By The Detroit News
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Armed Services
Committee, joined congressional Democrats Sunday who've criticized a
House panel's move to release sensitive information about U.S.
diplomatic activities in Libya, including the names of Libyans working
with U.S. officials.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight
Committee, released the documents Friday as part of its inquiry into the
Obama administration's handling of an attack last month on the U.S.
consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that led to the deaths of Ambassador Chris
Stevens and three other American staffers.
"While I don't see how Congressman Issa's obvious attempts to make
political hay out of this tragedy will succeed in advancing his partisan
goals, what is clear is that the reckless release of the names of
Libyans who have worked with us could jeopardize the lives of those
individuals and damage U.S. interests," Levin said in a statement
Sunday.
Issa and other Republicans have been critical of the Obama
administration's handling and accounts of the attack, which has become a
hot issue in the last weeks of the presidential election campaign....
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