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Democrats should boycott a select committee that House Speaker John Boehner plans to form to investigate the 2012 attacks on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, Representative Adam Schiff said.

The California Democrat, who sits on the House intelligence committee, said today theres no reason for Democrats to participate in another probe of the Benghazi attacks thats aimed partly at undermining former Secretary of State Hillary Clintons potential presidential bid in 2016.

Its a colossal waste of time, Schiff said on Fox News Sunday.

I dont think it makes sense for us to give this select committee any more credibility than it deserves, he said. And frankly, I dont think it deserves very much.

Schiffs comments underscored the partisan tensions that continue 20 months after the attacks that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans and became a political flashpoint in the 2012 presidential election.

Boehner, an Ohio Republican, called for a select committee last week after the release of a White House e-mail that Republicans say shows the Obama administration tried to blame the attacks on an anti-Islamic video for political advantage. Boehner had resisted calls for a select committee until the e-mail surfaced, aides said last week.

A Bloomberg poll in March found that 51 percent of adults dont believe former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clintons claim that she never saw requests for increased security at the Benghazi mission before the 2012 attacks. Close

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A Bloomberg poll in March found that 51 percent of adults dont believe former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clintons claim that she never saw requests for increased security at the Benghazi mission before the 2012 attacks.

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