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Defiant insider: Benghazi attack clearly planned
The Washington Times ^ | October 21, 2012 | Rowan Scarborough

Posted on 10/21/2012 6:16:29 PM PDT by maggief

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The U.S. intelligence official, who has access to a wide swath of reporting from various spy agencies, told The Times that a few days after the attack, “We looked at it and said, ‘There is enough information here. There’s a body of evidence here that we resolvedly say, tells us, that this was not a spontaneous attack.’ We adjusted our assessment.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: shadowwars; threatmatrix
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1 posted on 10/21/2012 6:16:31 PM PDT by maggief
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To: hoosiermama; penelopesire; LucyT; MestaMachine; Protect the Bill of Rights; kristinn; ken5050; ...

DRIP... drip...


2 posted on 10/21/2012 6:24:20 PM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

Har!


3 posted on 10/21/2012 6:26:02 PM PDT by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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To: maggief

Al-Qaeda played Hillary and Obama like two cheap violins.


4 posted on 10/21/2012 6:29:57 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: onyx

The official said that in the first 24 hours after the attack, there were “10 pounds of information that says it’s spontaneous,” including communications intercepts and human sources in the country.

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Other reports that began reaching the DNI indicated otherwise, and the official assessment changed three or four days later.

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But, wait, didn’t Obama just claim he called it an act of terror within 24 hrs?

Where’s the transcript, Candy?

LOL!


5 posted on 10/21/2012 6:32:41 PM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

(not much here that I can see) bump for more looks/analysis.


6 posted on 10/21/2012 6:33:49 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: maggief

This is not optimal


7 posted on 10/21/2012 6:36:53 PM PDT by Bertha Fanation
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To: maggief
More B.S.
The White house is lying heavy to cover the lies they spun for 14 days.
If we believe the “intelligence” community didn't know accurate information for 24 hours they are either lying or criminally incompetent.
8 posted on 10/21/2012 6:38:48 PM PDT by bitterohiogunclinger (Proudly casting a heavy carbon footprint as I clean my guns ---)
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9 posted on 10/21/2012 6:41:04 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: maggief

They took out the consulate, ambushed the Americans falling back to the annex, and then attacked the annex. Shooting mortars is harder than it looks. If they dropped six consecutive mortar rounds in the road, then those were trained mortar men. This wasn’t the Benghazi Knitting Club on a bender. These guys appear to be a trained and disciplined force.


10 posted on 10/21/2012 6:41:46 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: maggief

LOL @ Where’s the transcript Candy?


11 posted on 10/21/2012 6:50:21 PM PDT by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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To: maggief

Why was the FBI forensic crew kept away from the perishable scene for THREE WEEKS...? Imagine that playing out at Oklahoma City —what would the reaction have been...?

More: how could they finish in 14 hours...?

Was there forensic evidence of US weapons used in the attack, or foreign fighters...? Why the DIRE need to keep the FBI away?


12 posted on 10/21/2012 6:50:25 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: maggief

A ‘spontaneous’ demonstration at 9:30 PM by 125 men armed with AK’s, RPG’s & mortars? You must be mentally defective to believe that this was nothing less than a pre-planned terrorist attack...

Mentally defective or an Obama believer, same difference.


13 posted on 10/21/2012 6:53:22 PM PDT by Geronimo
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To: bitterohiogunclinger

Someone is putting the squeeze on Clapper.


14 posted on 10/21/2012 6:53:43 PM PDT by maggief
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Spontaneous, huh....ok so why no go code for the second, bigger quick reaction force just an hour away by air on Sicily...?

Why were they permitted to just sit there all geared up on the tarmac FOR HOURS...?

Cuz they thought elite, first stringer SOF guys would get their a$$es kicked by a gaggle of drunk soccer dummies...?

NOPE....!


15 posted on 10/21/2012 6:57:02 PM PDT by gaijin
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It’s abundantly clear that the most intelligent and the most talented man in the history of mankind, Empty Chair Obama, isn’t as smart as the goat smelling Al-Qaeda.


16 posted on 10/21/2012 7:01:52 PM PDT by Gator113 (I would have voted for NEWT, now it's Ryan and the other guy.~Just livin' life, my way~)
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“Why was the FBI forensic crew kept away from the perishable scene for THREE WEEKS...?”

Scrubbing?


17 posted on 10/21/2012 7:12:17 PM PDT by maggief
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To: blueunicorn6

Al-Qaeda played Hillary and Obama like two cheap violins.

They are all playing in the same band.


18 posted on 10/21/2012 7:20:11 PM PDT by Josephat
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To: maggief
Aren't there some things about the way the administration handled the initial response odd, to say the least?

  1. Why wasn't Obama overly concerned about the original reports of the attack and the missing ambassador?

  2. Why did he just go on to his fund raiser in Nevada as if the embassy attack wasn't of immediate concern?

  3. When the Ambassador's death was finally confirmed why was the administration's response so disjointed and uncoordinated?

Maybe because the Ambassador wasn't really supposed to be killed.

Maybe he was just supposed to be kidnapped so Obama could negotiate his release and be a hero just before the election.


19 posted on 10/21/2012 7:39:49 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few, and let another take his office.")
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Article.

Then # 19.

Thanks, maggief.

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20 posted on 10/21/2012 7:52:12 PM PDT by LucyT
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