Posted on 05/17/2013 4:46:47 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike
This is a very interesting article by Sharyl Attkisson at CBS News. Its very long and covers different topics surrounding Benghazi, from the decision not to deploy FEST to how the talking points came about.
The quote below talks about how certain anonymous White House officials say that the missteps in Benghazi was less about malice and more about incompetence. For instance, they claim that the reasoning behind not deploying the counterterrorism unit known as FEST stemmed from a misunderstanding of FESTs role and ability. One official does pin the decision not to send in FEST on Under Secretary Patrick Kennedy, though the State Dept. would not admit to it.
If all of this is true in the report, the bottom line is whether it was incompetence or malice, its completely and utterly unacceptable and the truth should be made known to the American people.
(Excerpt) Read more at therightscoop.com ...
NO ONE BUT OBAMA could have made a difference that night. NO ONE...except two brave Navy SEALs who died disobeying direct orders.
Every survivor from that facility owes their life to those men. They need to step up.
It seems to be working, and that's probably enough.
Damned drugged out drunk kennedy... man I could chew nails!
LLS
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“, a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the killings appeared to be the result of a terrorist attack.
Under Secretary of State for Management Patrick F. Kennedy — who exercises responsibility for all department personnel, facilities, and operations, and who is one of the department’s most respected civil servants, having served in his position under both the George W. Bush and Obama administrations — delivered the assessment in an unclassified, half-hour conference call with staff aides to House and Senate lawmakers from relevant committees, and leadership offices, on the evening of Sept. 12. “
Sept 12, 4 days before Rice’s Sunday show lying tour.
No wonder they’re out to get him!
“NO ONE BUT OBAMA could have made a difference that night. NO ONE...except two brave Navy SEALs who died disobeying direct orders.
Every survivor from that facility owes their life to those men. They need to step up.”
- MestaMachine
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he goes under the short bus...
Is he the same Patrick Kennedy that is Teddy Kennedy’s son, and former Representative from Rhode Island? Wonder if he is being set up to take the fall on this? The Clintons and the Kennedy’s don’t like each other.
In 1805 President Thomas Jefferson didn’t need no steenking Crossborder Authority to go to the Barbary Coast to rescue the American hostages. Lt. Presley O’Bannon and his Marines did the needful.
Mary Joe, Bay of Pigs, now this!
Oh, and others:
In 1999 John F. Kennedy, Jr. crashed a plane he was flying, also killing his wife and sister-in-law.
In 1943, JFK was at the command of a PT-109, the only PT boat in the war ever rammed and sunk by a noisy Japanese destroyer, killing two crewmen. (The investigation by one of his father's friends white-washed the incident.)
And who knows how many people died as a result of Joe, Sr.'s Boston bootlegging operations.
Joe, Sr. also had his daughter lobotomized, resulting in her spending the rest of her life in an institution.
That's not counting the Kennedys who just killed themselves in accidents, overdoses, or suicides.
This is Patrick F. Kennedy, not Patrick J. Kennedy, Teddy Kennedy’s son.
Bless you friend!
Well, Obama is off the hook, he's not a man and he doesn't command anything, never has unless you count the Baskin Robbins - (which was the only paying employment he's ever admitted to)
Probably so in regard to routine personnel approvals. In some cases he might recommend and SoS approve. Would the attack of an consulate be considered routine? Hell no. This went to the SoS and the president who is CiC. Obama either said no or ignored the request.
The biggest question is: “Where was Brokeback in the hours before, during, and after the terrorist attacks?” Check the White Hut visitors log to see if one of his faggot lovers was on the premises that night. Also if his beard Moochelle was out of town. My bet is that Bathhouse Barry was playing hide the salami with a boyfriend (Reggie Love?) while his ambassador and three other brave men were being murdered.
Thanks, Mesta.
I pray every day for your health......not only for you, but for the invaluable service you provide FR.
Blessings.
If that sounds selfish, I certainly didn’t mean it that way.
bump
the official is probably valerie...the “darth present”
I stopped reading that tripe. Those guys are lying through their teeth.... I finally went back and read the rest.
Strictly speaking, people at that level are not idiots. The president isn’t an idiot. Steeped in Socialist/MArxist ideology, there value system is out of line. But there are smart people. They have managed to connive their way to the top of the Washington power structure. They are not stupid and not idiots.
They are conniving lowlifes.
This article clearly shows, by who is leaking and what is NOT being said, that this was a State Department operation all the way. State was in charge of theh operation, and they led the coverup.
This is all lies, and this article is their attempt to throw cold water on the brewing scandal.
No one takes responsibility. Everyone else is blamed.
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