Posted on 09/20/2012 11:13:22 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Reuters) - U.S. authorities are investigating possible collusion between militants who launched a deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya and locally hired Libyan personnel guarding the facility, three U.S. officials said. So far there is no proof that the attackers, who killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other U.S. officials, were helped by Libyan security personnel hired by the consulate. One official said the Obama administration was playing down this possibility. However, all the officials said that the question of whether the attackers had inside help or advice was a serious issue in the U.S. investigation into the attack, which occurred on the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. Officials discussed the inquiry, still in its initial stages, only on condition of anonymity. A team of FBI investigators has gone to Libya to lead the investigation. The question of whether the Benghazi attackers could have been helped by locally hired guards was raised during a hearing on Wednesday by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security. The panel's top Republican, Senator Susan Collins, asked Matthew Olsen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, whether there were indications of communications between militants and the Libyan guards prior to the attack. Olsen said this was an issue "better addressed" in closed briefings that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and National Intelligence Director James Clapper were scheduled to give to Congress on Thursday afternoon.
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Collusion with... the state dept? White-hut? WOuldn’t put it past ‘em...
H/T to the Drudge Report.
Are these clowns serious?
Now the whitewash and media complicity.
Gee, ya think?
Things have gotten ugly...
In the interest of accuracy, Sufyan Ben Qumu was released from Gitmo in 2007 -- by the Bush administration.
I have yet to read Obama had any role/say in the release from Gitmo... The so called ringleader was released in 2007 to Libya, Qaddafi released him in 2010. I think the decision to release him was made in December 2006, I am guessing after Rummy resigned because the libs took over the House.
Please read:
Report: Terrorist Behind Ambassador Murder ‘Ally of Sorts’ to Obama Admin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2933726/posts
That is absolutely true, but regardless of WHO released him, it was obama who armed him as a ‘leader’ in the toppling of gaddafi and aided him in advancing to a position of power.
No matter how you twist or turn this loathsome regime, they have blood on their hands and have from the day this muslim CLERIC took office.
Call it what it is. HIGH TREASON
I was merely correcting a false statement.
Explains everything...
Congress was warned about Libya last monthLibyan president: 'No doubt' attack 'preplanned' (Magariaf on Face the Nation)
"It was planned, definitely. It was planned by foreigners, by people who entered the country a few months ago. And they were planning this criminal act since their arrival," Magariaf said.
Source: Slain ambassador Stevens said he was on al Qaeda list
(CNN) -- In the months leading up to his death, Chris Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, worried about constant security threats in Benghazi and mentioned that his name was on an al Qaeda hit list, a source familiar with his thinking told CNN.
FBI needs to save some of our money and start at the State Department in the Hidebeast office.
Start pulling out finger nails there and the answers will come along with them.
Duh, that they had inside help is something I reported well over a week ago. Sean Smith was online playing a game and chatting with a friend in the US. Here is what he wrote TWO HOURS BEFORE the attack.............
Sean Smith, who was killed at the consulate, was online chatting with a person in the US when the attack started. His comments from that night are these..........
Another documented, irrefutable piece of evidence that the attack on Benghazi was never a ‘protest’ that morphed into an attack are the words of Sean Smith, who was killed that night. Sean Smith, was in the same building as the Ambassador when the attack started. He was playing the game EVE-online and chatting live with another game player from the US. With the online ID of ‘vile_rat, Smith never said anything about a protest outside the consulate. HERE ARE HIS WORDS FROM THAT NIGHT. “[vile_rat 9/11/12 12:54 PM]: assuming we don’t die tonight. We saw one of our ‘police’ that guard the compound taking pictures.” Smith was also known for his “interesting” and “morbid” sense of humor, something that is not unusual for those that have been deployed in war zones. No one knew at the time how prophetic his comment would be. Nearly two hours later, Smith typed: [vile_rat 9/11/12 2:40 PM]: F**K [vile_rat 9/11/12 2:40 PM]: gunfire He was disconnected from Jabber and never returned.
Read more: http://digitaljournal.com/article/332776#ixzz26duPX4MU
Inside help indeed. This administration is packed with naive fools. All one had to do is look at what is going on in Afghanistan with their ‘police’ to realize the locals can’t be trusted.
Duh, that they had inside help is something I reported well over a week ago. Sean Smith was online playing a game and chatting with a friend in the US. Here is what he wrote TWO HOURS BEFORE the attack.............
Sean Smith, who was killed at the consulate, was online chatting with a person in the US when the attack started. His comments from that night are these..........
Another documented, irrefutable piece of evidence that the attack on Benghazi was never a ‘protest’ that morphed into an attack are the words of Sean Smith, who was killed that night. Sean Smith, was in the same building as the Ambassador when the attack started. He was playing the game EVE-online and chatting live with another game player from the US. With the online ID of ‘vile_rat, Smith never said anything about a protest outside the consulate. HERE ARE HIS WORDS FROM THAT NIGHT. “[vile_rat 9/11/12 12:54 PM]: assuming we don’t die tonight. We saw one of our ‘police’ that guard the compound taking pictures.” Smith was also known for his “interesting” and “morbid” sense of humor, something that is not unusual for those that have been deployed in war zones. No one knew at the time how prophetic his comment would be. Nearly two hours later, Smith typed: [vile_rat 9/11/12 2:40 PM]: F**K [vile_rat 9/11/12 2:40 PM]: gunfire He was disconnected from Jabber and never returned.
Read more: http://digitaljournal.com/article/332776#ixzz26duPX4MU
Inside help indeed. This administration is packed with naive fools. All one had to do is look at what is going on in Afghanistan with their ‘police’ to realize the locals can’t be trusted.
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