[Hoot Gibson]

I think you might be right. The relief of getting this bunch out of power will seem like cure enough. However, there likely is no precedent for just giving up a consulate, complete with secret documents and staff for appearances sake. I doubt America has ever backed down from rescuing her own in any past circumstance. It has been demonstrated that we had assets enough to do the job, somebody said not to. If the book Dereliction of Duty, which is also defined in terms as follows, "the act of abandoning, abandonment", was written because Clinton had his finger on the trigger but, lacked the courage to pull it when Bin Laden was in the cross hair, I can't imagine what might be forthcoming as the result of this debacle.

I agree on all counts, TRT, but there are unfortunately many instances of incoming presidents not holding their predecessors accountable for their actions. The most notable one that comes to mind is Ford's pardon of Nixon, but there were certainly a long list of items such as suspicious pardons that Bush and the Republicans could have delved into had they wanted to do so. I think newly elected administrations and Congresses generally want to start with a clean slate instead of drawing attention to the actions of the previous administration. Obama's four-year blame-a-thon of Bush has been a notable exception.