FROM TODAYS PRESSER...........................Q: Intelligence at all suggesting that there would be an attack?
Carney: “There was no intelligence that in any way that could have been acted on in any way to prevent these attacks.”
More: “The report is false.”
Q: Why was there not adequate security around Ambassador Stevens?
Refers to the State Department on specific security arrangements.
Q: Extra security on 9/11?
Carney: “We are very vigilant on anniversaries like 9/11. … But let’s be clear, these protests were in reaction to a video that had spread to the region.”
More: “We don’t know otherwise. We have no information to suggest that it was a pre-planned attack. The unrest we’ve seen around the region has been in reaction to a video that many Muslims find offensive. And while the violence is reprehensible and unjustified, it is not a reaction to the 9/11 anniversary.”
Q: You think it was spontaneous protest?
Carney: “This is obviously under investigation.”
Q: You’re operating under the assumption the protest was in reaction to the video?
Carney: “This is under investigation. The unrest around the region has been in response to this video.”
Carney says Libya was a “very new government” that had just come out of a revolution.
Q: Failure of 9/11 was a failure of imagination. Is this a failure? Did POTUS mess up?
Carney: “Jake, again, what we have seen is unrest around the region in response to a video that Muslims offensive, many Muslims. … We have seen incidents like this in the past, in reaction to other actions — cartoons and other actions that have been taken that have been, that have led to protests and violence in the region. We have managed those situations and we are working to ensure that our diplomatic personnel and our diplomatic facilities are secure as we deal with the response to this video, which we believe is offensive and disgusting.”
Q: It’s no longer just about the film?
Carney: “The reason why there’s unrest is because of the film. I don’t doubt…”
More; “We obviously are not polling protesters to find out what their motivations are. There is no question that there is anti-American sentiment in various countries around the middle east.”
Carney said the protests are about the film about 20 times. But if it’s “still under investigation”, how can they know for sure the protests are about the film? Total BS.
Tapper almost nailed Carney on the no intelligence lie. Carney realized he was caught and he punted to DNI rather than answer the question.
Even the msm has trouble buying a story that terrorist attacks on 9/11 was just a coincidence. I’ll bet the admin would not even call the attack in libya a terrorist attack
1. Does the administration consider the libyan attack on 9/11 to be a terrorist attack?
2. Did president obama cancel an intelligence briefing the day after the 9/11 terrorist attacks to attend campaign rallies in las vegas and colorado?
It’s mindboggling.
Baghdad Bob would be ashamed..