Do you believe the White House is hiding something? If no your teapot is correct. However, if they are hiding something there is a big difference between a congressional hearing and a select committee in power and scope. Your metaphor needs to be extended. A tempest in a crumpling teapot that is incapable of holding the truth when exposed. What’s left? The tempest and a shattered teapot (Whitehouse trying to contain the tempest) of course.
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That email was widely distributed to whitehouse and campaign personnel. That shows operational protocol. If similar emails penetrate the whitehouse and campaign in IRS targeting .. It’s big.
Also, a conspiracy lasts only so long as the last man keeps the secret. There are potentially hundreds of people who know the real Benghazi facts.