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The release of a new documents related to the 2012 embassy attack has unleashed a new torrent of outrage on the right about the Obama Administration's handling of the Sept. 2012 terrorist attack that left four Americans dead. Conservatives say new e-mails prove that the White House deliberately portrayed the attacks as the result of spontaneous protests inspired by a video disparaging the

In a letter to new FBI Director James Comey, several Republican members of Congress called the Obama administration’s investigation of the 2012 Benghazi attack “unacceptable” and encouraged an “aggressive” investigation. “It has been more than 10 months since the attacks,” a copy of the letter, obtained by POLITICO, states. “We appear to be no closer to knowing who was responsible today than

CNN spent an hour of prime time Tuesday night to air a special anchored by Erin Burnett: "The Truth about Benghazi."

Nearly a year later, Benghazi remains a flashpoint for two reasons: indefensible pre-attack policy decisions and irresistible post-attack politics.