Showing posts with label benghazi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label benghazi. Show all posts
June 18, 2014
Mother of Benghazi Victim Agrees with James Rosen: What Took so Long?
By Kim D.
Here's a conspiracy theory for a Wednesday. Is it simply a coincidence that Ahmed Abu Khatallah, suspected of being one of the Benghazi embassy attackers, was captured the day before Hillary Clinton was to make two major television news appearances? Is it a coincidence that he wasn't captured until after her book, Hard Choices, was released and, by the way, doing poorly in sales. Probably so. In fact, just like most things that have happened during the Obama administration, there is no rhyme or reason to this latest shocker.
But, for Pat Smith, mother of Benghazi victim Sean Smith, the wounds are still fresh, and she has concrete ideas on why it took so long for Ahmed Abi Khatallah to be captured:
James Rosen also had the opportunity to vent on this same topic to a state department flunky Jen Psaki Tuesday afternoon. His badgering clearly worked as she starts fumbling towards the end of the exchange. Classic!
Here's a conspiracy theory for a Wednesday. Is it simply a coincidence that Ahmed Abu Khatallah, suspected of being one of the Benghazi embassy attackers, was captured the day before Hillary Clinton was to make two major television news appearances? Is it a coincidence that he wasn't captured until after her book, Hard Choices, was released and, by the way, doing poorly in sales. Probably so. In fact, just like most things that have happened during the Obama administration, there is no rhyme or reason to this latest shocker.
But, for Pat Smith, mother of Benghazi victim Sean Smith, the wounds are still fresh, and she has concrete ideas on why it took so long for Ahmed Abi Khatallah to be captured:
James Rosen also had the opportunity to vent on this same topic to a state department flunky Jen Psaki Tuesday afternoon. His badgering clearly worked as she starts fumbling towards the end of the exchange. Classic!
January 29, 2014
Hillary’s Biggest Regret (guess what it is?)
By Elizabeth
Nelson
Why is it,
that when liberals “apologize” they are instantly forgiven, as if their mea culpa was supposed to absolve them of their
sin, when it never seems to work that way for the “hung out to dry” Republican?
“Making decisions with imperfect information” …
“Best of your ability”, “2 diplomats and I can say it now, since it’s public
information, 2 CIA operatives.”
So many
unanswered questions; what were all those CIA operatives doing in Benghazi and why
exactly was Stevens there? We still don’t have all the answers.
Yet now Hill-billy
wants us to “absolve” her of her sins so that it will make it easier for
America to elect her and promote her to a higher office. Why would we want to do that, so that she can
make more “decisions with imperfect information to the best of her ability?” Sure, we see how that turned out so well, the
first time, didn’t we?
And on the other hand we have...
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January 19, 2014
Pre 9/11/2012 Intel Indicates High Threat Environment Prior To Benghazi Attack
By Capitalist Preservation contributor Jay Lee (USAF/ANG Retired)
On Dec 28th, 2013 The NY Times attempted to resurrect the lies that the Obama administration tried to use to cover up the Sept 11, 2012 attack on the diplomatic mission and CIA annex in Benghazi Libya. In his article, David D. Kirkpatrick claims there was “no evidence that Al Qaeda or other international terrorist groups had any role in the assault.”
This contradicts another NY Times story from Oct. 29th, 2012 that was compiled by Michael R. Gordon, Eric Schmidt and Michael S. Schmidt, with contributing reporting by Kirkpatrick from Benghazi. In that article, titled “Libya Warnings Were Plentiful, but Unspecific” Kirkpatrick and the other NY Times contributors reference “Al-Qaeda-leaning Islamic extremist training camps in the mountains near Benghazi”.
The Oct. 29th article states “In the months leading up to the Sept. 11 attacks on the American
diplomatic mission in Benghazi, the Obama administration received intelligence reports that Islamic extremist groups were operating training camps in the mountains near the Libyan city and that some of the fighters were ‘Al Qaeda-leaning,’ according to American and European officials”.
Another excerpt from the Oct. 29th article clearly contradicts the Dec. 28th article.
“Small-scale camps grew out of training areas created last year by militias fighting Libyan government security forces. After the government fell, these compounds continued to churn out fighters trained in marksmanship and explosives, American officials said.
