Thanks for heads-up. Lummis very good!
P: video feeds to the TOC in Benghazi monitored by a DS agent, who had an opportunity to see certain cameras that were put in for precisely that kind of surveillance.
He was speaking over phone to DS operation center in Washington.
Lummis: OK, so that gets it into the chain of command...So that info should have been available to Pres, SecState, SecDeF. Is that correct.
P: That particular set of info was shared in the State Dept. I don’t know to what degree it went beyond the State Dept.
ONCE AGAIN, another example of an astonishing lack of curiosity on P’s behalf.
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Lummis: Is it true that a former Gitmo detainee who knew Stevens claimed responsibility for the attack after it happened.
P: You’re getting into classified intel.
ISSA: That’s a-—That is NOT true. That is NOT classified that they made a overt claim of responsibility....They made a very public claim
P: Yea but—OK.
Lummis: Is it true that there is docs that MB and operatives from Egypt were involved in the attack?
P: Our report indicates that one Egyptian group that was named in the report was possibly involved.....
L: Is it true that they were seeking to loot SAMs that were gathering up at the annex?
P: No comment
L: It is possible that they were trying to acquire classified communications codes?
P: No comment
L: Is it true that they were planning to kidnap the ambassador and it went wrong?
P: No comment
L: I yield back my time
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P: Kidnapping seemed to me to be farfetched bec .... they did not make a serious attempt to go into the closed area of the villa. It is not even sure they knew the ambassador was there.
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Very little is every made of Steven’s meeting with the Turkish envoy. IIRC, terrorists already had roadblocks when he left the compound. If true, How did he get through? Why did he not warn Stevens by phone?
Nevertheless, the observation by the terrorists of Turk leaving would be an indication, if they needed another, that Stevens was in the compound.
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Sorry to be behind listening and typing on one part of testimony while thread is live and on another.
Jim Jordan went back to Mullen about the Mills convo about Lamb.
“Isn’t it true you were selected and notified by Mills that you were going to serve on the ARB?
M: Correct
Jordan: A week into formation of board you call Mills back up and say, “Hey” re: Lamb....And, oh BTW, at the end of the report
you give Hillary & Mills a chance to look at the report and make EDITS if they want to..., and yet you say You and board operated independent.
M: We have Hillary the report. IT WAS HER’s TO TAKE AND HER’S TO CHOOSE WHAT TO DO WITH. SHE CHOSE TO SIGN IT OUT.”
Jordan: OK, but don’t convey it as independent!