Posted on 11/17/2012 10:14:50 PM PST by WilliamIII
WASHINGTON — David H. Petraeus, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, told lawmakers on Friday that classified intelligence reports revealed that the deadly assault on the American diplomatic mission in Libya was a terrorist attack, but that the administration refrained from saying it suspected that the perpetrators of the attack were Al Qaeda affiliates and sympathizers to avoid tipping off the groups. Mr. Petraeus, who resigned last week after admitting to an extramarital affair, said the names of groups suspected in the attack — including Al Qaeda’s franchise in North Africa and a local Libyan group, Ansar al-Shariah — were removed from the public explanation of the attack immediately after the assault to avoiding alerting the militants that American intelligence and law enforcement agencies were tracking them, lawmakers said.
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Another possibility, he was an open homosexual. Was a lover used to lure him there? Would not be the first time. Why would a US ambassador and a Turkish ambassador agree to meet at a poorly guarded consulate, in a known hotbed of jihadist’s
activity..... on 9/11 anniversary? With a small security team to boot. I do not see diplomatic security team approving of the adventure, he may have gone against their wishes. Just a thought.
-PJ
UAR II
Tipping them off? What, the terrorist Islamic jihadists had no idea those were AMERICANS they were attacking?
We sure kept them from having the least clue about how or what to engage.
Not as if we were painting a target on their mortars or anything. And surely not as if we were in a fix where personnel had to be extracted for their own safety.
This is not merely lame. Both legs are cut off at the knees, there is a large gaping abdominal wound, and blood is streaming over both eyes, as the head explodes.
The NYT continues to willingly cover for our inept administration. They could have withheld specific names/information and still called the attack a terrorist action. Obama has sold out to the Muslim Brotherhood and was smuggling arms to them by way of Benghazi. Obama did not want to upset those activities and wanted to sweep the attack under the rug as a one time demonstration. It has been now over two months with no administration actions or resolution provided to the American general public. If it were not for the Petraeus sex scandal, Benghazi would be old news....just what the NYT is trying to do now. The death of the NYT can’t come soon enough for me.. Until then, it is just another political news outlet fo Obama.
The NYT continues to willingly cover for our inept administration. They could have withheld specific names/information and still called the attack a terrorist action. Obama has sold out to the Muslim Brotherhood and was smuggling arms to them by way of Benghazi. Obama did not want to upset those activities and wanted to sweep the attack under the rug as a one time demonstration. It has been now over two months with no administration actions or resolution provided to the American general public. If it were not for the Petraeus sex scandal, Benghazi would be old news....just what the NYT is trying to do now. The death of the NYT can’t come soon enough for me.. Until then, it is just another political news outlet fo Obama.
The NYT continues to willingly cover for our inept administration. They could have withheld specific names/information and still called the attack a terrorist action. Obama has sold out to the Muslim Brotherhood and was smuggling arms to them by way of Benghazi. Obama did not want to upset those activities and wanted to sweep the attack under the rug as a one time demonstration. It has been now over two months with no administration actions or resolution provided to the American general public. If it were not for the Petraeus sex scandal, Benghazi would be old news....just what the NYT is trying to do now. The death of the NYT can’t come soon enough for me.. Until then, it is just another political news outlet fo Obama.
Never tell a terrorist they just committed a terrorist attack.
Johnny Washington sucks ass!
The president of Libya said immediately that it was a terrorist attack - Al Q claimed it right away - what’s to keep secret?
Yet another layer of lies
Even if that were true, to falsely blame a video put up by an American citizen and put his life in danger is treasonous and an impeachable offense
Nobody had to worry about tipping off anyone after the attack. During it they knew they were being watched. I bet you can find a shot of one of them flipping off the camera in the sky.
I think you have that wrong. What you should say is that it is sad how naive the U.S. government and the New York Times thinks we are to belive such nonsense.
Stevens went for the ostensible purpose of dedicating a “cultural center,”something that would have been planned with at least some advance notice. However, he was also scheduled to have a meeting with a Turkish ship owner who was thought to be involved in or knowledgeable about weapons smuggling and shipping. He met with him, and it was right after the meeting, when he got back to the consulate,that the attack began.
since AQ was publicly taking credit, I doubt the administration was trying tohide our knowledge of who did it from AQ. More rational explanation isthey didn’t want public to know that Bambi’ allies had attacked us
So not providing security must have been a ruse, too....just to fool them....right??
This is what the Whitehouse is providing to the media??
since AQ was publicly taking credit, I doubt the administration was trying tohide our knowledge of who did it from AQ. More rational explanation isthey didn’t want public to know that Bambi’ allies had attacked us
Every terrorist KNOWS it is open season on Americans,
thanks to the CRIMINALS in the MSM, and Congress.
Hate to risk tipping off the terrorists, but the U.S. was not just “playing” dumb.
I still want to know who was in the White House Situation Room watching all this go down and where the P0TUS was?
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