tsarnaev brothers wanted were likely constructed in tamerlan s house. back to you. martha: incredible new details here. peter, thank you very much. bill: fox news learning that a special panel put together to investigate the benghazi terror attack is now under investigation itself. there is concern over whether or not the panel failed to interview key witnesses in that attack that killed four americans including our ambassador. chief washington correspondent james rosen tracking this story every day for us this week and, james, good morning there. question, the state department is pushing back against our report that the inspector general s office is probing its own department s benghazi review. now why is that significant, james? reporter: well, because we care about the facts but no one has disputed, bill, that the conduct and methodology of the arb that was established after benghazi is itself being reviewed by the department s own inspector general. arb is short for accountabilit
the state department tonight about your reporting on the internal probe that s underway. yeah, that s right. officials here do acknowledge, shep, that the so-called arb, that s the special panel that was convened by then secretary of state hillary clinton, chaired by mike mullen and former ambassador tom pickerring to review benghazi. they acknowledge that probe itself is now under review by the department s office of inspector general. but they insist it s a fairly routine matter and that all previous arb s nearly 20 of them, are also under review. a spokesman today had no answer as to why the benghazi arb failed to interview then secretary of state clinton. also among those not interviewed by that panel, two so-called state department whistle blowers who are set to testify before congress this coming wednesday, shep. shepard: thank you. the national rifle association s annual convention officially got underway today. the first since 26 people died in the shooting massacre at sand
have information about what happened never got to tell their story. you recall four americans died in the counselor outpost including the u.s. ambassador to libya chris stevens. the department s accountability review board reportedly interviewed more than 100 people and released a report in december. now, there is increased security on that report and scrutiny as well. james rosen is live in washington for us tonight. hey, james. shep, good evening. obama administration officials have long held up the arb. short for accountability review board. the special panel that investigated benghazi for the state department as a model of thoroughness. the board was led by former u.n. ambassador thomas picturing former chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen they concluded that management levels while below secretary of state hillary clinton were to blame for the inadequate security in benghazi. but now fox news has confirmed that since march 28th, the state department s inspector
general has been reviewing the conduct of the arb. at accountability review board that was conducted by ambassador pickering and admiral mullen will have proven to be a coverup. one the worse jobs ever done in the history of governmental reporting. state department spokesman patrick vintrel pushed back telling fox news a short time ago our reporting is false. this is not a formal investigation but a review process that will encompass past arb s from before benghazi as well. he also said that benghazi arb interviewed more than 100 witnesses although she should note secretary of state clinton wasn t one of them. shep? shepard: james, thanks. here in new york city construction crews lifted the final pieces of the speier that will top one world trade center. this was supposed to have happened on monday. officials from the port authority of new york and new jersey postponed it because the winds were high that day. workers say they will permanently attach this 408-foot speier at some lat