Ansar al-Shariah, a local militant group some of whose members had ties to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, a local Qaeda affiliate, operated a militant training camp whose location was well known to Benghazi residents. On the Friday after the attack, demonstrators overran it.
American intelligence agencies had provided the administration with reports for much of the past year warning that the Libyan government was weakening and had little control over the militias, including Ansar al-Shariah”.
The Dec. 28th article also contradicts a report prepared by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress under an Interagency Agreement with the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office’s Irregular Warfare Support Program titled “AL-QAEDA IN LIBYA: A PROFILE” This 54 page report, published in Aug. 2011 one month prior to the attack is available HERE
The executive summary from the report is as follows:
x Al-Qaeda has tried to exploit the “Arab Awakening” in North Africa for its own purposes during the past year. Al-Qaeda Senior Leadership (AQSL), based in Pakistan, is likely seeking to build a clandestine network in Libya as it pursues its strategy of reinforcing its presence in North Africa and the Middle East, taking advantage of the “Arab Awakening” that has disrupted existing counterterrorism capabilities. Although AQSL’s previous attempt to co-opt the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) was inconclusive, the Libyan Revolution may have created an environment conducive to jihad and empowered the large and active community of Libyan jihadists, which is known to be well connected to international jihad.
x AQSL’s strategic goals remain restoration of the caliphate, instituting sharia, and ending the
Western presence in Muslim lands. Al-Qaeda’s primary goal in Libya is to establish an Islamic emirate as part of its overall objective to reestablish the caliphate.
x AQSL in Pakistan issued strategic guidance to followers in Libya and elsewhere to take
advantage of the Libyan rebellion. AQSL’s strategic guidance was to:
● gather weapons,
● establish training camps,
● build a network in secret,
● establish an Islamic state, and
● institute sharia.
x AQSL in Pakistan dispatched trusted senior operatives as emissaries and leaders who could supervise building a network. Al-Qaeda has established a core network in Libya, but it remains clandestine and refrains from using the al-Qaeda name.
x Ansar al-Sharia, led by Sufian Ben Qhumu, a former Guantanamo detainee, has increasingly
embodied al-Qaeda’s presence in Libya, as indicated by its active social-media propaganda,
extremist discourse, and hatred of the West, especially the United States.
x Al-Qaeda adherents in Libya used the 2011 Revolution to establish well-armed, well-trained, and combat-experienced militias. Militia groups, led by Wisam Ben Hamid and Hayaka Alla, have adopted similar behavior, with, however, fewer advertised grudges against the West. The only opensource material that has linked these groups, aside from their jihadist credentials and their defense of sharia, is their attachment to the flag that has come to symbolize al-Qaeda.
x The al-Qaeda clandestine network is currently in an expansion phase, running training camps and media campaigns on social-media platforms, such as Facebook and YouTube. However, it will likely continue to mask its presence under the umbrella of the Libyan Salafist movement, with which it shares a radical ideology and a general intent to implement sharia in Libya and elsewhere.
x Al-Qaeda affiliates such as AQIM are also benefiting from the situation in Libya. AQIM will likely join hands with the al-Qaeda clandestine network in Libya to secure a supply of arms for its areas of operations in northern Mali and Algeria.
x The July 2012 elections failed to generate a strong and unified national leadership that could
address the chronic insecurity posed by the multiplicity of local militias, which al-Qaeda’s
clandestine network has probably infiltrated.
x Al-Qaeda’s clandestine network is highly likely to recruit and train local and foreign jihadists to be sent to Syria.
After interviewing locals in Benghazi, Kirkpatrick fails to find Al-Qaeda fighters involved in the attack.
If we look at the executive summary above, we can see why this might be.
AQSL in Pakistan dispatched trusted senior operatives as emissaries and leaders who could
supervise building a network. Al-Qaeda has established a core network in Libya, but it remains clandestine and refrains from using the al-Qaeda name.
The key here is that Al-Qaeda is trying to remain clandestine for security reasons. Fighters do not want to be targeted by drone strikes or arrested so deniability is their obvious course of action. Page 6 of the Library of Congress report states that:
“al-Qaeda may remain for some time without an official Libyan affiliate, as the terrorist organization continues to prize secrecy and to follow its recent trend of distancing itself from its local affiliates, for obvious security reasons”.
