Are CIA agents being pressured to keep quiet about Benghazi?

There may be a Benghazi scandal after all

American embassy in Benghazi
(Image credit: AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

CNN is reporting that dozens of CIA operatives were on the ground during the Benghazi attacks, and that they are being pressured by the government to stay silent about what they were doing there.

The attack by armed militants on the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, in September 2012 resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.

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Keith Wagstaff is a staff writer at TheWeek.com covering politics and current events. He has previously written for such publications as TIME, Details, VICE, and the Village Voice.