Hicks Not Interviewed by the FBI

Deputy chief of mission in Libya Gregory Hicks told the House Oversight Committee today that the administration’s claims about a spontaneous protest in Benghazi — which contradicted statements made by Libyan prime minister Mohammed al-Magarief — hampered the FBI’s investigation into the 9/11 attack by breeding resistance from Libyan authorities. Asked whether he was interviewed by the FBI in the course of its investigation, Hicks said that he was not.