Books

Alberta, Tim. American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump. Harper, 2019.

Richter, Paul. The Ambassadors: America’s Diplomats on the Front Lines. Simon & Schuster, 2020.

Schmidt, Michael S. Donald Trump v. The United States: Inside the Struggle to Stop a President. Random House, 2020.

Wehrey, Frederic. The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018. 

Articles

“Meet Trey Gowdy, Tea Party Politician and D.C.’s Most Unlikely Friend,” The New Republic, Jul. 6, 2011.

“Behind the Curtain,” The New Yorker, Aug. 26, 2011. 

“A Taxonomy of Gaffes,” New York Magazine, Jun. 14, 2012. 

“The Wrath of Libya’s Salafis,” Sada, Sep. 12, 2012. 

“Libyan Islamist denies role in Benghazi attack,” AP Online, Oct. 18, 2012. 

“Suspect in Libya Attack, in Plain Sight, Scoffs at U.S.,” New York Times, Oct. 18, 2012. 

“Was Syrian weapons shipment factor in ambassador’s Benghazi visit?” Fox News, Oct. 25, 2012. 

“Can American Diplomacy Ever Come Out of Its Bunker?” New York Times, Nov. 14, 2012. 

“GOP Calls for Benghazi Select Committee,” Washington Free Beacon, Dec. 4, 2012. 

“The Benghazi hearing: ‘I was stunned. My jaw dropped. And I was embarrassed.’” Washington Post, May 8, 2013. 

“Benghazi Investigation Does Not Reignite Broad Public Interest,” Pew Research Center, May 13, 2013. 

“Conservatives move to force Boehner’s hand for Benghazi
investigation,” The Hill, Jul. 22, 2013. 

“Benghazi witness: No one questioned me,” CNN, Jul. 31, 2013.

“Al Qaeda’s Strength; Cold Shoulder,” Fox News, Aug. 7, 2013.

“A Deadly Mix in Benghazi,” New York Times, Dec. 28, 2013.

“Judicial Watch: Benghazi Documents Point to White House on Misleading Talking Points,” Judicial Watch, Apr. 29, 2014.

“Boehner calls on Kerry to testify,” Politico, May 1, 2014.

“The worst excuse ever: The Rhodes memo debacle,” Washington Post, May 1, 2014.

“Boehner to appoint panel on Benghazi,” The Hill, May 2, 2014.

“Boehner taps Rep. Trey Gowdy to lead Benghazi select committee,” Washington Post, May 5, 2014.

“New Benghazi Chairman Wants Hillary to Speak,” Time, May 7, 2014.

“House approves select committee to investigate Benghazi attack,” The Hill, May 8, 2014.

“Boehner Names Republican Members of Select Committee,” Office of John Boehner, May 9, 2014.

“House Democrats consider boycotting new probe on Benghazi attacks,” PBS NewsHour, May 9, 2014.

“John Boehner says he’s nudged Jeb Bush on presidency,” Associated Press, May 12, 2014.

“Pelosi appoints Dems to ‘fight abuses,’” The Hill, May 21, 2014.

“U.S. Forces Captured a Key Benghazi Suspect Over the Weekend,” The Atlantic, Jun. 2014.

“Prime Benghazi Suspect Ahmed Abu Khattala: Persona Non Grata,” NBC News, Jun. 17, 2014.

“Meet Ahmed Abu Khattala, an alleged ringleader of the Benghazi attack,” Washington Post, Jun. 17, 2014.“Profile: Libyan Islamist Ahmed Abu Khattala,” BBC, Jun. 18, 2014.

“Civilian Trial is the Only Option for Abu Khattala,” Lawfare, Jun. 18, 2014.

“Abu Khattala was an unlikely leader before Benghazi attacks—and a loner afterward,” Washington Post, Jun. 18, 2014.

“USS New York, carrying a Benghazi suspect, has gone dark,” Washington Post, Jun. 25, 2014.

“U.S. evacuates Libyan embassy,” Associated Press, Jul. 26, 2014.

“25 Years in 25 Days (2010): The Rise of the Tea Party,” WNYC, Oct. 28, 2014.

“Gowdy vows to ‘ratchet up’ Benghazi investigation,” Associated Press, Jan. 27, 2015.

“Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email Account at State Dept., Possibly Breaking Rules,” New York Times, Mar. 2, 2015.

“This Is Hillary Clinton’s Secret Email: HDR22@ClintonEmail.com,” Gawker, Mar. 3, 2015.

“House GOP moves to punish State Dept. over Benghazi delays,” Associated Press, Jun. 1, 2015.

“Hillary Clinton’s Favorable Rating One of Her Worst,” Gallup, Sep. 4, 2015.

“Boehner’s likely successor credits Benghazi committee for lowering Hillary Clinton’s poll numbers,” Washington Post, Sep. 30, 2015.

“What Conservative Media Say About the Benghazi Hearing,” The Atlantic, Oct. 2015.

“McCarthy’s Benghazi gift to team Hillary,” Politico, Oct. 1, 2015.

“Kevin McCarthy drops out of House speaker race,” CNN, Oct. 8, 2015.

“Exhuming McCarthy,” Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 8, 2015.

“Ex-staffer: Benghazi committee pursuing ‘partisan investigation’ targeting Hillary Clinton,” CNN, Oct. 11, 2015.

