Posted on 10/24/2012 1:49:27 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
WH: ‘We Decline to Comment’ on When Obama Learned of E-Mails, Met With NSC on Benghazi By Fred Lucas October 24, 2012
(CNSNews.com) - The White House is declining to say when President Barack Obama first learned of three e-mails that the State Department sent to the White House on Sept. 11, 2012, directly notifying the Executive Office of the President that the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi was under attack, that U.S. Amb. Chris Stevens was at the Benghazi mission at the time of the attack, and that the group Ansar al-Sharia had taken credit for the attack.
The White House also declined to say when the president first met with the National Security Council after the Benghazi attack.
“I have been asked by one of our spokespeople to relay ‘that we decline to comment,’” said White House National Security Staff aide Debbie Bird in a written response to CNSNews.com.
CNSNews.com had asked Bird: 1) “When did the President first meet with the National Security Council after the Benghazi attack on 9/11/12?” 2) “When did White House staff first discuss the substance of the e-mails that went to the White House with the President or with the National Security Advisor?”
Carney also took a question about the e-mails today during a press gaggle held aboard Air Force One at 9:34 a.m. A reporter asked: “Jay, there are some emails that have emerged, which suggest that the White House and other areas of the government were told within hours of the Benghazi attack that an extremist group had claimed responsibility. How is that compatible with the idea that it was a spontaneous attack?”
Carney downplayed the significance of the State Department emails.
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“It is that they were alerted that a consulate was under attack at 4:05pm and did NOTHING to help them.”
I wonder if it is even worse than that. The recent Medal of Honor receipent (A Marine) was ordered FOUR times to not enter the battle (2010, Afghanistan) in an attempt to rescue his squad from an ambush. After the fourth refusal he said “F*&^ it” and drove in with his driver.
I wonder if the two ex SEALS nearby heard the attack and called in for permission to assist and were denied a few times as well before they said “screw it - we’re going to help”.
lotta dissin on Trump but he has the goods.....came from Hawaii and the reason Zullo went back unannounced
“These nitwits watched the whole thing live on Predator TV for cripes sake.”
Yeah. You know, mr. pResident, that wasn’t just another action flick. Hope you at least resisted the popcorn.
Not quite pleading the 5th, but getting closer......
Yep-sounds like they are getting legal counsel now.
There is just no way that Obama should even be allowed to run, and heaven forbid he be re-elected. He should be arrested now.
Correct.
High crimes and treason?
FOUR AMERICANS are still DEAD.
John Boehner and Harry Reid either to impeach and convict the treasonous president, or step down in disgrace and face the same charges for aiding and abeiting him.
This is serious, this is not ****ing bull****.
I have had it with this rogue government, on both sides.
If you aren’t going to do your job, then GTFO and go to jail.
I wonder if Stevens was set up to be assassinated because he was gay. Maybe he knew something about Obama. Why would you send an ambassador into one of the hottest spots on the earth and withdraw all security? And not respond with rescue that was available?
Didn’t David do that to Bathsheba’s husband in the Bible?
Honestly I do not even know. Gonna say a bare minimum of four.
For Obama’s administration (and probably Obama himself) to sit back and watch the realtime drone video of this attack upon Americans and do absolutely NOTHING when help was but an hour away is more than sickening, more than unpatriotic, more than despicable...It is the height of cowardice and ...I don’t know any words to describe what these people are...They all deserve to die in prison...
obama has been taking personal revenge on the SEALS since they shot that poor, oppressed somali pirate and rescued an American ship captain.
Nobody got killed in Watergate..not that I know of off hand.
But there sure was a lot of finger pointing. They still dont know who “DEEP THROAT” was...I think that was the term used.
And it wasnt Linda Lovelace either.
Yep, at least.
Works for me .....
Bret Baier just teased on the 5 that Special Report just received another NEW Email in the Benghazi scandal.
Which reminds me of another lie— when Susan Rice was on the morning shows lying about the spontaneous mob and the video, she also said the Navy Seals who were killed were the ambassador’s security detail. A.other lie.
Obama, Clinton and Rice lied people died—
Catchy isn’t it.
Who would you feel more comfortable with if he was guy in the foxhole next to you, George W. Bush or Barry Soetoro?
What do you think Soetoro's response would have been IF he had been president September 11, 2001? Compare that to his response when he WAS the pretend president September 11, 2012.
Trump, instead of his glory pandering, should offer that 5 mill to the person who collects all the evidence and releases it. ALL OF IT.
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