Posted on 11/01/2012 3:02:50 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Officials feared the US Consulate in Benghazi was vulnerable to a 'co-ordinated attack' and had convened an 'emergency meeting' just weeks before Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed in an assault by Al-Qaeda, a classified cable reveals.
Mr Stevens and three other Americans were killed in a commando-style attack on the US Mission in the Libyan city on September 11, for which Al Qaeda in North Africa and Islamist militia Ansar al-Sharia were implicated.
Classified cables obtained by Fox News reveal concerns expressed by the State Department's senior security officer in an emergency meeting on August 15 that the consulate could not be protected.
It also said that consular staff knew Al-Qaeda and their affiliates were running ten training camps in Benghazi and that an attack was likely.
'RSO (Regional Security Officer) expressed concerns with the ability to defend Post in the event of a coordinated attack due to limited manpower, security measures, weapons capabilities, host nation support, and the overall size of the compound,' the cable said.
The consulate's Emergency Action Committee had been briefed 'on the location of approximately ten Islamist militia and AQ (Al-Qaeda) training camps within Benghazi' and had asked the consulate in the capital Tripoli for 'additional physical security upgrades.'
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Plus transcript:
"This is a rush transcript from "On the Record," October 31, 2012. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated."
Saw this last night. One of the big questions was, “Was the cable received by Hillary Clinton herself?”.
Drip, drip, drip.....
Hey....6 more days of dripping...then no one on the Obama team will give a damn.
From what Chaffetz said about what he COULDN’T say, reading between the lines says yes, she received a more urgent cable which is now classified.
Losing this election may be a blessing in disguise for Obama. I honestly believe, were he to win re-election, Benghazi could very well lead to Impeachment. I’m sure after the election the MSM will finally begin to dig into this mess, but about the time it gets really bad, Romney will issue a pardon.
Either way, the Obama Presidency ends up a complete and utter failure.
Interesting....perhaps because this issue will come up early in Romney's 1st term, is a good reason why his campaign has let this story move w/o more comment from Romney.
Let’s say it comes down to a President Romney’s issuing of a pardon to Obama. I’d expect to see and hear “IMPEACH ROMNEY” all over the place.
No too Obama and Soros they have managed to do much damage to our country in the last four years. Mission accomplished!
I expect remaining silent on this is the correct position for Romney to assume at this moment.
What follows, we’ll see. You seem to assume a pardon.
If Romney hammers Obama and his adm about their action/in-action now, it would be fodder for the Left about preconceived guilt - and it would be screamed to the rooftops for years and years.
The foreign media once again doing the job that the American media won’t. Time for election coverage by ABC, CBS, NBC, NYT and Washington Post to be declared as in-kind campaign contributions to Obama.
“You seem to assume a pardon.”
Not at all. I was speculating on a hypothetical situation.
Remember, everyone, the jackasses went out of their way to urinate all over the 1st Amendment to avoid admitting the act of terrorism. Also remember how Hollywood, the ACLU, and the alphabets cooperated in this coverup by ignoring the abuse of the 1st Amendment, and not reporting on the facts of the terrorism.
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