The September 11, 2012 attack on the Benghazi mission is an indictment of Hillary Clintonâs capacity to serve as Commander in Chief.
The Senate Select Committeeâs Benghazi Report (The Report) makes clear that the deaths of Amb. Christopher Stevens, State Information Officer Sean Smith, and Navy Seals Glen Doherty and Tyrone S. Woods could have been prevented on the day of the attack. Above all, their deaths would not have occurred but for Obama and Clintonâs dangerous, Islamist-friendly, and unconstitutional military action against Qadhafi. Even worse, it is clear that Hillary put political âopticsâ above the security of American lives on the eve of a Presidential election. In that sense itâs a bigger cover-up than Watergate.
Yet former conservative and now infamous Clinton sycophant David Brock, founder of the George Soros-funded front group Media Matters, would have the public believe that Hillaryâs deadly failures in Benghazi are non-existent and any criticisms of her, even taken directly out of the bi-partisan, year-long investigation Senate Report, are simply smears. Along with David Kirkpatrickâs shameful New York Times story, which was thoroughly debunked a day later by Fox News from witnesses âwho were on the groundâ the night of the Islamist attack, it is clear that the Clintonistas are in cahoots to protect Clinton from facing any scrutiny during her 2016 White House bid.
The Report is prima facie evidence that Hillary failed to answer the 3:00 PM call she faced on September 11, 2012 once the attack started on the Mission. Finding #1 of The Report makes clear that Clinton ignored the âample strategic warning that [the] security situation in eastern Libya was deteriorating and that U.S. facilities and personnel were at risk in Benghazi.â On September 5th, six days before the attack, AFRICOM produced a report stating, on page 11, "disarray in Libya and a likely focus by authorities on pursuit of Qadhafi loyalists is likely allowing jihadists in Libya freedom to recruit, train, and facilitate the movement of fighters and weapons. The threat to Western and U.S. interests and individuals remains high, particularly in northeast-Libya.â Benghazi is the largest city in northeast Libya.
The Report also makes clear that a top Clinton lieutenant denied Amb. Stevensâs requests for greater security at the Benghazi Mission. Finding #2 of The Report states that â(t)he State Department should have increased its security posture more significantly in Benghazi based on the deteriorating security situation... including two incidents at the Temporary Mission Facility on April 6 and June 6, 2012.â [p. 12] Both of these attacks included IEDs being directed by Islamists at the Mission.
The Report explains that Amb. Stevens and other State Department officials outlined âconcerns via cables to State Department headquarters about the security of the Mission compound and made several requests for additional resources.â [p. 14] Yet Clintonâs State Department was filled with âconfusion over who, ultimately, was responsible and empowered to make decisions on both policy and security concerns.â [p. 16] Simply stated, Clinton was too incompetent to run a proper Department whose bureaucracy could prioritize the safety of her subordinates.
Not only did Hillaryâs incompetence bungle the Missionâs security, but direct evidence exists which proves that top State Department officials under Clinton denied the Mission proper safety protocols. Internal State Department memos unearthed by Fox News show that Clintonâs Under Secretary Patrick Kennedy signed off on an action memo âthat green-lighted the Benghazi operationâ with the caveat that the Mission be âexempted⦠from mandatory physical security standardsâ of a Consulate.
It strains credulity to believe that Hillary was not aware of the action memo, especially since Clinton misled the public on a âdiplomatic victoryâ in Libya as early as November 2011 when she âwas quick to announce that the U.S. committed $40 million to help Libya secure and recover its weapons stockpiles.â This would be the same month when The Telegraph reported that the Al Qaeda flag was pictured âflying above the Benghazi courthouse building⦠alongside the Libyan national flag.â
Hillary would have the public believe that her Benghazi incompetence could be washed away in her âbias for action,â as the carefully crafted introduction of Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnesâs HRC quotes an unnamed source. Yet the same introduction quotes Hillary telling Kennedy, âthe undersecretary who oversaw diplomatic operations,â that âshe want(s) to seeâ to brief âher teamâ on the April 5, 2010 assault on an American compound in Peshawar. That would be twenty months before Kennedy signed the deadly Benghazi action memo.
The Report also makes clear that the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence âfound no evidence that significant actions were taken by the State Department between August 15, 2012, and September 11, 2012, to increase security at the Mission(.)â [p. 16] Yet The Report redacts eleven security upgrades âquicklyâ made by the CIA in its Annex âdue to the threat of continued attacks against Western personnel in Benghazi(.)â [pp. 19-20] The CIA Annex would repel an attack with loss of US lives the same night our mission was stormed in a precise, military-style attack and four Americans died.
