually testifying “what difference does it make”?    The mysterious fire directly above Hillary Clinton’s DC State Dept. office during the Thanksgiving holiday immediately after 9/11/12.   The mysterious break-in’s at the law office of State Department whistleblowers where the only thing stolen are computers and files.   Individually it all seems disconnected, but put it together and you have to ask is this too part of the ‘Control of the narrative”?

The CIA has lied to congress and investigators.   The State Department has lied to congress and the prior investigating committees.   The White House has lied to congress and the American people about substantive matters they touched and controlled surrounding the events in Benghazi on 9/11/12, and the following weeks.

Lies, mistakes, misspoken, forgotten: “dude that was like two years ago“, misunderstood, or omitted – it’s all the same intentional ‘Control of the narrative’.

So into this fray -a very deep fray- what structural protections do they begin to construct?

Former Clinton special counsel Lanny Davis says he plans to lead a “truth squad” to counter accusations coming out of the Benghazi select committee hearings.

Davis will lead a group of volunteers “in front of the hearing room of the Gowdy committee” to be “available to put the facts out.”

“We’re going to do a ‘truth squad.’” Davis, a Hillary ally, told Fox News Channel’s “The Kelly File” on Monday night.  (link)

Former acting Central Intelligence Agency director Michael Morell said Monday that he supports the House of Representatives’ decision to establish a special investigative committee to look into the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya in 2012.

“A lot of people have looked at this, but the polls show that the American people still have questions. I want to make sure that all of those questions are cleared up. There are still some questions about the role of the agency. And there are still questions about my own personal role and I want to clear that up,” Morell said during a panel discussion at the Panetta Institute in Monterey, Calif. “It might be surprising for you to hear me say this, but I am a supporter of the creation of this committee because I want all the facts to come together in one place and be presented as one—by one entity as one thing, so the American people can see all of this.”

“I am hopeful that at least getting the facts on the table will be helpful.” (link)

“Truth Squads” eh?

And what exactly would the purpose be behind such endeavors ?

Oh yeah,…  ‘Control of the narrative’