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Benghazi Creeps Closer To Hillary Clinton
Investor's Business Daily ^ | June 24, 2013 | IBD EDITORIALS

Posted on 06/24/2013 4:19:41 PM PDT by raptor22

Scandal: The decision to place U.S. personnel in Benghazi with substandard security was made at the highest levels of the State Department by officials who have so far escaped blame over the Sept. 11 attack.

BENGHAZI CREEPS CLOSER TO HILLARY CLINTON

An indication that the Orwellian-named Accountability Review Board (ARB) investigating the terrorist attack on our diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, was an effort not to assign responsibility for the disaster but to enable those responsible to escape blame is the fact that ARB never bothered to interview the likes of Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy.

ARB co-chair Thomas Pickering told CBS' Bob Schieffer on "Face the Nation" in May that he and his colleagues had ample opportunity to question Secretary of State Hillary Clinton herself but concluded that conducting an interview with her was not necessary. "We knew where the responsibility rested," he said.

In defending the ARB's findings on Benghazi, Pickering, who co-authored its report with former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Mike Mullen, had no use for whistle-blowers like Gregory Hicks, the No. 2 official in Libya at the time of the strike that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. Hicks had told the House Government Oversight Committee he believed the ARB report "let people off the hook."

"They've tried to point a finger at people more senior than where we found the decisions were made," Pickering said, citing specifically Clinton and Undersecretary for Management Patrick Kennedy.

His mind was made up, and he didn't want to be confused with the facts such as the testimony of Mark Thompson, deputy coordinator for operations in the State Department's counterterrorism bureau. Thompson told the House committee that Secretary Clinton attempted to cut the bureau off from communications about the attack.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: arb; benghazi; benghazigate; fastandfurious; hillaryclinton; ibd; ibdbenghazi; impeachnow; irs; libya; waronterror
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To: MHGinTN

Show Benghazi Consulate on caller ID display


21 posted on 06/24/2013 6:03:05 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: Hotlanta Mike
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/06/hillarys_perfect_campaign_slogan.html ........................................................ FRegards
22 posted on 06/24/2013 6:59:07 PM PDT by gonzo ( Buy more ammo, dammit! You should already have the firearms ... FRegards)
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To: morphing libertarian

Excellent! But now that I think about it, the clock should read six-fifty-five and day sunshine should be filtering through heavy curtains and when a tapping on the door is heard between rings, the scene should shift to show Huma at the door outside hillahag’s bedroom. Then the scene shifts back to the bedside to catch hillahag slapping the phone to the floor and the empty Cognac bottle clinking down from the bed linens.


23 posted on 06/24/2013 8:12:16 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: MHGinTN

Split screen shills bdr and events in bengh


24 posted on 06/24/2013 8:21:47 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: morphing libertarian; Tolkien
I have occasionally entertained the idea of writing one of my novels into a sort of hybrid screenplay and novel combination. A friend here at FR even sent to me a copy of a Hollywood screenplay, to use for a template assistant. [Thanx Tolkien, I've not yet put it to use but I'm close.]
25 posted on 06/24/2013 8:27:10 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: Yosemitest

If you get one, you can get the other. Under the bus with both of ‘em.


26 posted on 06/24/2013 8:36:38 PM PDT by stboz
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To: MHGinTN

If you ping, please add me.


27 posted on 06/24/2013 9:21:16 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: raptor22

Oh my. Obama must be feeling REALLY invincible to be taking on The Hill.


28 posted on 06/24/2013 9:50:51 PM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: raptor22

IBD is one of the only credible sources of news we have left.


29 posted on 06/24/2013 10:24:33 PM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: Yosemitest

Known as The Fuhrer?


30 posted on 06/25/2013 6:17:28 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: ExTexasRedhead
How about know as "The Beast" ?

Remember:
31 posted on 06/25/2013 7:54:39 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: stboz
Well, here's what I've found and what I know.
Military Scramble Order Overseas, How They Work
First, I've got over 26 years working in military control towers, most of them as the watch supervisor/crew chief on duty.
Scrambling aircraft to respond to urgent situations normally starts at the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
The scramble order comes down through a secured phone call on a direct line.
In the attack on the U.S. embassy on Benghazi, the drone control would have been from MacDill AFB, FL, by U.S. Central Command, and would have been in direct contact, or maybe even remote control to the situation room in the White House.
Watch this 4 minute 48 second video Inside the Situation Room.
The pResident SHOULD HAVE issued to order to scramble fighters to Benghazi, to get there in minimum time.
Then he SHOULD HAVE issued a second order scrambling AC-130 gunships to respond to Benghazi, and have them stand by for more orders. This should have been controlled by the pResident, who should have monitored and responded with guidance from his Situation Room, Read
Here's one more piece of information.
Like Rush said:

Now we know that Obama was in the room watching Benghazi attack live.

I know from experience in the government (over 30 years) that the communication system allows for IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION to the SITUATION ROOM,
as well as other agencies, of notification of a critical situation such as this.
I'm sure technology has changed and only gotten better since I retired, but read this with focus onFLASH OVERRIDE and FLASH.
There is more you need to read.
Read post #48 of ""Under God" Removed By Obama During Inaguration Pledge" and know that we were warned of this.


This has been planned for a VERY LONG TIME.
Obama is solely responsible for this.
Hillary claimed “No Knowledge” of gun running
and told Rand Paul he needed to ask the CIA
.


Let's look at some of the facts.
So, let us remember. For a better understanding of the issue, read HISTORY of Mohammed ( spelled variously; Mahomet, Muhammed, Mehmet, etc. ). then watch William Federer explain it, from Jan. 25, 2012 at CC Chino Hills, CA. It's a MUST WATCH for everyone,Christians, Athiests and even Muslims!

As retired military myself, I've seen the damage of "keeping secrets" about bad leaders.
Obama is EVIL, pure and simple.
Please watch Glenn Beck with Trevor Loudon & his book "Barack Obama and the Enemies Within".
Then watch the 29 minute 13 seconds video Trevor Loudon- An Urgent (and chilling) Message for America.

Obama may be feigning "incompetence," thinking he's too sly, being a "wolf in sheep's clothing" since his mentoring was from Fabian Fascism..
The "Establishment Republicans" will probably NOT want to IMPEACH the TREASONIST Barack Hussein Obama II.
But it's better for the country that Obama suffer the penalty, the strongest penalty for his actions, and his inactions.
Let's look at the Presidential Oaths of Office.
Now who among us really believes Obama did any of that ?
To Obama, that was "Just words. Just speeches! "
Damn him ! Damn him to hell !

I'll finish this with asking you to read Watch the 18 minute 56 second documentary video "Absolutely Uncertain" at "theBLAZE.com" or on YouTube.com, narrated by Irina, the 23-year-old “Jewish New Yorker” and a former Obama supporter .

One other suggestion, read DID OBAMA WANT STEVENS DEAD?
The language is a little abrasive, but spot on. Also read:
32 posted on 06/25/2013 8:42:53 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: raptor22
Of course, Hillary could not have given the 'stand down' order.

obama benghazi sleeping lazy dereliction of duty Obama las vegas benghazi lazy useless idiot

Obama: Benghazi bumps in the road

33 posted on 06/25/2013 4:31:07 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: Bon mots

You think Reagan had “teflon”, that’s nothing compared to Hillary.


34 posted on 06/25/2013 4:32:15 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
Yeah, now she's starting her new marketing campaign... says she's "ready".

Good grief...

Hillary ready

35 posted on 06/27/2013 3:52:52 AM PDT by Bon mots
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