Posted on 10/29/2012 10:31:37 AM PDT by Snuph
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Two days after the deadly Libya terror attack, representatives of the FBI and National Counterterrorism Center gave Capitol Hill briefings in which they said the evidence supported an Al Qaeda or Al Qaeda-affiliated attack, Fox News has learned.
The description of the attack by those in the Sept. 13 briefings stands in stark contrast to the now controversial briefing on Capitol Hill by CIA Director David Petraeus the following day -- and raises even more questions about why Petraeus described the attack as tied to a demonstration.
The Sept. 13 assessment was based on intercepts that included individuals, believed to have participated in the attack, who were celebratory -- as well as a claim of responsibility.
FBI and NCTC also briefed that there were a series of Al Qaeda training camps just outside of Benghazi, where the attack occurred and resulted in the deaths of four Americans. The area was described as a hotbed for the militant Ansar al-Sharia as well as Al Qaeda in North Africa.
Fox News is told there was no mention of a demonstration or any significant emphasis on the anti-Islam video that for days was cited by administration officials as a motivating factor.
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RL just compared the coverage that Cindy Sheehan received versus the coverage that Tyrone’s father has received.
We’re pretty much at the point where we can trust CIA to get it 100% wrong every time. Remember, this is the agency that completely missed the collapse of the Soviet Union. We’re not getting our money’s worth out of them.
Someone needs to ask a lot of questions about the other staff in the Consulate. I have there were from 7-20 admin. staff in the consulate at the time.
Were they Americans? How did they manage to break through an encirclement by 100 jihadis with RPG’s, mortars, and machine guns? Would not an Ambassador and his top staff get first chance to escape?
Wouldn’t Al Qaeda want as many dead infidels as possible? Was it possible these admin. staff were allowed to leave by the attackers?
Finally, why is no one talking to these people who managed to survive?
It is all very puzzling.
Someone needs to ask a lot of questions about the other staff in the Consulate. I have there were from 7-20 admin. staff in the consulate at the time.
Were they Americans? How did they manage to break through an encirclement by 100 jihadis with RPG’s, mortars, and machine guns? Would not an Ambassador and his top staff get first chance to escape?
Wouldn’t Al Qaeda want as many dead infidels as possible? Was it possible these admin. staff were allowed to leave by the attackers?
Finally, why is no one talking to these people who managed to survive?
It is all very puzzling.
What does this mean for Petraeus? Some one or something has to give.
Some one or something has to give.
Not if no body presses them. Hearings after the election are an insult to the American people. It is looking increasingly like our President has teamed up with AlQueda and let our soldiers die rather than kill the jihadists. This is something every American has a right to know before they choose to give this traitor 4 more years to destroy this country. The hearings should begin today, Sandi be darned.
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