CNN Sources: 3 al Qaeda operatives took part in Benghazi attack

PapaG · May 4, 2013

"Al Qaeda is on the run." - Barack Obama

Even more troubling, it looks like the US hired a 'security team' that had known AQ ties to protect Amb. Stevens. No wonder everybody on the left just wants this to go away.

Remember, the administration immediately tried to blame this attack on that ridiculous Youtube video that caused a spontaneous riot.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/02/world/africa/us-libya-benghazi-suspects/index.html

(CNN) -- Several Yemeni men belonging to al Qaeda took part in the terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi last September, according to several sources who have spoken with CNN.

One senior U.S. law enforcement official told CNN that "three or four members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula," or AQAP, took part in the attack.

Another source briefed on the Benghazi investigation said Western intelligence services suspect the men may have been sent by the group specifically to carry out the attack. But it's not been ruled out that they were already in the city and participated as the opportunity arose.

The attack on the compound and subsequently on a "safe-house" to which Americans had been evacuated left four U.S. citizens dead, including the ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens.
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ABM · May 4, 2013

Arms for legs.

PapaG · May 4, 2013

Notice Hillary didn't say anything about a coordinated attack by AQ in her meltdown.

[video=youtube;PAud1KdlE1Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAud1KdlE1Q[/video]

jlprk · May 4, 2013

What you call a "meltdown" is what everyone else calls "not giving a shit."

Denny Crane · May 4, 2013

jlprk said: ↑

What you call a "meltdown" is what everyone else calls "not giving a shit."
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Too bad her job description was to give a shit.

PapaG · May 4, 2013

jlprk said: ↑

What you call a "meltdown" is what everyone else calls "not giving a shit."
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An ambassador died, as did three other Americans. Her job was to give a shit.

I know for an internet tough guy like you, that doesn't mean much, since she's on your team.

jlprk · May 4, 2013

Republicans have cried for what, 7 months, complaining that Obama can't find anything specific for them to complain about. So they just wah-wah some more, waiting for the Democrats to coddle them.

You ain't got nuttin on Obama on this issue, and crying forever won't get you any more.

There, I fulfilled your internet tough guy fantasy.

3RA1N1AC · May 5, 2013

Maybe we should stop giving them weapons and money

julius · May 5, 2013

I'm not sure quoting a president regarding terrorism is scuba good thing to so considering the "mission accomplished" and bin laden determined to strike and not being concerned about the whereabouts of Bin Laden...

ABM · May 5, 2013

3RA1N1AC said: ↑

Maybe we should stop giving them weapons and money
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Absolutely! That money could be much better well spent on more important things......such as climate control research!

jlprk · May 5, 2013

Republicans voted to cut embassy funding and State Department security personnel. When Secretary Clinton asked for additional funding for embassy security, all Republicans voted no.

This is about the 20th thread on this subject, all started by PapaG. Republicans are hypocrites, creating dysfunction and gridlock so the American system can't work, because they don't believe in it.

PapaG · May 5, 2013

jlprk said: ↑

Republicans voted to cut embassy funding and State Department security personnel. When Secretary Clinton asked for additional funding for embassy security, all Republicans voted no.

This is about the 20th thread on this subject, all started by PapaG. Republicans are hypocrites, creating dysfunction and gridlock so the American system can't work, because they don't believe in it.
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100% bullshit. You're such a liar.

PapaG · May 5, 2013

Even some Dems are now calling the liars what they are.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journa...crats-Back-Away-from-Obama-on-Benghazi-Syria&

Sunday Shows: Democrats back away from Obama on Benghazi, Syria

Democrats on Sunday morning's news shows appeared to back away from President Barack Obama on his administration's response to the Benghazi terror attack and his blurry "red line" on Syria's chemical weapons.

On Fox News Sunday, Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) admitted that the Obama administration's talking points on Benghazi, edited to remove references to extremism and blaming protests against an anti-Islamic YouTube video for the violence, were "false. They were wrong. There were no protests outside the Benghazi compound."

On CBS News' Face the Nation, Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee, also admitted that the administration's talking points were wrong, though putting the changes down to the fact that the intelligence changed over time in a "volatile situation."

Republicans remain divided on the Syria issue, but on Benghazi the caucus anticipates a week of testimony that will prove deeply damaging to the Obama administration, as well as the media's attempts to protect him.
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PapaG · May 5, 2013

CBS destroys Clinton's excuses on the night of the Benghazi, and the obvious "it was an internet video" lie.

They lie right to our faces, Hillary Clinton had an emotional outburst when cornered on it, and the useful idiots just take it and defend it.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162...s-to-testify-over-benghazi-attacks/?tag=socsh

Throughout the night, sources say Americans on the ground in Libya at times felt helpless and abandoned.

“We relied on Washington for dispassionate assessment,” one eyewitness told CBS News. “Instead, they [Washington officials] were asking us what help we needed. We answered: ‘Send reinforcements!’ ”

But they were told immediate help wasn’t available.

Embassy personnel say they repeatedly asked the Defense Attache on site in Tripoli for military assistance.

“Isn’t there anything available?” one Embassy official says he asked. “But the answer was ‘no.’”

“What about Aviano?” the official pressed, referencing the NATO air base with US assets in northeastern Italy. “No,” was the answer.

Two of the four Americans killed that night died hours after the first attack began…

…Counterterrorism sources and internal emails reviewed by CBS News express frustration that key responders were ready to deploy, but were not called upon to help in the attack. National Security Council Spokesman Tommy Vietor told CBS News the CSG was not needed.
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Denny Crane · May 5, 2013

It's not as important as binders of women. Move along.

