Background Briefing on Libya (Very Detailed)

US Department of State ^ | 10/9/2012 | Senior State Department Official

[mojito]

MODERATOR: Hey, everybody. Thanks for joining us on such relatively short notice, late on a Tuesday evening....

So joining us tonight are two Senior State Department Officials, and this will be on background, and they will be Senior State Department Official Number One...and Senior State Department Official Number Two.

So in any case, thank you for joining us, and I’m going to hand it over to Senior State Department Official Number One. And just a reminder before I do, again, this is on background. Thank you.

SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL NUMBER ONE: All right. Let me proceed. I’m going to give you as much information as possible about the events of that night, but I am going to start with a scene-setter.

So let me set the stage. On April 5th, 2011, a small Department of State team headed by Chris Stevens arrives by chartered boat in Benghazi. They set up shop in a hotel. This is at a time when Benghazi was liberated, Qadhafi was still in power in Tripoli, the war was going on, our Ambassador had been expelled from Tripoli by Qadhafi, the Embassy staff had been evacuated because it was unsafe. So Chris Stevens coming back into Benghazi – coming into Benghazi on April 5th, 2011, is the only U.S. Government people in Libya at this time.

They set up shop in a hotel, as I mentioned. A few weeks later in June, a bomb explodes in the parking lot in front of the hotel. The group in Benghazi makes a decision to move to a new location. They move to a couple of places, and by August they settle on a large compound which is where the actual activity on 9/11 took place. So they’re in a large compound, where they remain...

[Just mythoughts]

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[what's up]

The attack was to shut down the search for the anti-aircraft missiles.

I believe you are right.

Obama/Clinton helped topple their Gov't providing Al-Queda and friends with LOTS of large-scale weapons.

Then the weapons were used to attack us with Obama/Clinton's help.

Now these same weapons are untrackable.

Unbelievable (but not really to those who knew something like this would happen when we went into Libya).

[WaterWeWaitinFor]

Obama AT the UN stated in no uncertain terms that it was the video (6 x) and he stated that NO one should be able to speak against a religion.

THIS is sick, just sick and frightening. Come ON, folks - let’s get this man out ofoffice, then we need to press charges against the whole bunch. He took an oath to protect this nation, and is outwardly destroying it.

[gibsosa]

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[gotribe]

Fast and Ferocious.

[GOPJ]

OPERATOR: The question is from Andrea Mitchell, NBC News. Please, go ahead.

QUESTION: Hi. When did you finally find Ambassador Stevens? And do you know now how he got to the hospital? Was it definitely Libyans? Were they the militia, the February 17th militia? What can you tell us about it?

Was Andrea Mitchell briefed by the Russians before this call?

[TigersEye]

MODERATOR: Hey, everybody.

Hey, everybody? Cool, it's like Goober's gas station at the State Dept. Kin I git a sody pop from the cooler on the honor system?

[Excellence]

Thanks for posting.

[PGalt]

OUTSTANDING posts/context added to this very good thread. Thanks. BTTT!

[AFPhys]

Thanks you for copying this whole briefing transcript. Yes, it is long, but it has been my experience that it can be far easier to locate items like this on FR years later than on the .gov sites, or any other location. It is worth keeping these things available for prosperity.

[foxfield]

BTTT

[PGalt]

Thanks, mojito. GRRRRREAT post!