The report also concludes that Al- Qaeda operatives have denied being part of the organization and have opted for a decentralized approach that focuses on infiltrating local militias. It also indicates that AQSL is employing tactics that emphasize secrecy to avoid unwanted attention that could derail their long term agenda.
“Before his death, ‘Atiyah al-Libi commanded jihadists to adopt a low profile and to avoid premature acts that could distract them from their goals. As a result, al-Qaeda operatives in Libya have remained silent and unreported, letting their potential Salafist allies utilize the new post revolutionary freedom of speech to promote the radical Islamist vision of al-Qaeda”.
“Ansar al-Sharia (Supporters of Sharia), a militia group led by Sufian Ben Qhumu, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, could be the new face of al-Qaeda in Libya despite its leader’s denial”.
The report goes on to implicate Al-Qaeda in Libya reporting that Sufian Ben Qhumu, leader of Ansar
al-Sharia in Darnah, and former Al-Qaeda operative, was accused by residents of attacking former
Libyan officials and anyone who disagreed with Al-Qaeda ideology.
In the case of Ohumu, we see the results of President Obama’s policies regarding Gitmo detainees
being released.
The Library of Congress report gives us more insight into Al-Qaeda intentions in Libya. It indicates
that Al-Qaeda had published strategic goals in Libya prior to the Sept. 11th attacks. Atiyah al-Libi who
was a Libyan Al-Qaeda leader prior to his death in Aug. 2011, wrote a document entitled “The Arab
Revolutions and the Season of Harvest,” indicating that Al-Qaeda Senor Leaderships (AQSL) goal in
Libya is “a real, radical, and revolutionary change that would affirm the supremacy of Allah’s words and the dominance of sharia.”
Some Suspected Al-Qaeda leaders are named in the Congressional report.
Libyan born Abu Yahya al-Libi was Al-Qaeda’s second and command before his death in Aug. 2012 in a US drone strike. Being Libyan born, he had considerable say in Al-Qaeda`s Libyan strategy. He is known to have spoken to Jihadist groups throughout Libya prior to his death.
Abd al-Hamid al-Ruqhay (alias: Abu Anas al-Libi) is believed to have met Osama Bin Laden and joined Al-Qaeda in the 1980`s. He was born and raised in Libya. In 1999 he was convicted of participating in the bombings of the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es-Salaam. He was originally thought as being tasked with setting up a clandestine Al-Qaeda network in Libya but his current location is unknown. He is a trained intelligence specialist and computer engineer. He is believed to be the primary person that communications are conducted through between al-Zawahiri and jihadists in Libya.
Wisam Ben Hamid is a local militia leader. Some reports claim that he is Al-Qaeda affiliated but his
high profile in the media make this unlikely.
Sufian Ben Qhumu, alias Abu Faris, was formerly a driver for Osama Bin Laden and later a
Guantanamo Bay detainee. He currently denies being associated with Al-Qaeda.
Why wasn`t the NSA able to intercept emails or phone calls indicating an attack order?
The Al-Qaeda in Libya report indicates that the curriers weere used for communications between
AQSL headquarters in Pakistan and Libya for security reasons. This is a common tactic terrorist use
including Osama Bin Laden for communications security, commonly called COMSEC or communications security in the west. Finding Bin Ladens currier was a high priority in the Intel community for years and was an important component in locating him.
The report also touches on membership and the analyst conclude that Al-Qaeda`s primary focus is on recruiting local members but foreign fighters are likely in the mix. Training for new recruits is based in Libya due to a lack of security by the local government.
Abd al-Baset Azzouz who is a senior Al-Qaeda operative, was sent to Libya last spring by Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. He is operating at least one training camp. The report also states that: “ Al-Zawahiri's plan for him is to establish a base for al- Qaeda in Libya”.
The report also indicates that the clandestine Al-Qaeda network has accumulated enough heavy
weaponry to supply all of north Africa. In the Benghazi attack, rocket propelled grenades and heavy
mortars where used and according to US sources that were on the ground and later interviewed, the
attack was coordinated and well planned.
