Joe Lieberman

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Joe Lieberman illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

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Former Senator and Vice Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine of the Galactic Senate (Star Wars prequel) portrayed by Ian McDiarmid.

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., stands with Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., as they attend with President Barack Obama, not pictured, the funeral service for the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, at the Washington National Cathedral, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., top right, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., left, Sen-elect Chris Murphy, center, and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, right, wait for the arrival of President Barack Obama before the start of an interfaith vigil for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting inside the Newtown High School auditorium in Newtown, Conn., Sunday night, Dec. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/The Hartford Courant, Stephen Dunn, Pool)

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**FILE** Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut speaks Dec. 10, 2012, during a news conference at the state capitol in Hartford, Conn. (Associated Press)

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Sens. Susan Collins, left, the ranking member, and Joe Lieberman, chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, talk with the media about a briefing their committee was given Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 about the Benghazi attack. Sen. Lieberman said that they now know more than they did, but they still don't feel like they have all the information. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Sens. Susan Collins, left, the ranking member, and Joe Lieberman, chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, talk with the media about a briefing their committee was given Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 about the Benghazi attack. Sen. Lieberman said that they now know more than they did, but they still don't feel like they have all the information. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Sens. Susan Collins, left, the ranking member, and Joe Lieberman, chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, talk with the media about a briefing their committee was given Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 about the Benghazi attack. Sen. Lieberman said that they now know more than they did, but they still don't feel like they have all the information. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Joe Lieberman, chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, looks on as Sen. Susan Collins, ranking member on the committee, talks to the media following a closed-door briefing about the Benghazi attack on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 at the U.S. Capitol. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Joe Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security committee, believes Iranian special forces were behind a series of sophisticated foreign cyberattacks against the websites of U.S. banks. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Then-Sen. Joe Lieberman speaks as (not shown) Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano, FBI Associate Deputy Director Kevin Perkins and National Counterterrorism Center Director Matthew G. Olsen testify on homeland threats and agency responses before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut Democrat-turned-independent, addressed the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., on Sept. 2, 2008, a little more than a week after maverick former Rep. Jim Leach, Iowa Republican, spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, on Aug. 25 of that year. (Associated Press)