The events that took place in Benghazi, Libya on September 11,
2012, were an American tragedy that ended in the deaths of
Ambassador Chris Stevens, Information Officer Sean Smith and former
Navy SEALs Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods. No one could have
imagined at the start of that evening how quickly the Republican
right would politicize the murder of four Americans. Or how the
most basic facts would be twisted, confused, and even invented out
of thin air to manufacture false charges - first to suggest that
President Obama, then seeking re-election, was disengaged,
feckless, or even sympathetic to terror, and then, when that
faltered, to tarnish the reputation of Hillary Clinton as she
mulled a 2016 presidential bid. What has been called the "Benghazi
scandal" by Republican investigators, the Fox News Channel, and
right-wing radio talkers like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity is
better described as the Benghazi hoax. What should have been an
investigation into the protection of U.S. diplomatic posts and our
policy in Libya has been hijacked by unfounded and sometimes wild
conspiracy theories, many of them centered on Hillary Clinton and
her top aides in the State Department, that have not only wasted
considerable time and money but distracted attention from real
issues that affect American voters. The Benghazi Hoax tells in
intimate detail the story of the deception created by those who
fill airtime with savage punditry and pseudo-journalism and how the
Republicans in charge of the investigative committees were
empowered but ultimately failed to find a scandal - any kind of
scandal - to tar a Democratic White House. "This book is a must
read for anyone interested in how the attack on Benghazi has been
hijacked by unfounded and wild conspiracy theories and has
therefore remained at the forefront of political conversation for
over a year" -Dr. Larry Korb, Senior Fellow, Center for American
Progress "Mr. Brock and Mr. Rabin-Havt do a great service to
Ambassador Stevens and his team, the 4th estate and the brave men
and women serving our country in and out of uniform by his thorough
analysis of the Benghazi tragedy and its treatment by conservative
American media. By dissecting the conservative press reaction to
the Benghazi attack through his vehicle of the fifteen conservative
movement perpetuated hoaxes, the authors at once validate the
results of the Accountability Review Board and defend the
reputations of the men and women involved in the events that lead
to the deaths of four great Americans." - Major General Paul Eaton
(US Army, ret) "Benghazi was not a hoax but a tragedy that has
recurred too frequently under all presidents. Benghazi has been
much more politicized, however, as this book describes in
fascinating detail. Of course, only Ambassador Chris Stevens could
tell us the real truth. Meanwhile his and his colleagues' untimely
death is being exploited by partisans for political gain. If this
is the way America handles foreign policy in the future, U.S.
politics won't stop at the water's edge but will start boiling the
oceans." - Rep Jim Cooper (TN-5)
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