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Pushkin. Previously on Fiasco.

There were some mysteries embedded in Benghazi that needed to be answered, so that gave it legs.

A number of conservative media outlets were particularly ginned up.

Because you never knew what would get traction.

Who told the military to stand down?

Where in the world is Hillary Clinton? What's her legacy going to be?

Benghazi.

This is the final episode of our season on Benghazi. But before we get into how the story ended, I want to stop for a second and dwell on a question

that so far we've only come at sideways.

It's actually a two-part question.

First, what did the people who were outraged about Benghazi actually think Hillary Clinton and Barack

Obama did wrong?

And second, what did they think their motivations were? There's no question. Hillary lied and people died. I don't mean to sound

defensive on behalf of Clinton or Obama. I just think it's surprisingly hard to pin this down,

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