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MSNBC Guest: Protecting Ambassador Stevens Would Have Stopped Him From Doing His Job
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 10/13/2012 9:11:37 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

This could be the lamest defense yet for the lapses that led to the murder of US Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens. According to a former diplomat appointed by Bill Clinton, providing tighter security for Ambassador Stevens might have prevented him from carrying out his diplomatic duties.

Daniel Serwer, the Clinton diplomat in question, offered his excuse for the Benghazi debacle on MSNBC's Up With Chris Hayes this morning.

View the video here.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: benghaziattack; chrishayes; chrisstevens; danielserwer; serwer; soshillary
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Obama is throwing Clinton under the bus and she is going to pull out everybody that she can to help her. Obama will have a fight on his hands when Clintons start action but Obama could always bring in the Chicago thugs.


21 posted on 10/13/2012 9:50:07 AM PDT by YukonGreen
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I have a great idea. Lets appoint this guy Ambassador and send him over to take Stevens place and give him no security. We could make a pool on how long he would last.


22 posted on 10/13/2012 9:53:03 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2944272/posts?page=1

My post synopsis from the thread:

This interview is explosive and mind-blowing.

As COUNTrecount said on the other thread when he posted the link:

“Col. Hunt ...explains how at least 12 command centers get IMMEDIATE info when the embassy was attacked.”

Hunt said that from the moment the call went in to Lamb, all of those command centers were instantaneously notified.

Hunt said that as soon as he heard Lamb’s testimony he was stunned. Said this is the elephant in the room the media refuses to report. He said none of what I am saying is my opinion. It is fact and standard operating procedure, but the WH refused to act or issue an order to help save our people there. They watched and listened for 6 hours and did NOTHING.

MissMagnolia sums it up (post 15)

Immediately communicated when embassy under attack, satellites & drones looking at this while it happened & the ambassador & 3 others were killed. Hundreds knew this was going on, watched/listened for 6 hours while the consulate was under attack & decision-makers were being constantly updated and DID NOTHING.... then lied about it for 8 days. Biden KNEW this was not an intelligence failure and lied during the debate about it.

This interview is devastating.

23 posted on 10/13/2012 10:00:47 AM PDT by thouworm (.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

They will say and do anything to protect the One. Even if they look stupid.


24 posted on 10/13/2012 10:01:11 AM PDT by I want the USA back
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I guess the guy would also advocate removing the Secrte Service so Zero has a better chance at doing his job - he must be absolutely crippled by the protection.


25 posted on 10/13/2012 10:20:25 AM PDT by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Apparently after the Wikileaks fiasco, the State has decided to post homosexuals in dangerous assignments to limit their numbers.


26 posted on 10/13/2012 10:26:19 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
what diplomacy is all about, that comprehensive understanding of a society.

which unfortunately came to Chris Stevens only in the final hours of his life.
27 posted on 10/13/2012 10:29:27 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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To: x

Good find


28 posted on 10/13/2012 10:41:11 AM PDT by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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To: YukonGreen

Obama is throwing Clinton under the bus and she is going to pull out everybody that she can to help her.


Trying to throw her under the bus would be the biggest mistake obama ever made. Bill would not be amused.


29 posted on 10/13/2012 10:41:51 AM PDT by chessplayer
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To: YukonGreen

I’m not saying this is planned out, but I do see that Clinton made a mistake taking the SoS position.

It seems to me that all along O planned to smear her to keep her out of power. This is the perfect opportunity. IMHO, the Clintons and the Kennedy/Obama wing each have their power base in the party, and they are in a cold war. As long as the subservient MSM doesn’t cover it.


30 posted on 10/13/2012 10:44:30 AM PDT by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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To: Farmer Dean
Hopefully this won't harm the Administration's critical Green and LGBT initiatives in the region.

/s

31 posted on 10/13/2012 10:45:52 AM PDT by alrea
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To: I want the USA back

If “looking stupid” is the preferred option, what can the alternative (truth) be?


32 posted on 10/13/2012 10:46:20 AM PDT by HomeAtLast
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

If that is the case we could save lots of money by dropping Secret Service protection for Obama and Biden AND they would be able to do their jobs better. Sure...


33 posted on 10/13/2012 10:46:39 AM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: YukonGreen

Obama is throwing Clinton under the bus and she is going to pull out everybody that she can to help her.


If obama tried that, he would get a REAL lesson in smash mouth politics. I’m drooling thinking about what the Clintons have on him.


34 posted on 10/13/2012 10:49:31 AM PDT by chessplayer
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To: CPO retired
Maybe it was a Ron Brown! Perhaps Chris mentioned within the hearing of one of Barry's friends that Chris had hoped to get "something more" than just a crummy Libyan post out the tryst with Barry that sealed that deal.

HF

35 posted on 10/13/2012 10:53:21 AM PDT by holden
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To: chessplayer
Word out there is that Clinton offered Obama help in his debate prep. He waited several days and Obama did not even offer Clinton a response to his offer.

When a past president attempts to contact a seating president (especially in his own party) there is no way Obama can say he did not know about it.

Oh yea, Clinton is pissed bigtime.

36 posted on 10/13/2012 10:53:57 AM PDT by mware (By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Dems will just keep making up stories until their poll takers announce that one of them works. In the old days the New York Times and alphabet news organizations by themselves could push any dem lie - it’s not that easy now that no one really believes those groups... well, except for people too stupid to figure out how to use a computer.


37 posted on 10/13/2012 10:54:38 AM PDT by GOPJ (You only establish a feel for the line by having crossed it. - - Freeper One Name)
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To: Pox

I’m still not sure if this wasn’t a wag the dog gone wrong and they don’t know how to spin it.


38 posted on 10/13/2012 10:59:02 AM PDT by bgill
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To: CPO retired

I have not heard anything more about this guy being homosexual and being sodomized by the attackers. Could it be possible that he left Tripoli to go to Ben Ghazi without guards in order to have some sort of gay assignation and the terrorists got wind of it and took advantage of the opportunity? This scenario would certainly explain the coverups and conflicting stories.


39 posted on 10/13/2012 11:02:09 AM PDT by dadharry
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I don’t understand how people this stupid are able to dress themselves.


40 posted on 10/13/2012 11:02:34 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Thought Puzzle: Describe Islam without using the phrase "mental disorder" more than four times.)
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