“Clinton: 7 Benghazi probes so far,” Politifact, Oct. 12, 2015.

“This is what karma feels like: How the GOP’s Benghazi fraudsters sowed the seeds of their own destruction,” Salon, Oct. 20, 2015.

“Meet the well-paid pros behind the Benghazi panel,” Politico, Oct. 21, 2015.

“Benghazi: A Timeline,” NBC News, Oct. 22, 2015.

“Clinton Endures An 11-Hour Grilling Before Benghazi Committee,” NPR, Oct. 22, 2015.

“Psst. The Benghazi committee’s only interested in taking down Hillary Clinton,” Vox, Oct. 22, 2015.

“Clinton, back in the Benghazi hot seat, withstands Republicans’ grilling,” Washington Post, Oct. 22, 2015.

“Benghazi Chair Can’t Name Anything New Learned From Clinton Hearing,” Buzzfeed News, Oct. 23, 2015.

“There’s been a sudden turnaround in how voters view Hillary Clinton’s handling of Benghazi,” Yahoo! Finance, Nov. 3, 2015.

“Donald Trump rips Gowdy as a ‘Benghazi loser’ over endorsement of Marco Rubio,” Daily Mail, Dec. 28, 2015.

“A World of Warning: Exploring U.S. Department of State Travel Warnings and Alerts,” University of Nevada, 2016.

“John Boehner Endorses Fellow Ohioan John Kasich,” New York Times, Mar. 13, 2016.

“Donald Trump’s gold-plated convention,” Politico, May 18, 2016.

“Chris Stevens’s Family: Don’t Blame Hillary Clinton for Benghazi,” The New Yorker, Jun. 28, 2016.

“House Republicans issue report on Benghazi attacks but find no new evidence of wrongdoing by Clinton,” Washington Post, Jun. 28, 2016.

“The Politics of the Benghazi Report,” New Yorker, Jun. 29, 2016.

“Benghazi conspiracy theorists turn on Trey Gowdy,” Washington Post, Jun. 29, 2016.

“With Clinton exonerated, conspiracy theorists turn on Trey Gowdy,” MSNBC, Jun. 30, 2016.

“Islamism, Salafism, and jihadism: A primer,” Brookings, Jul. 15, 2016.

“Benghazi mom gives emotional speech during GOP convention,” CBS News, Jul. 18, 2016.

“GOP Convention Primetime Speech Text Embargoed For Delivery,” PR Newswire, Jul. 18, 2016.

“It’s Official: Trump Wins GOP Presidential Nomination,” NBC News, Jul. 19, 2016.

“Benghazi memorial tribute Sept. 10,” Ponte Vedra Recorder, Aug. 11, 2016.

“Benghazi committee settles lawsuit from ex-investigator who alleged wrongdoing,” Washington Post, Dec. 19, 2016.

“Why Delta Force Waited So Long to Grab a Benghazi Ringeader,” Daily Beast, Apr. 25, 2017.

“Thirteen days in the history of the accused leader of the Benghazi attacks,” Washington Post, Jun. 9, 2017.

“Ultraconservative Salafists Destroy Sufi Landmarks in Libya,” Daily Beast, Jul. 13, 2017.

“Benghazi Suspect’s Statements in Ship Brig Will Be Allowed in Court,” New York Times, Aug. 16, 2017.

“U.S. judge upholds ship-based interrogation of Benghazi terror suspect seized overseas,” Washington Post, Aug. 16, 2017.

“John Boehner Unchained,” Politico, Nov./Dec. 2017.

“$7 million star U.S. witness implicates Abu Khattala in Benghazi attacks, calls him ‘murderer,’” Washington Post, Nov. 7, 2017.

“Libyan Convicted of Terrorism in Benghazi Attacks but Acquitted of Murder,” New York Times, Nov. 28, 2017.

“A Libyan Strongman Looks to Washington, but a Health Crisis Looms,” New York Times, Apr. 12, 2018.

“Opinion: What Has Trey Gowdy Been Smoking?” Washington Post, May 30, 2018.

“Benghazi Attacker Gets 22 Years, Disappointing Prosecutors Who Sought Life,” New York Times, Jun. 27, 2018.

“Ahmed Abu Khatallah Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison for September 2012 Attack in Benghazi, Libya,” U.S. Department of Justice, Jun. 27, 2018.

“Khalifa Haftar: The Libyan general with big ambitions,” BBC, Apr. 8, 2019.

“Exclusive: 2,000 Syrian fighters deployed to Libya to support government,” The Guardian, Jan. 15, 2020.

“Libya: Sanctions threatened against countries who break arms embargo,” The Guardian, Jan. 19, 2020.

“Experts: Libya rivals UAE, Russia, Turkey violate UN embargo,” Associated Press, Sep. 9, 2020.

“Turkey and UAE openly flouting UN arms embargo to fuel war in Libya,” The Guardian, Oct. 7, 2020.

“Panic Rooms, Birth Certificates and the Birth of GOP Paranoia,” Politico, Apr. 21, 2021.

“Nearly a decade after Benghazi, the U.S. is quietly returning to Libya,” NBC News, May 27, 2021.

“Libya talks set December date for national elections,” The Guardian, Jun. 23, 2021.