Hillary would say “at this point, what difference does it make?” It makes a big difference, when the President, his staff, and those who he appointed (Hillary Clinton) straight up lied to the American People. Worse, they came up with an Official Story, and went after a US citizens for making a (crummy) movie
(Judicial Watch) Judicial Watch announced today that it obtained more than 100 pages of previously classified “Secret†documents from the Department of Defense (DOD)and the Department of State revealing that DOD almost immediately reported that the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi was committed by the al Qaeda and Muslim Brotherhood-linked “Brigades of the Captive Omar Abdul Rahman†(BCOAR), and had been planned at least 10 days in advance. Rahman is known as the Blind Sheikh, and is serving life in prison for his involvement in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and other terrorist acts. The new documents also provide the first official confirmation that shows the U.S. government was aware of arms shipments from Benghazi to Syria. The documents also include an August 2012 analysis warning of the rise of ISIS and the predicted failure of the Obama policy of regime change in Syria. (snip)
A Defense Department document from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), dated September 12, 2012, the day after the Benghazi attack, details that the attack on the compound had been carefully planned by the BOCAR terrorist group “to kill as many Americans as possible.â€Â The document was sent to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Obama White House National Security Council. The heavily redacted Defense Department “information report†says that the attack on the Benghazi facility “was planned and executed by The Brigades of the Captive Omar Abdul Rahman (BCOAR).â€Â The group subscribes to “AQ ideologies:â€
The attack was planned ten or more days prior on approximately 01 September 2012. The intention was to attack the consulate and to kill as many Americans as possible to seek revenge for U.S. killing of Aboyahiye ((ALALIBY)) in Pakistan and in memorial of the 11 September 2001 atacks on the World Trade Center buildings. (snip)
From a separate lawsuit, the State Department produced a document created the morning after the Benghazi attack by Hillary Clinton’s offices, and the Operations Center in the Office of the Executive Secretariat that was sent widely through the agency, including to Joseph McManus (then-Hillary Clinton’s executive assistant).  At 6:00 am, a few hours after the attack, the top office of the State Department sent a “spot report†on the “Attack on U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Benghazi†that makes no mention of videos or demonstrations:
Yet, they still sent Susan Rice out on the Sunday talk shows to proclaim that this was all about a video that no one had seen. Let’s not forget, there where all sorts of anti-American protests going on within the Muslim world on 9/11/12, including the attacks on our Egyptian embassy in Cairo. The video may been a subtext, but, it was not the reason for the attacks. The reason was to kill Americans on September 11th.
We also learn from the documents about the heavy transfer of weapons from Libyan stockpiles, flowing through eastern Libya, where Benghazi resides, along with an ever growing jihadi presence at the time, through the ports and to Syria.
Judicial Watch sums up
“These documents are jaw-dropping. No wonder we had to file more FOIA lawsuits and wait over two years for them. If the American people had known the truth – that Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and other top administration officials knew that the Benghazi attack was an al-Qaeda terrorist attack from the get-go – and yet lied and covered this fact up – Mitt Romney might very well be president. And why would the Obama administration continue to support the Muslim Brotherhood even after it knew it was tied to the Benghazi terrorist attack and to al Qaeda? These documents also point to connection between the collapse in Libya and the ISIS war – and confirm that the U.S. knew remarkable details about the transfer of arms from Benghazi to Syrian jihadists,†stated Tom Fitton, Judicial Watch president. “These documents show that the Benghazi cover-up has continued for years and is only unraveling through our independent lawsuits. The Benghazi scandal just got a whole lot worse for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.â€
However, the major media will refuse to cover this, except in a manner to protect Obama and Hillary.
Crossed at Right Wing News.
So You believe that Obama should have told everyone about our intelligence immediately disclosing and putting at risk our sources?
2 weeks after BENGHAZI !! the leader of the that militia was killed by the CIA
DO you think that Obama should have told HIM all that we knew at that time?
The DOD and the CIA and the POTUS lie to us all the time. Always have and always will. Get used to it
Iraq will be a cakewalk, WMD a slam dunk, the latest insurgent attacks just prove how desperate they are, we are at a tipping point in Iraq, we can’t cut and run we must stay and finish the job, all these have inured tHE American people to lies from Washington. Do you somehow think that the lies about Benghazi are worse that the lies about the 5000 dead, 25000 thousand wounded?
BENGHAZI!!! was/is/will be a non issue in 2016.
POTUS LIES? Americans lost faith in their government in Iraq with the WMD and the lies about torture
2016 will be about the economy which continues to improve,
John it seems to me your saying that its okay for a progressive democratic president to lie but when a conservative republican president lies well that has destroyed the fabric of society.
