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CBS News REPORT: Under Secretary Patrick Kennedy decided NOT to send FEST to Benghazi
The Right Scoop ^ | May 17th, 2013

Posted on 05/17/2013 4:46:47 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike

This is a very interesting article by Sharyl Attkisson at CBS News. It’s very long and covers different topics surrounding Benghazi, from the decision not to deploy FEST to how the talking points came about.

The quote below talks about how certain anonymous White House officials say that the missteps in Benghazi was less about malice and more about incompetence. For instance, they claim that the reasoning behind not deploying the counterterrorism unit known as FEST stemmed from a misunderstanding of FEST’s role and ability. One official does pin the decision not to send in FEST on Under Secretary Patrick Kennedy, though the State Dept. would not admit to it.

If all of this is true in the report, the bottom line is whether it was incompetence or malice, it’s completely and utterly unacceptable and the truth should be made known to the American people.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 20120911; benghazi; benghazifest; fest; kennedy; obama; patrickkennedy; sharylattkisson; statedept; terrorist
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To: Hotlanta Mike

(Thanks for posting this thread)

“If all of this is true in the report, the bottom line is whether it was incompetence or malice, “

OR MAYBE it was malice achieved by the appointment of incompetent and inexperienced people to top government positions. They are they because they can be depended upon to fail.

The author sets you up trying to prove it was incompetence, and then gives you a A OR B choice.

I say the answer is that it is both.


41 posted on 05/17/2013 5:47:48 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: mrsmith

Great find. Pin the tale on the Kennedy.


42 posted on 05/17/2013 5:48:38 PM PDT by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

The underside of the Bus is getting crowded.


43 posted on 05/17/2013 5:49:54 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Rushmore Rocks

Thank you, and no, that sounded anything BUT selfish.


44 posted on 05/17/2013 5:49:57 PM PDT by MestaMachine
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To: mrsmith

Payback time!

“During the U.S. Presidential election, 2008 Patrick F. Kennedy ordered State Department employees in Europe be barred from attending Sen. Barack Obama’s speech in Berlin on July 24, 2008 to ensure they displayed political neutrality. Kennedy labeled Obama’s visit as a partisan political activity and he forbade employees from attending.[2]”

Thank goodness they’re not blaming some political hack like Obama- who had the authority to decide...


Interesting, thanks for the flashback.


45 posted on 05/17/2013 5:50:08 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great natiorn is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: Mad Dawgg

The underside of the Bus is getting crowded.


The question is, who in their right mind is willing to take the fall for any of these Obama scandals, some of which are felonies under current law?


46 posted on 05/17/2013 5:53:33 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great natiorn is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

” For instance, they claim that the reasoning behind not deploying the counterterrorism unit known as FEST stemmed from a misunderstanding of FEST’s role and ability. “

Considering the scope of personnel that FEST was comprised of (FBI, CIA, Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, etc) and the involvement each of those agencies had to have, it is COMPLTETELY IMPOSSIBLE that those in the White House making the decisions did not ‘know’ about FEST’s ‘role and ability’.

In order to give a GO or NOGO order, the individual doing it has to have the info on their ‘role’, otherwise there would be no point in him/her making A DECISION AT ALL.


47 posted on 05/17/2013 5:55:19 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: G Larry

Who is in charge of the White House when Obama is asleep ?


48 posted on 05/17/2013 5:56:53 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: MestaMachine

Thank you, may God bless you and your great work.


49 posted on 05/17/2013 5:59:33 PM PDT by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

A goopd amount of information, but I didn’t see anything about the handful of rescuers who were told to stand down in Tripoli.

One group mentioned in the article (FEST) was based in the US and the other (In-extremis force) was in Croatia on an exercise.


50 posted on 05/17/2013 6:00:31 PM PDT by Will88
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To: Hotlanta Mike
"The question is, who in their right mind is willing to take the fall for any of these Obama scandals, some of which are felonies under current law?"

The game is easy to play when you get to make up the rules. Who is going to prosecute whoever they throw under the bus? The people who threw them under the bus.

