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 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 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)