Posted on 10/14/2012 11:06:17 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
The State Department has said that it never believed the September 11th attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was the result of a protest over an anti-Islam movie - directly contracting the rest of the Obama administration.
By trying to distance her department from the inept and deceptive handling of the Benghazi attack, which left U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens and three other American officials dead, Hillary Clinton could help herself politically for a 2016 presidential run.
A dramatic new account by the State Department reveals that Stevens was locked inside a 'safe room' choking to death from diesel-heavy smoke as the building around him burned to the ground.
Alongside him was a security guard, tasked with the impossible choice between staying in the deadly room - or facing the rocket-propelled grenades and machine-guns outside.
Eventually the guard slipped through the window (cut)
No-one saw the ambassador alive again - another agent tried desperately to enter the safe-room, but could not find him anywhere.
The State Department's insistence it never bought the story - expressed by the White House and Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations - that a crude anti-Islam film made in California triggered the attack gives ammunition against Obama both to the Romney campaign and congressional Republicans.
State Department sources have said that Clinton has never forgotten that Rice, who served in her husband Bill's administration, was an early supporter of Obama. Rice has ambitions to take over from Clinton if Obama is re-elected but the Benghazi debacle could scupper her chances.
In a briefing on Tuesday, State Department officials said 'others' in the executive branch concluded initially that the attack was part of a protest against the film, which ridiculed the Prophet Muhammad. That was never the State Department's conclusion, reporters were told.
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I can’t stomach that Daily Mail those people that comment are demented.
The problem I keep having with the whole matter is:
1. Why fabricate an excuse?
Any other time we’re told it is under investigation to determine...blah, blah....
There is no logical reason for them to have used the film as the excuse. None. So in my mind, something was wrong right out of the gate.
Did they obsessively push the importance of this video because they thought it’s RIGHT WING origin and content (in their minds) would cause people to hate Republicans? Then Obama would win the election? Just wondering.
It was laughable when Biden said they had bad intelligence regarding the Libyan embassy attack, yet in the same breath says they have very good intelligence regarding how close Iran is to having a nuke...two different intelligence agencies?
Well then why the hell did she spout off about the video? Because she was told to? Whatever, these people are all idiots and need to be banished. She’s got some nerve thinking of running for anything after this. Of course the Klintoons are all about nerve and self-service.
the memorial detour at Andrews instead of Dover.
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This might not mean anything...
It may have been protocol...
This was the body of an ambassador not a regular soldier...
Andrews may have allowed for more ceremony, etc...
Where did they fly JFK back to ???
Not every unusual event is done for Obamas benefit...
Although there have been some...
If the State Department never believed the movie caused the riots, then why did they make those apology radio spots that were played in Cairo?
The main beauty of the attempts of Hilly and Obama to blame each other is that neither one can blame Bush.
This may be the first time that Obama will have to accept blame for something that happened on his watch.
If Obama can shift blame to Hilly then Obama still is to blame as he owns ultimate responsibility for his State Dept.
If Hilly can shift blame to Obama, she still is to blame as she is Obama’s head of the State Dept. and should have done a better job.
Either way both Hilly and Obama will lose in this blame game, and Bush FINALLY cannot be blamed for anything.
Sit back and enjoy as these two kooky Democrats wup up on each other!
“The Taliban is inside the building.”
Hillary has had a lot of experience avoiding conviction in court for illegal behavior. This “leak” to Toby Harndon is just one more attempt to stay ahead of a special prosecutor.
I don’t believe that Hillary has any real idea of running for president in four more years. She, unfortunately, has a face that doesn’t age well, no matter what doctors may try to do to it. She will be outwardly as unattractive as she is inwardly by 2015/6.
JFK’s body was processed at the hospital in Dallas, the four bodies from Libya had not been processed into the country and that is what Dover’s program is all about. What is at odds with typical protocol is that they first went to be displayed at a pubic event before they had been processed into the country.
The other issue is that Dover is such a short trip for anyone in DC to make that coupled with the quick departure before meeting with the National Security Council, he jetted off for the fund raising events in Vegas and also the celebrity bunch in Kalifornja.
In short, it means everything with regard to a so-called leader of our country who is more worried about hob-nobbling and photo ops than having that take a back seat to leading by example.
clear to me that EVERYBODY in Obama administration is lying.
Also I wish Conservatives would stop saying such positive things about Hill or Bill(not saying you are a fan of either,have no idea)just that I keep hearing positive stuff from some/to many
Bill Hill and Obama are all scum of the earth,share all same values....jmho and that was point I tried to make in my original post, the one you responded to
The only things I smell in all this is power, money, and weapons. Power used to cover-up. Money used to pay islamists with some filtering back to zer0. Weapons to do the deed and coming deeds as backup payment for some of the previous payout money to come back to zer0. hillary and zer0 are dirty, and probably penetta.
I still think that you’ll see sometime in the next two weeks an Obama authorized task force arrive in Benghazi and hit a few targets and hoist the American flag, so that Obama can go in front of the American people on every network and tout himself as the avenging angel. The Dems will then say how disgraceful it was for the Republicans to be taking advantage of this tragedy when they didn’t know all the facts, particularly that on September 12th Obama immediately authorized planning for a retribution attack on those responsible for the embassy attack. Obama is that cynical.
All administrations are lawyered up. The department of injustice, run by eric with-holder, is the currently lawyered up and lawyers for the entire administration. Guess who pays for it?
There will never be a time when knowledgeable people will ever look to zer0 as an avenging angel. Knowledgeable people will always know who zer0 is; zer0 is the angel of death. Yes, there are some who believe in zer0. Those who believe are so ignorant of what zer0 has planned for them because of zer0’s hate for America will never have a clue, thus they cannot be helped; we must let them believe and then be lost forever. It is left to the intelligent, those who know this zer0 crowd to inform the American public because most media people are paid well to support the lies of the zer0 crowd. The media people supporting zer0 think their money will save them and their children. Given four more years zer0 will do what he plans to do. Anyone voting for zer0 will be the masters of their own fate and demise. Ignorance is as ignorance does. One has to pray knowledge will win over ignorance. If ignorance wins, God usually turns his back.
It never believed it was the film... yet Ol' Crusty got up in front of microphones and alluded that the film WAS the cause. And the Press doesn't question that assertion either.
It was laughable when Biden said they had bad intelligence regarding the Libyan embassy attack, yet in the same breath says they have very good intelligence regarding how close Iran is to having a nuke...two different intelligence agencies?
It is amazing is’nt it?
Can you imagine if this had happened under Bush?
They wanted to preempt any hint of this being terrorism on 9/11.
We’re dealing with liars here Serial liars, all of them. They are nice people. I’m sure they’re miserable as h*ll even when they’re around their families.
Read this article from today’s NRO. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/330383/biden-s-private-reality-editors
They forget to mention also the treatment Biden gave of Clarence Thomas, when he assured him not to worry, he would be treated with respect and kindly., then slammed him with unbridled ridicule.
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