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The Right Wing's pet Benghazi "whistle blower" might not be quite what he makes himself out to be
EXCLUSIVE: Embassy Staff Undercut Whistleblower Testimony On Benghazi
Staff who served in Libya with Gregory Hicks, the GOPs primary whistleblower in this weeks hearing on the Benghazi terror attacks, undercut his story that State Department officials demoted him as retribution for speaking out, instead telling ThinkProgress about a man who one described as the worst manager Ive ever seen in the Foreign Service.
Throughout his testimony on Wednesday, Hicks seemed certain that any critique of his leadership style while serving as deputy chief of mission in Libya was based solely around anger related to his stance on Benghazi. He also blamed his subsequent assignment after being pulled from Libya in mid-Oct. 2012 on his speaking out against the Obama administrations response to the attacks.
However, ThinkProgress has talked to staffers based in Libya who counter Hicks portrayal of both his own performance and the State Departments alleged response to him speaking out. A meeting between Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Beth Jones and Hicks took place in Tripoli prior to his removal from Libya, but not under the same circumstances Hicks sought to portray. Counter to Hicks story of an unwarranted reassignment, the staff was upset with Hicks performance since he was first assigned to Tripoli on July 31, and told Jones as much prior to her meeting with Hicks.
(Jones) and her aide had one-on-one meetings with us to see if (Hicks) could be guided into being a better leader, a State Department employee posted to Libya told ThinkProgress. Literally every single one of us begged for him to be removed from post, said the employee, who spoke to ThinkProgress on the condition of anonymity, as they were not cleared to discuss personnel issues with the press.
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Full article here: http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/05/10/1986251/benghazi-whistleblower-hicks/
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The Right Wing's pet Benghazi "whistle blower" might not be quite what he makes himself out to be (Original Post)
Tx4obama
May 2013
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applegrove
(118,844 posts)1. Thanks Tx. Puts me in a much better
frame of mind. Now I can sleep.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)2. Bookmarking to read later. Thanks! n/t
Riftaxe
(2,693 posts)3. Unknown sources reported I was cavorting in an orgy of extraterrestials last night
I can neither confirm nor deny....
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)4. i dont like anonymous sources either