Rest assured, I will follow up with the Department of Defense and possibly the Department of Justice to demand a full investigation of the disturbing evidence before us.
Follow up with the Department of Defense, and possibly the Department of Justice, to demand a full investigation into the targeting of journalists.
Occurrences
Evidence
Rep. Johnson said he wrote to the State Department to seek U.S. diplomatic, law-enforcement, and intelligence support for Ghana's investigation into journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale's murder, and to consider sanctions against a Ghanaian parliamentarian who had encouraged violence against the journalist. The release does not show a follow-up with the Department of Defense or Department of Justice, and it predates the current lookback window by years.
Assessments
Johnson took a documented oversight-related press freedom action while serving in the same federal office, asking the State Department for U.S. diplomatic, law-enforcement, and intelligence support for Ghana's investigation into journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale's murder and for possible sanctions. That is related to demanding investigation and accountability for targeting a journalist, but the available evidence does not show the promised follow-up with the Department of Defense, nor a Department of Justice demand, nor a full investigation into the broader targeting of journalists. This supports partial credit rather than full delivery.