Here is a picture of the Al -Qaeda flag flying in Libya
The next photo shows the Ansar al-Sharia logo
The logo obviously plays off the Al-Qaeda flag and is intended to associate itself with Al-Qaeda.
The report also contains a lengthy Terrorist Threat Assessment. Two notable conclusions were: “Al-Qaeda appears to constitute a significant threat to the state-building process in Libya”.
‘In addition, the Libyan government is not likely to succeed, at least in the short term, in disarming former rebels or ensuring that radical Islamists do not infiltrate the state security services in order to sabotage future counterterrorism efforts”.
The threat assessment also includes the following graphic indicating the probable Al-Qaeda
development model
Conclusion:
This was an unclassified report that used only open sources and was available to policy makers prior to the Sept. 11th attack. Policy makers at the State Department would also be privy to much more detailed reports using classified sources and methods. The failure to act on this report and the array of other available documents clearly shows a complete lack of competence and foresight on officials charged with providing the necessary assets and personnel required given the threats in the local area. These threats clearly include Al-Qaeda elements.
Further, cables sent directly from the embassy to the State Department requesting additional security
personnel prior to the attack were not approved. These documents are available HERE, HERE and HERE
Security incidents were reported in the following cable from Aug. 12th 2012 which included a grenade
attack and are available HERE.
With all of this information available, any intellectually honest person would have to ask what David
D. Kirkpatrick`s motivation was in writing the Dec 28th, 2013 The NY Times article.
On Dec 28th, 2013 The NY Times attempted to resurrect the lies that the Obama administration tried to use to cover up the Sept 11, 2012 attack on the diplomatic mission and CIA annex in Benghazi Libya. In his article, David D. Kirkpatrick claims there was “no evidence that Al Qaeda or other international terrorist groups had any role in the assault.”
This contradicts another NY Times story from Oct. 29th, 2012 that was compiled by Michael R. Gordon, Eric Schmidt and Michael S. Schmidt, with contributing reporting by Kirkpatrick from Benghazi. In that article, titled “Libya Warnings Were Plentiful, but Unspecific” Kirkpatrick and the other NY Times contributors reference “Al-Qaeda-leaning Islamic extremist training camps in the mountains near Benghazi”.
The Oct. 29th article states “In the months leading up to the Sept. 11 attacks on the American
diplomatic mission in Benghazi, the Obama administration received intelligence reports that Islamic extremist groups were operating training camps in the mountains near the Libyan city and that some of the fighters were ‘Al Qaeda-leaning,’ according to American and European officials”.
Another excerpt from the Oct. 29th article clearly contradicts the Dec. 28th article.
“Small-scale camps grew out of training areas created last year by militias fighting Libyan government security forces. After the government fell, these compounds continued to churn out fighters trained in marksmanship and explosives, American officials said.
Ansar al-Shariah, a local militant group some of whose members had ties to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, a local Qaeda affiliate, operated a militant training camp whose location was well known to Benghazi residents. On the Friday after the attack, demonstrators overran it.
American intelligence agencies had provided the administration with reports for much of the past year warning that the Libyan government was weakening and had little control over the militias, including Ansar al-Shariah”.
The Dec. 28th article also contradicts a report prepared by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress under an Interagency Agreement with the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office’s Irregular Warfare Support Program titled “AL-QAEDA IN LIBYA: A PROFILE” This 54 page report, published in Aug. 2011 one month prior to the attack is available HERE
The executive summary from the report is as follows:
x Al-Qaeda has tried to exploit the “Arab Awakening” in North Africa for its own purposes during the past year. Al-Qaeda Senior Leadership (AQSL), based in Pakistan, is likely seeking to build a clandestine network in Libya as it pursues its strategy of reinforcing its presence in North Africa and the Middle East, taking advantage of the “Arab Awakening” that has disrupted existing counterterrorism capabilities. Although AQSL’s previous attempt to co-opt the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) was inconclusive, the Libyan Revolution may have created an environment conducive to jihad and empowered the large and active community of Libyan jihadists, which is known to be well connected to international jihad.
x AQSL’s strategic goals remain restoration of the caliphate, instituting sharia, and ending the
Western presence in Muslim lands. Al-Qaeda’s primary goal in Libya is to establish an Islamic emirate as part of its overall objective to reestablish the caliphate.
