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Commentary: Stewart follows Chaffetz in giving away national secrets

Back in October 2012, in the early days of what would ultimately be known as “Benghazi!!!,” our own Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz managed to blow the cover on a secret CIA operation headquartered at the Benghazi consulate compound during a hearing of the House Government Oversight Committee.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) was the first to unmask the spooks. “Point of order! Point of order!” he called out as a State Department security official, seated in front of an aerial photo of the U.S. facilities in Benghazi, described the chaotic night of the attack. “We’re getting into classified issues that deal with sources and methods that would be totally inappropriate in an open forum such as this.