Sources suggest the Benghazi attack was a bungled abduction attempt (2012)

Examiner blog ^ | 11/15/12

[Carismar]

Retired Four-Star Admiral James “Ace” Lyons, one of the guests on “Lou Dobbs Tonight” this past Wednesday evening, suggests the attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya on September 11 was the result of a bungled abduction attempt. Admiral Lyons, whose career in the United States (U.S.) Navy was capped by two years of service as the Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet from 1985 to 1987, thinks this kidnapping was planned to be the first stage of an international prisoner exchange. This transfer of prisoners would have ensured the release of Omar Abdel Rahman, the “Blind Sheik” convicted of orchestrating the World Trade Center Bombing in 1993. Lyons' analysis of the evidence led him to the failed kidnapping conclusion. Admiral James Lyons suggests the Obama administration intentionally lessened the levels of security at the consulate compound in Benghazi in the weeks leading up to the attack. This plan should have worked to reduce the possibility of resistance as the Ansar al-Sharia terrorist organization captured Chris Stevens, the American Ambassador to Libya.

[M-cubed]

that's the only plausible theory IMHO.... after listening to the hearings and the security guys...they were stunned and befuddled by the lack of response from State...those guys were career professionals....although they couldn't say it out right..they left a pretty damned good trail to the answers

[piasa]

The rape claim is based entirely on an Arab story in a Lebanese rag. Most of the crap people believe about Benghazi is based on such wholly unsupported speculation.

[CyberAnt]

Wow! I never heard that rumor.