x AQSL in Pakistan issued strategic guidance to followers in Libya and elsewhere to take
advantage of the Libyan rebellion. AQSL’s strategic guidance was to:
● gather weapons,
● establish training camps,
● build a network in secret,
● establish an Islamic state, and
● institute sharia.
x AQSL in Pakistan dispatched trusted senior operatives as emissaries and leaders who could supervise building a network. Al-Qaeda has established a core network in Libya, but it remains clandestine and refrains from using the al-Qaeda name.
x Ansar al-Sharia, led by Sufian Ben Qhumu, a former Guantanamo detainee, has increasingly
embodied al-Qaeda’s presence in Libya, as indicated by its active social-media propaganda,
extremist discourse, and hatred of the West, especially the United States.
x Al-Qaeda adherents in Libya used the 2011 Revolution to establish well-armed, well-trained, and combat-experienced militias. Militia groups, led by Wisam Ben Hamid and Hayaka Alla, have adopted similar behavior, with, however, fewer advertised grudges against the West. The only opensource material that has linked these groups, aside from their jihadist credentials and their defense of sharia, is their attachment to the flag that has come to symbolize al-Qaeda.
x The al-Qaeda clandestine network is currently in an expansion phase, running training camps and media campaigns on social-media platforms, such as Facebook and YouTube. However, it will likely continue to mask its presence under the umbrella of the Libyan Salafist movement, with which it shares a radical ideology and a general intent to implement sharia in Libya and elsewhere.
x Al-Qaeda affiliates such as AQIM are also benefiting from the situation in Libya. AQIM will likely join hands with the al-Qaeda clandestine network in Libya to secure a supply of arms for its areas of operations in northern Mali and Algeria.
x The July 2012 elections failed to generate a strong and unified national leadership that could
address the chronic insecurity posed by the multiplicity of local militias, which al-Qaeda’s
clandestine network has probably infiltrated.
x Al-Qaeda’s clandestine network is highly likely to recruit and train local and foreign jihadists to be sent to Syria.
After interviewing locals in Benghazi, Kirkpatrick fails to find Al-Qaeda fighters involved in the attack.
If we look at the executive summary above, we can see why this might be.
AQSL in Pakistan dispatched trusted senior operatives as emissaries and leaders who could
supervise building a network. Al-Qaeda has established a core network in Libya, but it remains clandestine and refrains from using the al-Qaeda name.
The key here is that Al-Qaeda is trying to remain clandestine for security reasons. Fighters do not want to be targeted by drone strikes or arrested so deniability is their obvious course of action. Page 6 of the Library of Congress report states that:
“al-Qaeda may remain for some time without an official Libyan affiliate, as the terrorist organization continues to prize secrecy and to follow its recent trend of distancing itself from its local affiliates, for obvious security reasons”.
The report also concludes that Al- Qaeda operatives have denied being part of the organization and have opted for a decentralized approach that focuses on infiltrating local militias. It also indicates that AQSL is employing tactics that emphasize secrecy to avoid unwanted attention that could derail their long term agenda.
“Before his death, ‘Atiyah al-Libi commanded jihadists to adopt a low profile and to avoid premature acts that could distract them from their goals. As a result, al-Qaeda operatives in Libya have remained silent and unreported, letting their potential Salafist allies utilize the new post revolutionary freedom of speech to promote the radical Islamist vision of al-Qaeda”.
“Ansar al-Sharia (Supporters of Sharia), a militia group led by Sufian Ben Qhumu, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, could be the new face of al-Qaeda in Libya despite its leader’s denial”.
The report goes on to implicate Al-Qaeda in Libya reporting that Sufian Ben Qhumu, leader of Ansar
al-Sharia in Darnah, and former Al-Qaeda operative, was accused by residents of attacking former
Libyan officials and anyone who disagreed with Al-Qaeda ideology.
In the case of Ohumu, we see the results of President Obama’s policies regarding Gitmo detainees
being released.
The Library of Congress report gives us more insight into Al-Qaeda intentions in Libya. It indicates
that Al-Qaeda had published strategic goals in Libya prior to the Sept. 11th attacks. Atiyah al-Libi who
was a Libyan Al-Qaeda leader prior to his death in Aug. 2011, wrote a document entitled “The Arab
Revolutions and the Season of Harvest,” indicating that Al-Qaeda Senor Leaderships (AQSL) goal in
Libya is “a real, radical, and revolutionary change that would affirm the supremacy of Allah’s words and the dominance of sharia.”
