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Here's the biggest issue the Benghazi committee didn't ask Hillary Clinton
Business Insider ^ | Oct. 25, 2015 | Armin Rosen

Posted on 10/25/2015 9:01:40 AM PDT by Carismar

But the questioners didn't seem as interested in what the diplomatic facility was actually doing. In her testimony, Clinton said the facility was "placed there to help us make a determination about what we would need going forward in Benghazi," and might have been used to help set up an eventual US consulate in Libya's second-largest city.

...But circumstantial evidence quickly emerged after the attack to suggest that one of the more useful roles of the facility was to provide some degree of cover for the CIA's various operations in Benghazi. Those operations clearly involved arranging militia protection for US assets in Benghazi and maintaining ties with the militant groups that would play a role in the country's post-conflict security and political landscape. And they might have involved securing and then transferring loose weaponry.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; clinton; hillarygowdybsc; libya
Here was my comment to the article, below the fold.

The Clinton Foundation looked at the Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Qatar donors as low hanging sources of funds, the same folk supporting Al Qaeda, ISIS, Muslim Brotherhood etc.

It was widely reported in Egyptian media that one of the leaders in the attack against the Benghazi consulate was Mohsen Al-Azazi, reported to be the actual assassin of Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Al-Azazi was closely associated with the Muslim Brotherhood and has meanwhile gone missing. None of this was discussed.

http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/clinton-foundation-took-millions-from-countries-that-also-fund-isis-your-bad-hillary/

1 posted on 10/25/2015 9:01:41 AM PDT by Carismar
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To: Carismar

blumenthal was in on this deal too. She’s as crooked as her husband’s penis.


2 posted on 10/25/2015 9:07:30 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Carismar
Benghazi was a planned hostage-taking of Stevens, plotted by Hillary and her BFF Mohammed Morsi. Morsi's #1 campaign pledge to Egypt was to get the Blind Sheik released from U.S. custody and with 8 WEEKS left before the U.S. presidential election, there wasn't much time left to get him released if Romney were to be elected.

The plan failed when two SEALs showed up AGAINST ORDERS and the assault on the compound turned into a full scale battle. Locals also got involved and set fires which trapped Stevens. The plan went awry.

3 posted on 10/25/2015 9:07:48 AM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: Carismar

A rather not even think of the proceedings now. It’s too late to affect public perception that ‘she has emerged victorious’. I don’t know why Gowdy is visiting the Sunday shows. He certainly has no victory lap to enjoy. I don’t know who is at fault for the hearings having no true surprises or lethal incriminations. I don’t know if it’s more than Gowdy. Was this failure to indict agreed to? If so, in exchange for what?


4 posted on 10/25/2015 9:13:22 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Carismar
The article missed an obvious point.

But circumstantial evidence quickly emerged after the attack to suggest that one of the more useful roles of the facility was to provide some degree of cover for the CIA's various operations in Benghazi.

If the Benghazi facility was being used to support a covert CIA operation in Libya, then why would the author of this article expect a Congressional committee to ask questions about this operation in a hearing that would be broadcast all over the world on C-SPAN and various other media outlets?

If there was "circumstantial evidence" that the Benghazi facility was part of a CIA operation, then the same "circumstantial evidence" would indicate that the Clinton Foundation is a money-laundering operation for foreign donors, a front organization for the CIA, or both. If the committee wasn't going to question a former U.S. Secretary of State named Hillary Clinton about that angle to the story, then surely the whole thing was nothing but theatrics.

5 posted on 10/25/2015 9:13:32 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("It doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell!")
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To: Carismar

“Operation Zero Footprint” – What We Know About The Benghazi Mission, And Subsequent Attack…

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3352624/posts?page=124#124

Several links at the post ..... worth reading .... it will give you a lot of perspective (if not “new” perspective) on “what” & “why”.


6 posted on 10/25/2015 9:24:15 AM PDT by Qiviut
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To: Carismar

(biggest question)".....ARE YOU LYING AGAIN?"

7 posted on 10/25/2015 9:31:15 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Carismar

Because the Republicans were brought in on the ARMS RUNNING just so they COULDN’T question it!


8 posted on 10/25/2015 9:32:09 AM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Carismar

Has it ever occurred to anyone that there was no alternate government ready to step in after Qadaffi was gone?

Hillary and Obama were hot to overthrow the government of Libya and kill Qadaffi, but they didn’t have a replacement standing in the wings.

You would think that they were overthrowing the government of Libya to try to bring in a “better” government.

Did we see that?

Where was the press conference where Hillary and Obama walk out with some guy and say,

“Here is Bob. He’s who we think should be leading Libya.”

Did you ever see that?

Why did the Democrats overthrow the government of Libya and have Qadaffi killed if they didn’t have a replacement in mind?


9 posted on 10/25/2015 9:35:26 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Carismar

FWIW:

EVERY embassy/consulate is a base of operations for CIA officers.

Do you really think that ‘deputy assistant undersecretary to the vice-chairman of the agriculture committee’ is really there to just consult with local farmers?

Or maybe that’s just an excuse to wander around the country.


10 posted on 10/25/2015 9:36:49 AM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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IT'S TIME! ACTUALLY, IT'S PAST TIME!!  photo JAX RALLY copy_zpsuk0gc1eb.jpg

11 posted on 10/25/2015 9:46:35 AM PDT by Dick Bachert
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To: Carismar
IT'S TIME! ACTUALLY, IT'S PAST TIME!!  photo JAX RALLY copy_zpsuk0gc1eb.jpg

12 posted on 10/25/2015 9:48:07 AM PDT by Dick Bachert
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To: Carismar

I went to the state dept. Website right after the attack to see what type of facility was in benghazi...

There was none listed...

That was the first lie...among many...


13 posted on 10/25/2015 9:56:28 AM PDT by Popman (Christ alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: Carismar

Wonder why when evidence pops up around the Clintons so does the body count?.


14 posted on 10/25/2015 9:56:34 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: annieokie; penelopesire; maggief; Protect the Bill of Rights; thouworm; SE Mom; Nachum; onyx; ...

Benghazi ping.

Let Republicanprofessor know if you want on or off this ping list.

One can only hope that Gowdy and others will ask these questions in the many closed hearings and testimony.


15 posted on 10/25/2015 10:27:57 AM PDT by Republicanprofessor
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To: lee martell

Was this Committee supposed to “indict” her.

From all I have heard, it’s the FBI that might indict her (and that is still a possibility).

I’m not saying the FBI will .. but if she isn’t, there is a rumor going around that half the FBI is going to resign over it.

Since the new DOJ would love that to happen .. I suspect she will not agree to indict Hillary.

However, that does not mean that Hillary will win the election. And, if she does .. we could end up with whole-sale revolution on our hands. People are so totally fed up with what the DemocRATS have done to our country .. the left will not be able to stop this.


16 posted on 10/25/2015 10:48:13 AM PDT by CyberAnt ("The fields are white unto Harvest")
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To: Carismar

The reason THAT question wasn’t asked is that somebody in the GOP leadership set the boundaries on this inquiry before it began. I nominate Jon McCain as the possible culprit. If Obama briefed “congressional leaders” which republican do you think he approached?


17 posted on 10/25/2015 11:36:36 AM PDT by Tallguy
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