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U.S. official: Benghazi assault appeared to be ‘terrorist attack from the get-go’
Washington Post ^ | May 5, 2013 | By Sean Sullivan and Anne Gearan

Posted on 05/05/2013 7:46:03 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee

The deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Libya during a 2012 attack on a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi told investigators he thought it was a terrorist strike from the beginning, according to interview excerpts released Sunday on CBS News’s “Face the Nation.”

“I thought it was a terrorist attack from the get-go. I think everybody in the mission thought it was a terrorist attack from the beginning,” Gregory Hicks said in an interview with investigators shared with “Face the Nation.” The excerpt was one of several host Bob Schieffer revealed on the program.Hicks is one of the witnesses called to testify this week before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about the Sept. 11, 2012, attack that killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.

Shortly after the attack, U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice characterized the assault as a spontaneous attack. The Obama administration later said it was an act of terrorism.

“Clearly, there was a political decision to say something different than what was reasonable to say,” House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said on “Face the Nation.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: benghaziresponse; benghaziwb; dnc4alqaeda; lie2thepeople; obama4alqaeada; treason
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1 posted on 05/05/2013 7:46:03 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
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To: Brad from Tennessee

TREASON - continuous, pre-meditated, in-your-face, media complicit, agency-abetted, representative-enabled, ongoing...

FUBO FUJB FUHRC FUSR

R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods

Condolences to your families. Condolences to your friends.


2 posted on 05/05/2013 7:48:36 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I’d like to know which one of these incompetent dim bulbs in the Obama regime came up with the Youtube video clip idea. What a bunch of morons.


3 posted on 05/05/2013 7:49:21 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (America is the root cause of violent crime in Mexico. - Barack Hussein Obama Jr.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

a ruse cannot be covered over forever. The hillary / zer0 ruse is over.


4 posted on 05/05/2013 7:50:15 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Sooooo, who is going under the bus? The buck stops where?


5 posted on 05/05/2013 7:51:18 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Plan "B" is now Plan "A")
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Bump


6 posted on 05/05/2013 7:52:07 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: FlingWingFlyer
I’d like to know which one of these incompetent dim bulbs in the Obama regime came up with the Youtube video clip idea.

I think you'll find it was just one of several videos they saved in their favorites as a scapegoat just in case there was ever a terrorist attack on their watch.

If Beghazi never happened that same video would have been the talking points of the Obama regime shortly after the Boston Marathon bombings.

7 posted on 05/05/2013 7:53:16 PM PDT by tsowellfan (www.cafenetamerica.com)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Well....8 months late, but CNN, CBS, WaPo, etc. bust loose ahead of hearings.

More CIA types ready to join the fray, once they see the first whistleblower’s don’t get whacked.

They’ve seen the chinks in Obama’s armor recently, they’re ready to join in the takedown.


8 posted on 05/05/2013 7:57:05 PM PDT by G Larry (Darkness Hates the Light)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
Whap!

Anyone wanting on or off this ping list, please advise.


Benghazi Index

9 posted on 05/05/2013 8:00:57 PM PDT by MestaMachine
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To: Mike Darancette

At 1600 where it damn well belongs.


10 posted on 05/05/2013 8:02:27 PM PDT by MestaMachine
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I’ll betcha Romney’s asking “Can I get a do-over?” The 2012 election could’ve gone Romney’s way had the news media outed 0bama’s dereliction of duty and Hillary’s negligent homicide in Benghazi along with the multiple instances of perjury and obstruction of justice that followed.


11 posted on 05/05/2013 8:04:16 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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To: FlingWingFlyer

This was planned months in advance for 9/11.


12 posted on 05/05/2013 8:04:48 PM PDT by MestaMachine
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

It wasn’t negligent homicide. It was premeditated murder.


13 posted on 05/05/2013 8:07:03 PM PDT by MestaMachine
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To: Brad from Tennessee
The brief article states that the hearings will focus on how the SD "massaged the public statements...."

There they go again. I guess Jack the Ripper massaged all those women

14 posted on 05/05/2013 8:07:42 PM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: Brad from Tennessee


15 posted on 05/05/2013 8:07:52 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Put Petraeus under oath!


16 posted on 05/05/2013 8:09:34 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

The 3 O’Clock call came and neither Hillary nor Barack was ready to answer. Unfortunately, the coverup lasted long enough for him to get reelected.


17 posted on 05/05/2013 8:17:21 PM PDT by mak5
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
I’ll betcha Romney’s asking “Can I get a do-over?” The 2012 election could’ve gone Romney’s way had the news media outed 0bama’s dereliction of duty and Hillary’s negligent homicide in Benghazi along with the multiple instances of perjury and obstruction of justice that followed.


Or if Romney had bothered to even make it an issue and go after Obama for it.

It's kind of hard to ignore a Presidential Candidate talking about it every day for two months.

Romney had skeletons in the closet about Obama care, but not on Benghazi

18 posted on 05/05/2013 8:25:07 PM PDT by rdcbn
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To: Mike Darancette

Hopefully “the bus” starts to look more like a train wreck that might just derail Hillary’s shot at the WH in 2016.


19 posted on 05/05/2013 8:27:48 PM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement.--or one's family--)
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To: milagro
High Crimes and Misdemeanors...

Very interesting read. Hope springs eternal.

http://constitution.org/cmt/high_crimes.htm

20 posted on 05/05/2013 8:37:10 PM PDT by ibytoohi (What the hell has happened to my country?)
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