White House has not been “enormously cooperative” on Benghazi

During a recent White House press briefing, Press Secretary Jay Carney responded to a question regarding the administrations cooperation with congress, in providing information on the attack in Benghazi.

Mr. Carney stated that the Obama administration has been “enormously cooperative with Congress on the issue of Benghazi” stating that they have provided “10,000 pages of documents” and “hours and hours of testimony” including the testimony of former Secretary of State Clinton.

Though the Obama administration claims that they have been “enormously cooperative,” countless pertinent questions remain unanswered, such as:

• Why were Ambassador Stevens’ repeated requests for security either ignored, or turned down?
• Why was the Counterterrorism Security Group (CSG) not sent out on the night of the Benghazi attacks?  AND;
• Why was the administration — for weeks after the attack — blaming a YouTube video for the violence when it could have been easy to determine that that was not the case?

Recently, the administration provided the FBI transcripts of survivor interviews to the Senate Intelligence Committee, with everything blacked out.  Additionally, the administration has yet to provide the real time transmissions from Benghazi to Washington, on the night of the attack.

The administration appears to have a belief that if they wait long enough people will forget about the issues, making it easier for them to answer every question on Benghazi in the same manner that Secretary Clinton did, when she yelled, “What difference, at this point, does it make?”

With so many unanswered questions and missing information, I find Mr. Carney’s statement that the administration has been “enormously cooperative” hard to swallow.