FILE: May 22, 2013: Reps. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and Darrell Issa, R-Calif., at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in Washington, D.C.REUTERS
Rep. Darrell Issa Received "General Threat" Prior To Libya Visit -- CBS
CBS News has learned that a "general threat" was made against a member of Congress who made a fact-finding trip to Libya this week.
The chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., traveled to Tripoli as part of the Republican's ongoing investigation into the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attacks on Americans in Benghazi.
On Monday, a State Department email showed the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli reported that a Libyan national known as Eyad "shared his concern and his opinion that Representative Issa should not come to Libya for his own safety."
Eyad told the embassy "The Sen. Mr. Darrell Issa if he would like to keep his luxury life with a half billion $$$ Do not come to Libya. Who is gonna [guard] the guy? And whom you gonna put a blame if the worst happened...Cuz all he gonna gained a several bullets in his smart skull."
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Update: Issa feared targeted by terrorists after Democrats revealed secret Libya trip -- Daily Caller
My Comment: This could have turned out very bad .... the trip should have been kept confidential and secret .... Libya is a borderline failed state, and it has many groups that are either linked to Al Qaeda and/or deeply sympathetic to the terror organization.
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