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U.S. officer got no reply to requests for more security in Benghazi
yahoo ^ | 10/8 | Susan Cornwell and Mark Hosenbal

Posted on 10/09/2012 3:54:11 PM PDT by RummyChick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. security officer twice asked his State Department superiors for more security agents for the American mission in Benghazi months before an attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans, but he got no response.

The officer, Eric Nordstrom, who was based in Tripoli until about two months before the September attack, said a State Department official, Charlene Lamb, wanted to keep the number of U.S. security personnel in Benghazi "artificially low," according to a memo summarizing his comments to a congressional committee that was obtained by Reuters.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: benghazi; impeachnow; libya; obama; waronterror

1 posted on 10/09/2012 3:54:17 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

This certainly sounds bad. But out of curiosity, I looked her up. She seems to have a good record, although who can tell?

http://www.state.gov/m/ds/rls/bio/24748.htm

Possibly she is being thrown to the wolves by her superiors?


2 posted on 10/09/2012 4:02:44 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: RummyChick

A friend of mine is related to Nordstrom. This story is about to blow wide open.


3 posted on 10/09/2012 4:05:06 PM PDT by LittleSpotBlog
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To: LittleSpotBlog

So do you have an opinion as to what this debacle really was all about.


4 posted on 10/09/2012 4:11:07 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

I don’t know particulars other than that the State Department ignored repeated pleas for more security. And I know that Nordstrom’s concerns are hardly political (even though, thanks to Hillary and BHO, it’s a political issue now).


5 posted on 10/09/2012 4:16:14 PM PDT by LittleSpotBlog
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To: RummyChick

bump to bookmark thread.


6 posted on 10/09/2012 4:48:49 PM PDT by pollywog ("O Thou who changest not, abide with me.".......)
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To: RummyChick

Baraq was out playing golf when the red phone rang, apparently.

That would make a great commercial if anybody at the RNC is reading this.....


7 posted on 10/09/2012 4:51:55 PM PDT by nascarnation (Defeat Baraq 2012. Deport Baraq 2013)
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To: RummyChick

I probably should have been clearer. I suspect that this woman may have been ordered by her superiors not to provide more security for Benghazi. I don’t know that for certain, but her past record certainly doesn’t look like a typical obamanoid.

There was one wild theory that this was intended for an October surprise, where Obama would rescue the captive ambassador and prove how wonderful he was—sort of a reverse Jimmy Carter—but instead they killed him. But I think that’s pure speculation, so far.


8 posted on 10/09/2012 5:15:56 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: RummyChick

This is a fascinating guess on what was going on. Ties to much of what we have uncovered.

http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/50087


9 posted on 10/09/2012 5:17:24 PM PDT by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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To: RummyChick

Does anyone know if Glenn Doherty, Tyrone Woods or Sean Smith were actually armed?


10 posted on 10/09/2012 5:45:37 PM PDT by Eagles6 (DNC 2012 Convention: Celebrating infanticide and sodomy. Denying God.What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: RummyChick

bump


11 posted on 10/10/2012 2:24:36 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: RummyChick
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12 posted on 08/03/2024 7:33:15 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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