Clintonâs Benghazi Mission did not even install additional surveillance cameras it had received âbecause the State Department has not yet sent out the technical team necessary to install them.â Further, the camera monitor in the guard force booth âwas inoperable on the day of the attacks due to a needed repair by a technical team.â The Report makes clear that âthe lack of security enhancements contributed to the security breakdown at the Temporary Mission Facility the night of the attacks.â [p. 21]
While it is no surprise that Hillary or her husband would have any qualms on lying to the American public about the cause of Benghazi attack, or anything else for that matter, it is disconcerting that someone who believes she is capable of serving as Commander in Chief would lie directly to the father of the fallen Navy Seal Tyrone S. Woods on the cause of his sonâs unnecessary death. Yet in a memorial service days after the Islamist attack, Hillary approached Tyroneâs father Charles and assured him that the Obama administration was going to "arrest and prosecute" the man that made the scapegoated YouTube video critical of Islam.
The Report does not mention the video once. The Report makes clear in FINDING #9 that any report of a âprotest at the Mission facilityâ was âerroneousâ and âcaused confusion and influenced the public statements of policymakers.â [p. 34] In fact, âthere were no protests outside the Temporary Mission Facility prior to the attacks(.)â [p. 35]
The attack was a multi-pronged, sophisticated assault which was coordinated by Ahmad Abu Khattallah, who is a leading member of the Al Qaeda-affiliated group Ansar al-Sharia. A Fox News source who was on the ground describes the Khattallahâ s operation as a âdirect action planned attackâ with â(o)ne guy... shooting, one guy... running. There (were) guys watching the gates⦠The bosses on the ground were pointing, commanding and coordinating.â
450 days after the attack, Khattallah walks freely around Benghazi. The final recommendation of The Report demands that âthe U.S. Government must swiftly bring the attackers to justice, in spite of the unwillingness or lack of capacity of the Libyan government to assist in this effort.â [p. 43] The government which Obama and Clinton installed is prohibiting the FBI from operating in Libya. Fifteen Libyans who were cooperating with the FBI have been assassinated. And the FBIâs $10 million reward was not even publicized the first eleven months after it was issued. Clearly, the Obama administration does not consider the attackers a high priority.
One last question remains open from The Report: was the attack on the Benghazi Mission carried out with U.S. weapons? The Intelligence Committeeâs press release states that âthe U.S. government cannot rely on local security in areas where the United States has facilities under high threat or where the host nation is not capable of providing adequate security.â We know that Amb. Stevens was forced to hire local security militias for protection due to Hillaryâs denials of his security requests. The Report explains that Amb. Stevens believed that the local Libyan militia members would provide the âleast bad option.â [p. 41]
This is a question on which the American public deserves to know the truth. And yes, Hillary, it does matter!
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/...-Hillary-Clinton-Lied-and-Four-Americans-Died
The Senate Select Committeeâs Benghazi Report (The Report) makes clear that the deaths of Amb. Christopher Stevens, State Information Officer Sean Smith, and Navy Seals Glen Doherty and Tyrone S. Woods could have been prevented on the day of the attack. Above all, their deaths would not have occurred but for Obama and Clintonâs dangerous, Islamist-friendly, and unconstitutional military action against Qadhafi. Even worse, it is clear that Hillary put political âopticsâ above the security of American lives on the eve of a Presidential election. In that sense itâs a bigger cover-up than Watergate.
Yet former conservative and now infamous Clinton sycophant David Brock, founder of the George Soros-funded front group Media Matters, would have the public believe that Hillaryâs deadly failures in Benghazi are non-existent and any criticisms of her, even taken directly out of the bi-partisan, year-long investigation Senate Report, are simply smears. Along with David Kirkpatrickâs shameful New York Times story, which was thoroughly debunked a day later by Fox News from witnesses âwho were on the groundâ the night of the Islamist attack, it is clear that the Clintonistas are in cahoots to protect Clinton from facing any scrutiny during her 2016 White House bid.
The Report is prima facie evidence that Hillary failed to answer the 3:00 PM call she faced on September 11, 2012 once the attack started on the Mission. Finding #1 of The Report makes clear that Clinton ignored the âample strategic warning that [the] security situation in eastern Libya was deteriorating and that U.S. facilities and personnel were at risk in Benghazi.â On September 5th, six days before the attack, AFRICOM produced a report stating, on page 11, "disarray in Libya and a likely focus by authorities on pursuit of Qadhafi loyalists is likely allowing jihadists in Libya freedom to recruit, train, and facilitate the movement of fighters and weapons. The threat to Western and U.S. interests and individuals remains high, particularly in northeast-Libya.â Benghazi is the largest city in northeast Libya.
The Report also makes clear that a top Clinton lieutenant denied Amb. Stevensâs requests for greater security at the Benghazi Mission. Finding #2 of The Report states that â(t)he State Department should have increased its security posture more significantly in Benghazi based on the deteriorating security situation... including two incidents at the Temporary Mission Facility on April 6 and June 6, 2012.â [p. 12] Both of these attacks included IEDs being directed by Islamists at the Mission.
