Questions for the White House

Bob Owens at PJ Media has written a comprehensive analysis of the scandal that is Obama and Benghazi debacle. Owens is asking the question on many Americans’ minds. After a lengthy exposition, here’s an excerpt that takes you to the nub of the matter:

Retired Admiral James Lyons notes various sources claiming: ”One of Stevens’ main missions in Libya was to facilitate the transfer of much of Gadhafi’s military equipment, including the deadly SA-7 — portable SAMs — to Islamists and other al-Qaeda-affiliated groups fighting the Assad Regime in Syria.”

Barack Obama has long had a cozy relationship with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and their alliance with Islamists in Syria battling Bashir Assad has been criticized before.

If Ambassador Stevens was facilitating weapons transfers from Libya to Syrian Islamist forces aligned with al-Qaeda, via his Turkish alliance, then we are at a troubling, perhaps catastrophic point in this republic’s history.

We have been at war with the Islamist hydra of al-Qaeda for more than a decade, and now sources are accusing a sitting president of arming this enemy.

18 USC § 2381 provides us with a legal threshold for treason:

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.

Providing munitions to al-Qaeda-aligned Islamist forces would seem to meet that standard.

The Obama administration has the most damaging charge of all to which it must answer, and can be offered no quarter.

The Anchoress asks:
Benghazigate: What is being lied about, going unasked? 

Bookworm picks up on The Anchoress’ observation that the mainstream media is silent about the explosive scandal, drawing a parallel to Sherlock Holmes’ ability to solve the crime. She asks, Is Benghazi the most complete cover-up ever?