McCaul Demands State Department Give Full Committee Access to Afghan Dissent Cable

A House Republican is calling on the State Department to allow further access to the July 2021 Dissent Channel cable on the military withdrawal from Afghanistan.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R‑Texas) has asserted that for the State Department to fully comply with the March 28 subpoena from his committee, they must allow all committee members to access the document.
Only McCaul and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D‑N.Y.), ranking member of the committee, have had access to the cable, which the State Department provided on May 23.
McCaul said in his May 29 letter (pdf), “Reading the original documents has significantly enhanced my understanding of the deteriorating conditions on the ground in Afghanistan and the direness of the dissenting officials’ warnings to the Department’s leadership.”
“I strongly u …