criminal prosecution to block access to the benghazi witnesses. in this letter to republican senator lindsey graham, the state department references significant risk and serious concerns about having the survivors submit to congressional interviews. you can t hide behind a criminal investigation. that s not a good reason to deny the congress witness statements 48 hours after the attack. after the house government oversight committee and its republican chairman darrell issa recently interviewed two state security agents who witnessed the attack against the justice department s wishes, a leading democrat predicted the move would create inconsistencies and complicate a trial. it kearns me that was not a higher priority for the chairman to make sure we could bring these people to justice than to carry on this political exercise. waiting for a criminal prosecution and an appeal to wrap up, according to republicans, doesn t pass the sniff test. we re going to wait three years and w