Some Suspected Al-Qaeda leaders are named in the Congressional report.
Libyan born Abu Yahya al-Libi was Al-Qaeda’s second and command before his death in Aug. 2012 in a US drone strike. Being Libyan born, he had considerable say in Al-Qaeda`s Libyan strategy. He is known to have spoken to Jihadist groups throughout Libya prior to his death.
 |
| Abu Yahya al-Libi |
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| Abd al-Hamid al-Ruqhay - FBI aged photo on right |
high profile in the media make this unlikely.
Sufian Ben Qhumu, alias Abu Faris, was formerly a driver for Osama Bin Laden and later a
Guantanamo Bay detainee. He currently denies being associated with Al-Qaeda.
 |
| Sufian Ben Qhumu, alias Abu Faris |
The Al-Qaeda in Libya report indicates that the curriers weere used for communications between
AQSL headquarters in Pakistan and Libya for security reasons. This is a common tactic terrorist use
including Osama Bin Laden for communications security, commonly called COMSEC or communications security in the west. Finding Bin Ladens currier was a high priority in the Intel community for years and was an important component in locating him.
The report also touches on membership and the analyst conclude that Al-Qaeda`s primary focus is on recruiting local members but foreign fighters are likely in the mix. Training for new recruits is based in Libya due to a lack of security by the local government.
Abd al-Baset Azzouz who is a senior Al-Qaeda operative, was sent to Libya last spring by Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. He is operating at least one training camp. The report also states that: “ Al-Zawahiri's plan for him is to establish a base for al- Qaeda in Libya”.
The report also indicates that the clandestine Al-Qaeda network has accumulated enough heavy
weaponry to supply all of north Africa. In the Benghazi attack, rocket propelled grenades and heavy
mortars where used and according to US sources that were on the ground and later interviewed, the
attack was coordinated and well planned.
 |
| A mobile rocket launcher belonging to Katiba al-A'hrar Libya |
The logo obviously plays off the Al-Qaeda flag and is intended to associate itself with Al-Qaeda.
The report also contains a lengthy Terrorist Threat Assessment. Two notable conclusions were: “Al-Qaeda appears to constitute a significant threat to the state-building process in Libya”.
‘In addition, the Libyan government is not likely to succeed, at least in the short term, in disarming former rebels or ensuring that radical Islamists do not infiltrate the state security services in order to sabotage future counterterrorism efforts”.
The threat assessment also includes the following graphic indicating the probable Al-Qaeda
development model
Conclusion:
This was an unclassified report that used only open sources and was available to policy makers prior to the Sept. 11th attack. Policy makers at the State Department would also be privy to much more detailed reports using classified sources and methods. The failure to act on this report and the array of other available documents clearly shows a complete lack of competence and foresight on officials charged with providing the necessary assets and personnel required given the threats in the local area. These threats clearly include Al-Qaeda elements.
Further, cables sent directly from the embassy to the State Department requesting additional security
personnel prior to the attack were not approved. These documents are available HERE, HERE and HERE
Security incidents were reported in the following cable from Aug. 12th 2012 which included a grenade
attack and are available HERE.
With all of this information available, any intellectually honest person would have to ask what David
D. Kirkpatrick`s motivation was in writing the Dec 28th, 2013 The NY Times article.
May 8, 2013
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February 7, 2013
BREAKING: Panetta testifies - Obama absent during Benghazi, Hillary AWOL
By Correctamundo
This is coming out of Panetta's testimony today:
"In between 9:42 p.m., Benghazi time, when the first attacks started, and 5:15 am, when Mr. Doherty and Mr. Woods lost their lives, what converations did either of you have with Secretary Clinton?"
And this: In fact, Panetta says that the night of 9/11, he did not communicate with a single person at the White House. The attack resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.
Obama did not call or communicate in anyway with the defense secretary that night. There were no calls about what was going on in Benghazi. He never called to check-in.
It's 3am and a phone is ringing...
