White House told of militant claim two hours after Libya attack: emails

reuters ^

[Perdogg]

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.

[verum ago]

Anyone with an ounce of honor or humanity would have put assets in the air and hoped they got there in time to help.

I think that's part of why this is so unsettling to us– Obama's failure to, or deliberate choice not to, act is something way beyond politics. It is, as you say, a basic act of honor and humanity.

I suspect if you took a random Democrat, made him president, then put him in the situation Obama was in, he would act, even if his action is somewhat tepid or hesitant, he would at least do something. Because failure to act would be wrong on a level that transcends the political notions of right and wrong.

And that's what so disturbing about Obama and Benghazi. The explanations for Obama's behavior are all very unsettling:

1) Obama failed to act
If this is the case, then the Commander in Chief of our armed forces and the 'leader' of this country is so mind-numbingly incompetent that it's, well, mind-numbing.

or

2) Obama chose not to act
If this is the case, then we are slapped with the equally mind-numbing idea that Obama deliberately let Americans die because his sense of right and wrong is f***ing warped that he decided it was 'right' to let them die to advance some cynical purpose which we can only guess at. For now.

Infuriating, isn't it..?

What's even worse, is that for one to accept explanation 1) above, one must also accept that everyone in the administration is so incompetent that no one thought to act and no one knew we could intervene. Frankly, I find that too unlikely to be true. Which means we're left with explanation 2)...

Even more infuriating now, isn't it..?

[verum ago]

...and I didn’t even get around to talking about why they’d so hastily, insistently, and consistently blame a damned youtube video, either.

[Flotsam_Jetsome]

"For weeks now I have thought that the denial of requests for security were a dereliction of duty. I consider the lies and misdirection about the "video" after the attack to be fraud and malfeasance under the color of authority. I don't consider the inaction during the attack to be any of those.

The failure to act during the attack is the direct equivalent of desertion IMO.

ONE man had the authority to act that night.

ONE man deserted his post!

Speaking of posts, that one was outstanding. And to think that this and so very much more could have been avoided if this evil (yes, evil) man had been properly vetted.

Is Romney an honest, principled enough man (and can he be kept safe enough) to engage the kind of churn necessary to see that the truth of things is known by all, and the engineers of the "Obama" deception and all that has ensued are served their richly deserved justice? I hope so, is all I can say.

We live in supremely interesting times, sadly. Virtually nothing would surprise me at this point. We're into territory beyond the Schrödinger's Cat Event Horizon.

[Flotsam_Jetsome]

"We're into territory beyond the Schrödinger's Cat Event Horizon."

That calls for a kitteh image.

[animal172]

Just spent some time looking at the online NY Times and Washington Post sites. Can’t seem to find the story about the emails. /sar Did find it on the CNN site though.

[Broker]

There are many loyal Americans serving in government abc agencies who will do whatever is required to expose O and his minions for the traitorous Islamist socialists they are.

[JudyinCanada]

Obama had to make this about something else - but he was careful to give a passing mention to terrorism in the Rose Garden.

If it were known to be a terrorist attack, he would not have been able to fly off to Vegas. It would also put a damper on his campaigning.

Terrorist attacks require the president’s attention. That’s too much to ask from this community organizer. Re-election was the priority.

[sonic109]

TOTALLY AGREE..WHY WONT THE GOP FIGHT HARD FOR ONCE

THIS IS HUGE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OBAMA HAS BLOOD ON HIS HANDS ..OBAMA LIED , PEOPLE DIED

[Berlin_Freeper]

#lyingpieceoffilth

[servo1969]

[littleharbour]

An attack on Benghazi is all Obama has left. He’s going down unless he can find a game changer. He’s not going to lose until he’s played every card and the Marines are his last card.

[MNMaverick]

7 hour attack. This will certainly infuriate the families of 4 American citizens.

Obama can’t executive order his way out of this.

[who knows what evil?]

No wonder Zero/Biden want people to ‘vote early’...

[PigRigger]

What bothers me, in addition to the Administrations lies, is the MSM....none of them knew about the twitter and facebook posts claiming responsibility?

The MSM knew and still carried the water for the administration....

I am sickened by all of this...throw F&F into the mix....and it just makes me want to vomit...

[JustSurrounded]

but he was careful to give a passing mention to terrorism in the Rose Garden.

You're right. I worry that if you go back and do the Clinton parse of the words used by 0bama, Hillary, Rice, they may have left wiggle room while leaving the impression that it was the video. I recall Hillary mentioning something about ‘some people blaming a video’ or some such.

[Rennes Templar]

“There are three scandals here...”

Yes, but Romney attended a divorce court proceeding!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Source: CNN E-mails: White House knew of extremist claims in Benghazi attack

[Flotsam_Jetsome]

HE KNEW.

That is all.

[who knows what evil?]

Obama KNEW in REAL TIME that this was a terrorist attack from Al Qaeda and he went on TV and blamed this on a damn video.

He stood in front of the UNITED NATIONS and blamed this on a damn video...

[Nextrush]

Obama is now saying he always said it was a terror attack and some cruise missile and drone action, maybe special forces with a lot of drama from the MSM.

“Justice is served on those who killed Ambassador Stevens” President Obama said on Sunday November 4th......