Its okay for AGW’ers to lie but when Deniers lie thats an egregious sin and those people should be banished, their lives ruined and their careers destroyed. Yet when the Michael Manns of the world are caught in lies…….well thats just okay…it was after all for the betterment of mankind that they lied.
I just wished people would take a step back and listen to themselves. I know this post is going to fall on deft ears but you sound pathetic.
Its not okay for ANY president to openly lie to the people. Its not okay to lie about data, make stuff up just because it suits your political needs.
Somehow we keep finding new ways to diminish the lives of the people who have shed them for this country and we all keep trying to find ways to justify lying.
Nixon Lied, ergo its okay for Carter to lie. Carter Lied therefore Reagan can lie. Reagan lied so Bush can lie and because Reagan and Bush lied Clinton can lie and then its Bushs turn then its obama’s turn and soon it will be the next guy/gals turn.
Thats all horseshit!! These SOB’s owe us the truth….of course we will never get it but accepting they lie and its okay if hes your guy just gives them ALL LICENSE TO LIE over and over and over again.
I am sure you are having trouble remembering this, but the lie that came out about the cause of the attack was that it was inspired by a video. That lie caused a man to get arrested. That lie inspired other violent protests where people were hurt.
Your supposition that the administration had to lie to protect sources is farcical. If you want to make the claim that the reason for not telling the truth is some sort of security, then don’t say anything. You can say that you are looking into the matter. You can say that the information is not clear. You can still protect your sources without putting other people at risk.
I know that your thought process is that of “hate conservatives and love liberals,” but what you are saying is that it in order to protect sources you are happy with lying that put other people in danger who had nothing to do with the situation.
Of course, the other problem is that as this was being developed and Hillary’s State Department was kept in the loop on it, she and her minions did nothing to protect the people at the consulate.
Furthermore, it should also be noted that the “most transparent administration in history” was forced to turn these emails over after a judge ruled they had not complied with the law.
If you want the democrats to run on the economy, bring it on. Conservatives will win that fight every time as the policies of liberals not only helped cause the economic collapse, but extended it.
By the way john, have you found Selma yet?
GC
D’Souza pled guilty to a Federal felony. He pled guilty either he did it or he perjured himself
Selma ? Yes :) always nice to see that people are reading and fact checking my posts
Has your son been able to finally find work? In one of your posts I recall you blaming the OBAMA for his lack of a job
So what about that filmmaker, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula?
He’s been in jail since the controversy erupted, officially for reasons unrelated to his “offense†against Islam.
A lawyer for the filmmaker said his client was serving time for a probation violation and is scheduled to be released this fall from a prison in Latoona, Texas.
D’souza was jailed for giving 20,000 dollars to Wendy Long when the limit was 5000.00. He had nothing to do with the Bengahazi tape.
johnny boy,
As Liam Thomas points out, D’Souza had nothing to do with the film that the administration blamed on causing the riot / uprising / attack.
Once again you are either deflecting or showing a tremendous amount of ignorance on a subject.
Why do you continue to make stuff up? Are you that much of a liar?
And for the record, it is not perjury to plead guilty when you believe that you are not. It never has been, and it never will be. Once again, you make crap up.
So why did you claim there was a Starbucks in Selma when there isn’t? Was that a lie or a case of not checking your own facts?
Either way, it doesn’t reflect well on you.
And here you are again, making stuff up. I never said any such thing, johnny boy.
Oh, and just for the record, johnny boy, WMD’s were found in Iraq, a fact that always seems to elude ignorant or lying liberals such as yourself.
Now, please answer the question as to why you think the administration’s lie which caused further unrest and put more people in danger was somehow acceptable as opposed to simply saying “we don’t know what caused the attack at this time.”
as if any sane person ever thought otherwise ….. the boy and shrill knew and let Americans die to save a political office … they are murderers and those who make excuses are aiders and abetters
Yes, the major media always go easy on Secretary Clinton, lol. If there’s any there there, the media will pounce.
The so-called “damning” cable was dated Sep 16, the same day that Rice was on the Sunday news show. (far-right Judicial Watch got the date wrong, thinking 16 Sep 12 meant September 12th).
Do any of you have transcripts of what Ambassador Rice said on the 16th? You should probably read that rather than just listening to what Rush and Glenn said she said.
BENGHAZI!!
Jeffery,
I see what you mean about 16 Sep 2012
But what then does the cutoff date mean?
The cutoff is 12 Sep 2012.