I condemn in the strongest terms the attack on our mission in Benghazi today. As we work to secure our personnel and facilities, we have confirmed that one of our State Department officers was killed. We are heartbroken by this terrible loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and those who have suffered in this attack.
This evening, I called Libyan President Magariaf to coordinate additional support to protect Americans in Libya. President Magariaf expressed his condemnation and condolences and pledged his government’s full cooperation.
Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet. The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind.
In light of the events of today, the United States government is working with partner countries around the world to protect our personnel, our missions, and American citizens worldwide.
The embassy put out a groveling, preemptive statement in an attempt to appease the brewing mob before it attacked.
News of the statement was broken by me on FR that afternoon.
Rather than acknowledge these were al Qaeda inspired attacks on the 9/11 attacks anniversary, the Obama campaign/admin blamed the video to preserve Obama's lie that he had al Qaeda on the run.
Surprisingly, Wikipedia has a good, but incomplete write-up:
Movement for Omar Abdel-Rahman[edit]
On June 29, newly elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi pledged to free Omar Abdel-Rahman, who he described as a political prisoner.[31] On August 2, Egypt formally requested that the United States release Abdel-Rahman.[32]
On August 30, according to Eric Trager, al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya called for a protest at the US embassy in Cairo on September 11 to demand the release of Abdel-Rahman.[33]
On September 8, El Fagr reported on a threat to burn down the US embassy in Cairo unless Abdel-Rahman was released. Raymond Ibrahim described this threat as a unified statement by Egyptian Islamic Jihad and al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya.[34]
A DHS report released on September 11 and reported by Fox News on September 19 indicated that a web statement incited "sons of Egypt" to pressure America to release Abdel-Rahman "even if it requires burning the embassy down with everyone in it." The Web statement was apparently posted on an Arabic-language forum on September 9, two days before the attack, and was in reference to the embassy in Egypt.[35]
The Wikipedia report doesn't include Ayman al Zawahiri's younger brother Mohammed's on site claim of credit for the protest/attack.
Spoken as the American people SHOULD speak it: Hillary Clinton is a BAD employee; Barack Obama is a BAD employee. What will it take to make low-information Americans realize that we EMPLOY these people, and we can FIRE them?