In January 2014, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence cast doubt on this alleged U.S. involvement and reported that "All CIA activities in Benghazi were legal and authorized.
2014年1月，美國眾議院常設情報特別委員會（英语：United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence）對「美國的干涉手段」的說法提出質疑，並宣稱「中情局在班加西的一切活動都是合法且經過授權的。