Hey there Mr. Kennedy we are throwing you under the bus. You make some noise and say how it is unfair and we will make sure your Christmas Stocking is always full of goodies for being a good little patsy...

Oh and if you don't play along we will drag you through the courts till your legal bills put you so far in debt you won't be able to afford to pay attention!

51 posted on 05/17/2013 6:03:03 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

All the anti terrorist machinery was left out in the rain to rust.

Arrogance and the actual belief that terrorism was over left them defenseless and panic ensued and still prevails

Bottom line........ arrogant incompetent chickenshits


52 posted on 05/17/2013 6:03:28 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....History is a process, not an event)
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To: Hotlanta Mike


53 posted on 05/17/2013 6:05:29 PM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Look we know this guy, we know how he operates, so where was he? He had to have known Benghazi was happening and he made himself scarce that night. I do not buy the “Al Qaeda is on the run theory,” it doesn’t make sense. He could have had a live BinLaden sequel weeks before the election. Orchestrating a rescue from the sit room, seals, guns blazing, cameras rolling. Instead, he was no where to be found, passing on maybe the greatest political opportunity in American history. Nah, he knew the outcome.


54 posted on 05/17/2013 6:05:48 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: Hotlanta Mike

What was Hillary doing? She can’t hide behind subordinates.


55 posted on 05/17/2013 6:05:56 PM PDT by Rocky (Obama is pure evil.)
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To: Ax
In 1805 President Thomas Jefferson didn’t need no steenking Crossborder Authority

Obama didn't need to even consider CBA.

There was a UAV with HELLFIRE MISSILES flying overhead in Libya already. At the White House, they were watching video feeds from it.

One of the Dead Soldiers 'painted' the mortar attack position with a laser. You don't do that if you don't know that a military craft (UAV) is nearby and ARMED. AND THESE GUYS WOULD KNOW.

How many 'terrorists' have we killed in the Middle East with Hellfire armed UAV's ?

How many ARMED UAV's did we sent after Ghadaffi and his convoys?

Why would anyone think that the ONE UAV near enough to the 'consulate'(misdirection) in Benghazi.... would not be armed ?

Not only did the OBAMA ADMINISTRATION give rescue troops the STAND DOWN order, but they also REFUSED TO USE THE ARMED UAV that was ON SITE, to help.

This is one of the things they do not want you to know.

56 posted on 05/17/2013 6:07:31 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: Bryan24
Strictly speaking, people at that level are not idiots. The president isn’t an idiot. Steeped in Socialist/MArxist ideology, there value system is out of line. But there are smart people. They have managed to connive their way to the top of the Washington power structure. They are not stupid and not idiots.

No, but they can be depended upon to do the wrong thing (for the nation. They will commit immoral acts to keep power. A 'president' could misuse that kind of talent, if he was malicious.

57 posted on 05/17/2013 6:13:26 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: Ax
The President never has needed that authority and still doesn't- a CBA is a president's privilege to grant or to deny the military, it is not something a president needs but it is something a military team needs... (unless some officer has extra big balls & a crew to match, who are willing to defy a president and to lose career and everything to try to save their fellows.)
58 posted on 05/17/2013 6:14:58 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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59 posted on 05/17/2013 6:20:46 PM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: piasa

The CBA issue is a misdirection, a distraction from the truth.

Hillary was going to run for President.
The Chicago Machine doesn’t want Hillary as their candidate.
They have someone else in mind, and they’ve been successful with the current idiot, so they are going with what works (for them anyway).

Hillary was off doing stupid Liberal Sh*t in Benghazi, hoping to cement an accomplishment to ride to the election.

Likely due to her naive wishful thinking, her little game of buying weapons BACK from one side to give to the other went belly up.

In order to ensure a complete embarrassment, the Obama CAMPAIGN/IMAGE PRESERVATION crew decided that they would withhold ANY and ALL ASSISTANCE to ensure a MAX KILL that would dominate the headlines and be blamed on Hillary.

Everything was going good, up until those two Soldiers decided that they were going to defend the civilians and ambassador regardless to what their ‘chain of command’ was saying.


60 posted on 05/17/2013 6:29:05 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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