This is coming out of Panetta's testimony today:
"In between 9:42 p.m., Benghazi time, when the first attacks started, and 5:15 am, when Mr. Doherty and Mr. Woods lost their lives, what converations did either of you have with Secretary Clinton?"
"We did not have any conversations with Secretary Clinton," Panetta responded.
"And General Dempsey, the same is true for you?" Cruz asked. Dempsey confirmed this. Watch the video below:
And this: In fact, Panetta says that the night of 9/11, he did not communicate with a single person at the White House. The attack resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.
Obama did not call or communicate in anyway with the defense secretary that night. There were no calls about what was going on in Benghazi. He never called to check-in.
January 24, 2013
#WhatDifferenceDoesItMake - the brilliance of Hillary Rod-up-her-butt Clinton
By Correctamundo
The brilliance that is Hillary Rod-up-her-butt Clinton was on full display on Capitol Hill as she finally testified about the murder investigation that is better known as "Spontaneous protesting over an obscure YouTube video about the Muslim faith which happened to cause the deaths of 4 Americans", aka Benghazigate. I believe that those series of falls Hill took did some permanent damage. She was flustered, she was erratic, she was on an emotional roller coaster, one minute nearly crying and the next shouting down her critics. Strike that - she was herself.
And so the most famous line of all became an instant Twitter hashtag: #WhatDifferenceDoesItMake. Here's what some folks said in Twitterville - some related to Benghazi, some not.
#WhatDifferenceDoesItMake If Obama had no executive experience & was a Marxist when elected as President@Bellweather666
#whatdifferencedoesitmake Can you imagine the firestorm if Bush had said that?
#WhatDifferenceDoesItMake is that four Americans are dead and there is no accountability in the Obama Regime.
#Hillary wants to know what happened, but when asked what provoked #Benghazi attack, she says#WhatDifferenceDoesItMake? #MakesNoSense
The brilliance that is Hillary Rod-up-her-butt Clinton was on full display on Capitol Hill as she finally testified about the murder investigation that is better known as "Spontaneous protesting over an obscure YouTube video about the Muslim faith which happened to cause the deaths of 4 Americans", aka Benghazigate. I believe that those series of falls Hill took did some permanent damage. She was flustered, she was erratic, she was on an emotional roller coaster, one minute nearly crying and the next shouting down her critics. Strike that - she was herself.
And so the most famous line of all became an instant Twitter hashtag: #WhatDifferenceDoesItMake. Here's what some folks said in Twitterville - some related to Benghazi, some not.
Hillary must have 1st heard execuse of#WhatDifferenceDoesItMake from Bill, as in, "So I slept w/her, what difference does it make?
So let's take Hill's logic a step further and apply it to domestic murder investigations, car accidents, gang-related deaths, even 9/11. What difference does it make who caused 9/11, how it happened in our sovereign country? What difference does it make who killed JFK or MLK and why, or whether there was other illegal activity involved? What difference does it make that innocent kids are killed by gang bangers using illegal weapons and more than likely dealing in illegal drug trafficking? So really what Hill is saying is we don't need laws, we don't need accountability, we don't need to learn from mistakes to prevent new ones. So let's apply that to the gun debate. What difference does it make, Hill, if innocent kids are killed by criminals? What difference does it make, Hill, if someone tries to assassinate you with with an assault rifle, a handgun, or even a grenade? What difference does it make, Hill, if Bill sleeps with dozens of women? How about if, God forbid, your child were murdered - what difference would it make who did it or how?
The difference, Hillary, is that LIVES WERE LOST. And the way to prevent that, in great measure, from happening again, is to find out where the system failed so that it can be fixed. I know that's a weird concept for you to grasp and even weirder still, being the Secretary of State, where one of your jobs is to ensure the protection of American citizens and their interests abroad. From one side of your mouth you say you want to know what happened and then from the other side you say what difference does it make what or how it happened - HUH? How is that the thought of a lucid individual who has a grasp of basic human decency and accountability?
Please, Hillary - clear out your desk and go home. Your time in politics is done. We tire of your face, we tire of your wild antics abroad, we tire of your excuses. I know you have an eye on 2016. By then, you'll be a near 70-year-old shriveled prune in the latter stages of psychosis. We, the people, want something better for our country.
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