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Was Obama briefed that Benghazi was a terror attack before Rice went on TV?
HotAir.com ^ | November 17, 2012 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 11/17/2012 9:36:03 AM PST by Hotlanta Mike

So says John Solomon at the Washington Guardian, citing sources within the intelligence community. Within 72 hours, the Presidential Daily Briefing made it clear, according to Solomon, that the attack did not arise from a spontaneous mob protesting a YouTube video, but instead resulted from a planned, coordinated attack by radical Islamist “extremists” with links to al-Qaeda:

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: Enterprise

He wears tighty whities to make his bum more attractive to his many boyfriends.


21 posted on 11/17/2012 10:13:45 AM PST by Happy Rain ("Obama is the PC fascist Soros was looking for.")
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To: Hotlanta Mike; annieokie; penelopesire; maggief; Protect the Bill of Rights; thouworm; SE Mom; ...
Excuse me, but this is possibly the dumbest question of the week.

Anyone wanting on or off this ping list, please advise.


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22 posted on 11/17/2012 10:15:03 AM PST by MestaMachine (TREASON!!!!)
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To: wesagain

Well about bears, we were in the woods last week, Sequoia National Park, (which by the way makes a PROFIT! We paid $34 each for dinner at Wuksachi Lodge restaurant) We saw lots of wads of toilet paper all over the place out on the trails, and we all said Da Bears! But really, the libtards are always whining about capitalists making profits, it sure is expensive to stay in National Parks! Is that not a profit?


23 posted on 11/17/2012 10:15:23 AM PST by NEBO (Hitler, Che, Marx, Mao,Lenin and Stalin would be so jealous of Obama!)
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To: ironman

They showed the video of the ambassador being dragged out to the Congressmen, yesterday. That is what convinced me that Obama issued the Stand Down at that time. He was watching.


24 posted on 11/17/2012 10:17:25 AM PST by Eva
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To: TruthWillWin

Yes, sorry to keep harping on the election by why on earth didn’t Romney ever talk about BO not attending these meetings?? He had so much and did nothing with it. Why do all these people working for BO always claim they don’t tell him anything. Is it that BO can’t take it and they are scared to tell him? Maybe they are so busy protecting their God that they think it’s better if he doesn’t know or they do tell him and then lie about it. It’s all so strange.


25 posted on 11/17/2012 10:21:38 AM PST by dandiegirl
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To: Hotlanta Mike

OBAMA HAS ALREADY TOLD AMERICA THAT HE KNEW IT WAS A TERROR ATTACK THE VERY NEXT DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OR HAS EVERYONE ALREADY FORGOTTEN...”Candy, read the transcript”.

WAKE UP PEOPLE, HE TOLD AMERICA HE KNEW AFTER THE FIRST DAY.

So how does Rice get a different message some days LATER!

THESE TWO STATEMENTS CANNOT LIVE IN A VACUUM, ONE OF THE TWO OF THEM IS A LIE!!!

Hold HIM responsible, that what he told us to do and we need to go after HIM!!!!!


26 posted on 11/17/2012 10:21:45 AM PST by R0CK3T
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To: Eva
we do whatever it takes to get those men out of there (the ambassador at least). So I will take him at his word

Why? Haven't seen any statement that he did anything.

27 posted on 11/17/2012 10:23:38 AM PST by what's up
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To: Hotlanta Mike
I saw that video shortly after the 911 attack. When I clicked on it, it said it had 50 something views. Later we learned that video had been out since June/July and it only had 50 something views? There is NO WAY it could have spawned a frenzy attack.

I posted that video to my facebook page and when I recently went back to see it again I found facebook had scrubbed it off MY facebook.

28 posted on 11/17/2012 10:24:04 AM PST by Spunky (We lost so now I am thinking of joining them and getting an Obamaphone.)
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To: what's up

I am taking him at his word because he had to first order the rescue, before he could order the stand down. Both orders had to have come from Obama.


29 posted on 11/17/2012 10:27:04 AM PST by Eva
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To: R0CK3T

My apologies for the use of caps, not something I ever do, but this is a BIG deal.

