McCain wants answers: Sen. John McCain said Thursday that he might seek a subpoena in order to receive the information he wants surrounding the attack.
"It may require a subpoena," McCain told CNN's Suzanne Malveaux on Capitol Hill when asked what steps he would be willing to take to receive the information he's demanding on the attack.
McCain argued Wednesday that the Trump administration is not being forthcoming about the attack in Niger.
Asked if he thinks Congress should launch an investigation into the attack, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee told reporters that first he would like to get the information that his panel "deserves and needs."
"Then you decide whether a quote investigation is needed or not," he said.
The Arizona Republican did not go into detail about what kind of information he was looking for, saying only that he was interested in "all the specifics."
Calls for Benghazi-like investigation: The incident is already raising the prospect of a Benghazi-like investigation similar to when Congress looked into the attack an on American diplomatic compound in Libya that resulted in four US deaths in 2012.
Asked about the prospect of hearings similar to those following the attack in Benghazi, Sen. Mike Rounds said: "In the Benghazi incident you had a case of where there was clear testimony information coming out saying there were hours of activity going on. If similar facts were to be determined in this particular case, you may very well see the same type of a demand for a review."