PapaG · May 5, 2013

Denny Crane said: ↑

It's not as important as binders of women. Move along.
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"Benghazi happened a long time ago" - Jay Carney last week

Of course, Bush was president a longer time ago, but that doesn't stop these idiots for blaming him for all of their mistakes.

[video=youtube;_w2McO3Wk70]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w2McO3Wk70[/video]

PapaG · May 5, 2013

Kudos to CBS for breaking through and actually trying to hold these liars accountable for their lies.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162...s-to-testify-over-benghazi-attacks/?tag=socsh

Three more officials to testify over Benghazi attacks

As the deputy chief of mission for the U.S. in Libya, Gregory Hicks was on the ground at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli on September 11, 2012, when terrorists launched two attacks on American compounds in Benghazi.

Gregory Hicks
Hicks and two other government officials have been named as witnesses for a Congressional hearing Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee. The others are: Eric Nordstrom, the former lead security official for the State Department in Libya, and Mark Thompson, the acting deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism at the State Department. Other so-called "whistleblowers" from federal agencies, including the CIA, have provided information to Congressional investigators, but are said to be unwilling - so far - to speak publicly because they aren't authorized by their agencies to do so. Some claim fear of retaliation.

It's been a remarkably long period of silence from the dozens of American survivors and eyewitnesses who were in Libya the night of the attacks. It's not publicly known what testimony the witnesses will give at this week's hearing, but in a series of interviews and communications, CBS News has obtained information about some of areas of knowledge the witnesses can address.

Hicks was number two to Ambassador Christopher Stevens, who was killed in the attacks. With Stevens in Benghazi on September 11, Hicks was the top Foreign Service official at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli. When the first U.S. compound in Benghazi fell under attack, Hicks reportedly took the frantic call.

"Greg, we are under attack," Ambassador Stevens told Hicks on the phone. Those were the last words he heard from Stevens.
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PapaG · May 5, 2013

Here we go...

impeach the LIAR.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-usa-benghazi-emails-idUSBRE89N02C20121024

BOOM! Emails Show Obama Knew Islamic Group Took Credit for Benghazi Slaughter 2 HOURS INTO ATTACK

(Reuters) - Officials at the White House and State Department were advised two hours after attackers assaulted the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11 that an Islamic militant group had claimed credit for the attack, official emails show.

The emails, obtained by Reuters from government sources not connected with U.S. spy agencies or the State Department and who requested anonymity, specifically mention that the Libyan group called Ansar al-Sharia had asserted responsibility for the attacks.

The brief emails also show how U.S. diplomats described the attack, even as it was still under way, to Washington.

U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the Benghazi assault, which President Barack Obama and other U.S. officials ultimately acknowledged was a "terrorist" attack carried out by militants with suspected links to al Qaeda affiliates or sympathizers.

Administration spokesmen, including White House spokesman Jay Carney, citing an unclassified assessment prepared by the CIA, maintained for days that the attacks likely were a spontaneous protest against an anti-Muslim film.

While officials did mention the possible involvement of "extremists," they did not lay blame on any specific militant groups or possible links to al Qaeda or its affiliates until intelligence officials publicly alleged that on September 28.

There were indications that extremists with possible al Qaeda connections were involved, but also evidence that the attacks could have erupted spontaneously, they said, adding that government experts wanted to be cautious about pointing fingers prematurely.

U.S. intelligence officials have emphasized since shortly after the attack that early intelligence reporting about the attack was mixed.

Spokesmen for the White House and State Department had no immediate response to requests for comments on the emails.

MISSIVES FROM LIBYA

The records obtained by Reuters consist of three emails dispatched by the State Department's Operations Center to multiple government offices, including addresses at the White House, Pentagon, intelligence community and FBI, on the afternoon of September 11.

The first email, timed at 4:05 p.m. Washington time - or 10:05 p.m. Benghazi time, 20-30 minutes after the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission allegedly began - carried the subject line "U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Benghazi Under Attack" and the notation "SBU", meaning "Sensitive But Unclassified."

The text said the State Department's regional security office had reported that the diplomatic mission in Benghazi was "under attack. Embassy in Tripoli reports approximately 20 armed people fired shots; explosions have been heard as well."

The message continued: "Ambassador Stevens, who is currently in Benghazi, and four ... personnel are in the compound safe haven. The 17th of February militia is providing security support."
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Denny Crane · May 5, 2013

I think a lot of this is a bunch of hooey.

Obama was told whatever. What he believed, what other people told him that contradicted it, the pressure of the situation, whether some terrorist group claiming responsibility is to be believed, etc., all could have led to poor judgement.

My only beefs with the whole thing are that people died, and Rice lied.

PapaG · May 5, 2013

Benghazi whistle-blower Hicks: Internal review 'let people off the hook' (CNN)

http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/0...iew-let-people-off-the-hook/?hpt=hp_inthenews

Greg Hicks, former deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, told congressional investigators that the State Department internal review of the catastrophe at the mission in Benghazi "let people off the hook," CNN has learned.

The Accountability Review Board "report itself doesn’t really ascribe blame to any individual at all. The public report anyway," Hicks told investigators, according to transcript excerpts obtained by CNN. "It does let people off the hook."

The board's report on the Benghazi attack, in which Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in September, is being reviewed by the State Department's Office of Inspector General.

Rep. Darrell Issa, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Sunday on CBS that Hicks will testify Wednesday in a congressional hearing on the deadly attack in Benghazi.

"In our system, people who make decisions have been confirmed by the Senate to make decisions," Hicks told investigators."The three people in the State Department who are on administrative leave pending disciplinary action are below Senate confirmation level. Now, the DS (Diplomatic Security) assistant secretary resigned, and he is at Senate confirmation level. Yet the paper trail is pretty clear that decisions were being made above his level. . .
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