Live Thread: Benghazi, [Hearing] Successes and Failures of U.S. Intervention in Libya

http://oversight.house.gov/ ^ | May 1, 2014 | House.gov

[Whenifhow]

Witnesses testified about the 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and the Obama administration’s response.

Brigadier General Robert Lovell, U.S. Air Force (Retired) Former Deputy Director for Intelligence and Knowledge Development Directorate (J-2), U.S. Africa Command Former Deputy Commanding General of Joint Task Force Odyssey Guard Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Ph.D Senior Fellow Foundation for Defense of Democracies Dr. Kori Schake, Ph.D Research Fellow Hoover Institution Dr. Frederic Wehrey, Ph.D. Senior Associate, Middle East Program Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

[Lucky9teen]

I love Jason Chaffetz....although he was not "screaming"

GOP Rep. Screams in Benghazi Hearing: Video Blaming ‘Only Comes from the White House’

The scandal that is here, that some choose to ignore is a phony scandal, is the fact that the CIA, the CIA station chief, the military themselves — you have the person sitting in front of us who’s the head of intelligence — he’s looking at the intelligence,” Chaffetz exclaimed. “They come to the conclusion that it’s Ansar al-Sharia.”

“And then you also have the Department of State telling the Libyans that it was Ansar al-Sharia,” he continued. “None of them think it’s a video. None of them.”

“The military, the CIA, the CIA station chief, the State Department; all of them, the facts at the time, Mr. Chairman, the facts do not point to a video,” the congressman concluded. “That only comes from the White House.”

[hoosiermama]

That’s what we should be concentrating on instead of why the lies about the video. What were they really trying to hide? Why was the post really attacked AFTER the Turk left. I’ve wondered if he was delivering a large amount of $$$$ and that was the primary target.

[uncitizen]

Without even having to watch the hearing I know you are right. This is how it goes now. It’s so exposed, so naked for anyone to see if they wake up and open their eyes. Sadly not enough people will do so in time as our nation circles the drain faster and faster by the day.

[kcvl]

Distractions from the General’s testimony!

Guard Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Ph.D Senior Fellow Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Dr. Kori Schake, Ph.D
(Kori Schake is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution - former McCain advisor)

Dr. Frederic Wehrey, Ph.D. Senior Associate, Middle East Program Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

What do they know about what happened in Benghazi? Absolutely nothing!

[txhurl]

but where an underguarded (naive) ambassador trapsing back and forth using this hovel for what national interest? !!!

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On the morning this broke, I believe Martha McCallum was covering it, and she said the locals were telling media that Stevens was ‘killed by his own puppets’ which I interpreted to mean the locals he was using to run guns, including MANPADS.

Stevens wasn’t exactly afraid in his own moccasins/environment.

[PieterCasparzen]

This format is killing us on Benghazi. Four minute starts lead no where in the questioning.

The financial elites control this country.

All hearings like this are designed to hide the real wrongdoing by going after other inconsequential (to the elites) wrongdoings.

I heard the same familiar names of NWO/financial elites: Hoover Institution (keeper of tons of secrets), Carnegie Endowment for Peace, etc.

It's so glaringly obvious.

For a hundred years we've seen these circus commissions and hearings; it's a show put on for the sheeple to think they're hearing a grain of truth.

It's just a show meant to hide who is really calling the shots.

Every highly-placed official in government knows to not cross the elites. They are all, therefore, bought and paid for. A very few may seem like they're well-enough intended, but they know to not cross the elites as well.

[RitaOK]

Absolutely, they do not want us to know what hairbrained, nefarious activity they were into, to continue hanging around this neighborhood after countless alarms, alerts and waves of departures by everyone else.

The whole thing stinks. If a title means anything, you know Hillary had a role here. She had to know her department’s own objectives for using the hovel in Benghazi, rejecting requests for increasing security, with the ambassador all but bicycling in to town unarmed, with a big red X on his back.

[TexasCajun]

Bombshell Document:

A new email/doc just got entered into the record, that the day after the attack, State Dept informed Libya's ambassador of the "Terrorist Attack" on our consulate & annex.

[sheikdetailfeather]

Chaffetz Benghazi Q&A 5-1-2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSZkOEs_ewA&feature=youtu.be

[Cheerio]

Nixon I am not a crook by todays standards





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[txhurl]

And when VJ got wind of that, she sent her own flying monkeys to thighness’ condo saying ‘retract that or die before breakfast’.. Hillary said you know, you’re right. It was a video and a demonstration gone awry.

Is there still time to ask BG Lovell who told them ‘not to try’?

[Starboard]

For a hundred years we’ve seen these circus commissions and hearings; it’s a show put on for the sheeple to think they’re hearing a grain of truth.

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Absolutely true. Its all nothing but political theater.

[RitaOK]

Weak panel, today. Speedy strikes do not trump an absence of ammunition. These guys are very low hanging fruit.

This hearing is probably to feed the story, until they can line up better witnesses, so it will hold up for the standard three weeks running in the media, which seems to represent reaching the people with any meaningful penetration.

[Starboard]

Is there still time to ask BG Lovell who told them ‘not to try’?

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Exactly. Why was nothing done and who made the decision? There has to be accountability or a good explanation as to why there was no attempt to rescue those men.

[kcvl]

"A new email/doc just got entered into the record, that the day after the attack, State Dept informed Libya's ambassador of the "Terrorist Attack" on our consulate & annex."

Hello, Hillary! Want to try for another sterling performance of lying?

I hope someone will nail her *ss to the wall. She has lied throughout her entire political life and no one ever holds her accountable. Hell no, I don't want her as President of anything, at any time!

[RitaOK]

Oh, goody. Carney presser to be shortly.

Yes, I am delighted to hope for a shark attack. :)

[TexasCajun]

We need to dig this out of the transcripts, I forget who entered the new doc, read the email, stated who wrote it and to whom it was sent.

[txhurl]

This time there’s enough to compel thighness to testify UNDER OATH.

And she will throw VJ/zero under the bus. So, her being subpeonad has to be avoided at all cost.

[RitaOK]

While that’s true among our elected, the media used to ride flank on them with more honesty. Media was always the dart thrower then.

[Whenifhow]

Thanks for the video!