The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward, America’s greatest living investigative reporter, was on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and said this: “I would not dismiss Benghazi. It’s a very serious matter.” Mr. Woodward recounted his own memories of Richard Nixon’s role in editing Watergate transcripts in order to mislead the public.
The Benghazi scandal is obviously not comparable to Watergate at this stage and may never be. Watergate, after all, involved the president being at the center of a criminal conspiracy. But not every scandal has to be Watergate to be serious; and a scandal need not lead to impeachment to be deeply problematic.
What we know right now about the lethal attacks on the diplomatic outpost in Benghazi and the subsequent cover-up is serious enough. And one cannot help but feel that if the truth is finally revealed, it will reveal even more damaging things about the ethical grounding of the Obama administration. Whether the truth is finally unveiled is an open question. That’s why we have things called investigations. And unfortunately for the president, but fortunately for the truth, they are proceeding.
Stay tuned.