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At a Sunday press briefing in Lima, Peru, President Barack Obama concluded his response to a question referring to how President-Elect Trump might consider handling his extensive holdings during his presidency by saying that "I am extremely proud of the fact that over eight years we have not had the kinds of scandals that have plagued other administrations." Naturally, the establishment press, which is defending and covering for him to the bitter end, is barely reporting Obama's answer, which has to be near the top of any legitimate Howler Hall of Fame list. Among those failing to report the answer: Gardiner Harris...

Former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) has left Donald Trump’s presidential transition team, saying in a statement that he is handing off the work to advisers from the Trump campaign. "Our work will provide a strong foundation for the new transition team leadership as they move into the post-election phase, which naturally is incorporating the campaign team in New York who drove President-elect Trump to an incredible victory last Tuesday," Rogers said. The former FBI agent and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee was advising the incoming administration on national security matters. Bloomberg first reported the move Tuesday morning. Rogers was...

To the highly esteemed President Elect: The best sounding words in the English language, or any language for that matter; "President Donald Trump." Congratulation sir! What a relief to see all this happen. As I watched the election map from the beginning I screamed, hollered then became overwhelmed with joy as "the movement" blossomed in glorious red all over electoral map. Then came your long-anticipated victory speech. Wait a minute. President Trump, what's all this "We owe Secretary Clinton a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country" jazz? Major? Uhm, what? She was appointed senator and Secretary...

The U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, was operating under a lower security standard than a typical consulate when it was attacked this month, according to State Department officials. The mission was a rented villa and considered a temporary facility by the agency, which allowed a waiver that permitted fewer guards and security measures than a standard embassy or consulate, according to the officials.http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/24/u-s-post-in-benghazi-had-less-than-standard-security-before-attack/

An obscure private firm hired by the State Department over internal objections to protect U.S. diplomats in Benghazi just months before the American ambassador and three others were killed was staffed with hastily recruited locals with terror ties who helped carry out the attack, multiple sources told Fox News. The explosive charge against Wales-based Blue Mountain Group comes from several sources, including an independent security specialist who has implemented training programs at U.S. Consulates around the world, including in Benghazi, where he trained a local militia that preceded Blue Mountain. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Blue...

An obscure private firm hired by the State Department over internal objections to protect U.S. diplomats in Benghazi just months before the American ambassador and three others were killed was staffed with hastily recruited locals with terror ties who helped carry out the attack, multiple sources told Fox News. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/11/07/benghazi-guards-turned-on-us-diplomats-in-2012-attack-sources-say.html

What?! "An obscure private firm hired by the State Department over internal objections to protect U.S. diplomats in Benghazi just months before the American ambassador and three others were killed was staffed with hastily recruited locals with terror ties who helped carry out the attack,...."

According to a new report from Fox News correspondents Adam Housley and Malia Zimmerman, guards hired through a contractor by the State Department to protect the U.S. consulate in Benghazi were unvetted, local militia members who belonged to terrorist groups Al Qaeda and Ansar al-Sharia.   An obscure private firm hired by the State Department over internal objections to protect U.S. diplomats in Benghazi just months before the American ambassador and three others were killed was staffed with hastily recruited locals with terror ties who helped carry out the attack, multiple sources told Fox News.

An obscure private firm hired by the State Department over internal objections to protect U.S. diplomats in Benghazi just months before the American ambassador and three others were killed was staffed with hastily recruited locals with terror ties who helped carry out the attack, multiple sources told Fox News. Continue Reading Below The explosive charge against Wales-based Blue Mountain Group comes from several sources, including an independent security specialist who has implemented training programs at U.S. Consulates around the world, including in Benghazi, where he trained a local militia that preceded Blue Mountain. The source, who spoke on condition of...

Those Benghazi Stingers Yes, they did exist, but…. More than a dozen people have sent me the same email over the past couple of weeks, purporting to tell the “REAL story on Benghazi.” Like a lot of information circulating on the Internet, it contains an important kernel of truth, namely a reference to the July 25, 2012 Taliban attack on a U.S. Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan, using a U.S.-supplied Stinger missile. That attack really did take place, as I reported in my 2014 book Dark Forces: The Truth About What Happened in Benghazi. I learned about the helicopter downing from...