Maybe Rice should have taken her briefing from Candy Crowley, then maybe it she would have communicated it a a Terror attack? /sarc


30 posted on 11/17/2012 10:33:07 AM PST by R0CK3T
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To: Eva
You may be right although I have heard that anytime there is an attack on our soil (consulates are included) the military immediately goes into preparedness mode.
31 posted on 11/17/2012 10:33:13 AM PST by what's up
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To: Eva

If groups adversarial to Obama had seized all the operations in Benghazi, far greater damage to Obama’s foreign relations would have transpired.

Obama believes he controls those who committed the actions and the deaths were simply casualties in the ‘fog of war’.


32 posted on 11/17/2012 10:34:30 AM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: what's up

Only the president can order a cross border operation. There was no hardware or team stationed inside Libya that could have done the job. The operations were all on alert and ready to go when Obama ordered the Stand Down.


33 posted on 11/17/2012 10:39:43 AM PST by Eva
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To: Eva
The operations were all on alert and ready to go when Obama ordered the Stand Down.

Right. But from what I heard they were on alert because an attack automatically inspires that stance. I don't know that Obama had ordered anything (other than the stand down).

34 posted on 11/17/2012 10:42:51 AM PST by what's up
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To: Cvengr

All of the Libyan groups are adversarial to Obama. Obama may think that he controls the situation but he does not. They hate the US and only want our money. They want us out of their country. That is why Panetta and the others decided to do nothing when the CIA facility was attacked. They didn’t want to further anger the Libyans by responding with force.


35 posted on 11/17/2012 10:43:23 AM PST by Eva
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To: what's up

It doesn’t really matter whether he actually issued the order to go in, or not, only that issued the Stand Down and went to bed before the attack was over, leaving a bunch of partisan incompetents to manage the situation.


36 posted on 11/17/2012 10:45:56 AM PST by Eva
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To: Hotlanta Mike

In the 2nd debate, Obama said he was on the phone with his National Security advisors within an hour of the original attack.

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One would surmise that one of the advisors advised him of terrorist/extremist actions going on in Benghazi.

That call would have been around 4:45 Washington time, as the attacks started just after 9:30 Benghazi time. Washington is 6 hours behind Benghazi time, depending on daylight savings time.

Note that per the daily presidential schedule, Obama was scheduled to meet with Panetta at a regular security briefing at 5:00 pm Washington time.

IIRC


37 posted on 11/17/2012 10:55:43 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: Just mythoughts
Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet.

I figure SoS Clinton made that up. It sounded good at the time.

Then, when the head honchos met to decide what to do next, ' someone' instructed some low-level staffers to Google and find "inflamatory material posted on the Internet" they could use as corroborating evidence.

Someone found the trailer to the video/move; thus was born the movie-as-culprit excuse.

Note that several high levels, including Obama, were using the movie-as-culprit for the next few weeks.
38 posted on 11/17/2012 11:03:49 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: sanjuanbob

Obama voted present to save Americans over potential muslim casualties...the armed forces and diplomatic personnel should be enraged over this fact.

Or as Obama put, the death of Amb Stevens and 3 other Americans are just a bump in the road to better relations with islam.


39 posted on 11/17/2012 11:07:40 AM PST by Hotlanta Mike ("God only knows it's not what we would choose to do." - Lyric from Us and Them - Pink Floyd)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Possibly not.

We know he doesn’t attend national security briefings if they conflict with more important events, like tee times or campaign stops.
And as evidenced (apparently) by his congratulations yesterday to Egypt for helping to dampen the conflict in Gaza—while Egypt’s prime minister was in Gaza expressing Egypt’s solidarity with the `Palestinians’, Palis that Hamas rockets are now killing.

He doesn’t have the time to be briefed on matters critical to this nation, but does have the time to mug with the “not impressed” girl.

Obama “photo-op”= completely inept, incompetent, negligent administration.
I’m sure DU, the 47% and assorted American flakes are proud of their boy.


40 posted on 11/17/2012 11:31:30 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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