The Report explains that Amb. Stevens and other State Department officials outlined âconcerns via cables to State Department headquarters about the security of the Mission compound and made several requests for additional resources.â [p. 14] Yet Clintonâs State Department was filled with âconfusion over who, ultimately, was responsible and empowered to make decisions on both policy and security concerns.â [p. 16] Simply stated, Clinton was too incompetent to run a proper Department whose bureaucracy could prioritize the safety of her subordinates.
Not only did Hillaryâs incompetence bungle the Missionâs security, but direct evidence exists which proves that top State Department officials under Clinton denied the Mission proper safety protocols. Internal State Department memos unearthed by Fox News show that Clintonâs Under Secretary Patrick Kennedy signed off on an action memo âthat green-lighted the Benghazi operationâ with the caveat that the Mission be âexempted⦠from mandatory physical security standardsâ of a Consulate.
It strains credulity to believe that Hillary was not aware of the action memo, especially since Clinton misled the public on a âdiplomatic victoryâ in Libya as early as November 2011 when she âwas quick to announce that the U.S. committed $40 million to help Libya secure and recover its weapons stockpiles.â This would be the same month when The Telegraph reported that the Al Qaeda flag was pictured âflying above the Benghazi courthouse building⦠alongside the Libyan national flag.â
Hillary would have the public believe that her Benghazi incompetence could be washed away in her âbias for action,â as the carefully crafted introduction of Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnesâs HRC quotes an unnamed source. Yet the same introduction quotes Hillary telling Kennedy, âthe undersecretary who oversaw diplomatic operations,â that âshe want(s) to seeâ to brief âher teamâ on the April 5, 2010 assault on an American compound in Peshawar. That would be twenty months before Kennedy signed the deadly Benghazi action memo.
The Report also makes clear that the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence âfound no evidence that significant actions were taken by the State Department between August 15, 2012, and September 11, 2012, to increase security at the Mission(.)â [p. 16] Yet The Report redacts eleven security upgrades âquicklyâ made by the CIA in its Annex âdue to the threat of continued attacks against Western personnel in Benghazi(.)â [pp. 19-20] The CIA Annex would repel an attack with loss of US lives the same night our mission was stormed in a precise, military-style attack and four Americans died.
Clintonâs Benghazi Mission did not even install additional surveillance cameras it had received âbecause the State Department has not yet sent out the technical team necessary to install them.â Further, the camera monitor in the guard force booth âwas inoperable on the day of the attacks due to a needed repair by a technical team.â The Report makes clear that âthe lack of security enhancements contributed to the security breakdown at the Temporary Mission Facility the night of the attacks.â [p. 21]
While it is no surprise that Hillary or her husband would have any qualms on lying to the American public about the cause of Benghazi attack, or anything else for that matter, it is disconcerting that someone who believes she is capable of serving as Commander in Chief would lie directly to the father of the fallen Navy Seal Tyrone S. Woods on the cause of his sonâs unnecessary death. Yet in a memorial service days after the Islamist attack, Hillary approached Tyroneâs father Charles and assured him that the Obama administration was going to "arrest and prosecute" the man that made the scapegoated YouTube video critical of Islam.
The Report does not mention the video once. The Report makes clear in FINDING #9 that any report of a âprotest at the Mission facilityâ was âerroneousâ and âcaused confusion and influenced the public statements of policymakers.â [p. 34] In fact, âthere were no protests outside the Temporary Mission Facility prior to the attacks(.)â [p. 35]
The attack was a multi-pronged, sophisticated assault which was coordinated by Ahmad Abu Khattallah, who is a leading member of the Al Qaeda-affiliated group Ansar al-Sharia. A Fox News source who was on the ground describes the Khattallahâ s operation as a âdirect action planned attackâ with â(o)ne guy... shooting, one guy... running. There (were) guys watching the gates⦠The bosses on the ground were pointing, commanding and coordinating.â
450 days after the attack, Khattallah walks freely around Benghazi. The final recommendation of The Report demands that âthe U.S. Government must swiftly bring the attackers to justice, in spite of the unwillingness or lack of capacity of the Libyan government to assist in this effort.â [p. 43] The government which Obama and Clinton installed is prohibiting the FBI from operating in Libya. Fifteen Libyans who were cooperating with the FBI have been assassinated. And the FBIâs $10 million reward was not even publicized the first eleven months after it was issued. Clearly, the Obama administration does not consider the attackers a high priority.
One last question remains open from The Report: was the attack on the Benghazi Mission carried out with U.S. weapons? The Intelligence Committeeâs press release states that âthe U.S. government cannot rely on local security in areas where the United States has facilities under high threat or where the host nation is not capable of providing adequate security.â We know that Amb. Stevens was forced to hire local security militias for protection due to Hillaryâs denials of his security requests. The Report explains that Amb. Stevens believed that the local Libyan militia members would provide the âleast bad option.â [p. 41]
This is a question on which the American public deserves to know the truth. And yes, Hillary, it does matter!
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/...-Hillary-Clinton-Lied-and-Four-Americans-Died