Hillary Clinton refused to send help as the terrifying Benghazi attacks unfolded, according to messages allegedly hacked from her email server and distributed by Russian operatives.RadarOnline has obtained a report about the allegedly hacked messages that was created by Italy’s foreign intelligence agency, or the Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna, after a meeting with their Russian counterparts on October 22. (These files were written in Italian, and then translated by a respected New York City professor of the language.)One section of the report deals with September 2012 — the same month as the attack that killed U.S. Ambassador to Libya...

Hillary Clinton told Congress Ambassador Chris Stevens was her friend. She left him to die in Benghazi.A new report by the reputable Radar Online reveals that Hillary Clinton refused to send help to the Americans in Benghazi.Hacked emails reveal she refused to send help to the Americans in Benghazi. Four Americans died. She later lied and blamed it on a YouTube video.Radar Online reported: Hillary Clinton refused to send help as the terrifying Benghazi attacks unfolded, according to messages allegedly hacked from her email server and distributed by Russian operatives. One section of the report deals with September 2012 —...

From:slatham@hillaryclinton.com To: john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2015-10-23 22:32 Subject: our donors # today turns out it's not 500k. It's 420. we're not going to correct it - but not leaning into it ! *BACKGROUND (CLINTON AIDE) * - We now have more than 500,000 donors for the campaign. - We have more than 100,000 new donors in October alone. - The hour after the Benghazi hearing ended, 9pm-10pm, was our best fundraising hour of the campaign and we didn't make a fundraising ask. - More than half the donations yesterday were from new donors and 99% of them were for $250 or...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The State Department claimed in court that it does not have any communications between Hillary Clinton and the Obama White House during the day and week of Benghazi, even though records show that those communications took place. The FBI does not have those communications either, according to court documents. Researcher Larry Kawa filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, represented by the group Judicial Watch, seeking “all communications between then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the White House from and including September 11, 2012 through and including September 18, 2012.” Kawa, represented by Judicial Watch,...

Government lawyers told U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta today that some of the 30 recovered emails relating to Benghazi — they didn’t say now many — were not included in the 55,000 pages previously provided by Clinton. The State Department’s lawyer also told the judge that the Department needs until the end of September to review the emails and redact potentially classified information before they are released. Judge Mehta was skeptical. He questioned why it would take so long to release so few documents, urged that the process be expedited, and ordered the department to report to him in...

Not only has former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton been accused of financing ISIS with taxpayer dollars in exchange for millions in contributions to the Clinton Foundation, her role in the deliberate murder of four Americans in Benghazi and as the originator of the Fast and Furious scheme have now been revealed by Diane Kepus in her article, What Really Happened In Mexico And Benghazi? That Hillary Clinton is not in prison makes clear the wanton corruption of the federal government; its bureaucracies and its elected officials of both political parties. That she should have an opportunity to become president...

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said on Sunday that FBI Director James Comey may have violated the Hatch Act, barring political activity by federal employees, through a late election season letter to Congress about the scope of the bureau's probe of Hillary Clinton’s private email service as secretary of state. Comey’s letter on Friday to congressional committee chairs said the FBI is reviewing newly discovered emails that might be linked to Clinton's private server. The new emails were found several weeks ago, law enforcement officials told CNN Sunday, but the FBI did not disclose them until Friday. The timing raises...

Hillary Clinton’s email scandal gets worse by the day. Already the subject of a criminal FBI investigation, it’s clear that Hillary’s biggest problem isn’t Bernie Sanders… it’s a life-long prison sentence! After fighting the release for months, new emails reveal that Hillary Clinton used her private home server to transmit classified details of exactly where American Ambassador Chris Stevens was before the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya. Because her emails could have been easily intercepted by foreign entities, Hillary Clinton likely handed over details of his location to Islamic terrorist killers. This is horrible… The email was actually first released...

From:jlegum@gmail.com To: john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2015-09-02 22:46 Subject: Hillary's IT guy Benghazi Dems fearing very bad WashPost story have given us the details so we can be fairer. Anything I should know?

This is all my opinion but this is the situation as I understand it now on the eve of an election that may spell the end of freedom as we know it. The meddling of Hillary in the Middle East has been disasterous in terms of lives and national prestige. The Left in this country made a big stink out of the loss of prestige over Iran-Contra back in the Eighties. Benghazi really makes Iran-Contra look like a walk in the park. The first thing to understand is that we were never supposed to know about Benghazi and what was...