Senator Graham on the fiasco in Libya

[jimnyc]

I doubt this will ever be investigated properly, just as 'Fast and Furious' wasn't, and Americans are dead in both instances. Graham is dead on accurate here, IMO.


Sen. Graham: White House "Denies, Deceives, Delays" Truth on MideastSen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday leveled conspiracy charges against the White House for attempting to cover up the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the Libyan embassy that killed a U.S. ambassador.

Graham said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” he knows for a fact the administration was told within 24 hours of the incident it was carried out by al-Qaida operatives.

“They’re trying to sell a narrative, quite frankly, that the mid East, the wars are receding, and al-Qaida’s been dismantled,” the South Carolina Republican said. “And to admit that our embassy was attacked by al-Qaida operatives and Libya, leading from behind, didn’t work, I think undercuts that narrative. They never believed the media would investigate. Congress was out of session. It just caught up with them.”

If the administration is not misleading the public, then it’s response to the attack is “incredibly incompetent,” Graham said.

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Graham-Obama-Libya-attack/2012/10/14/id/459891

[jimnyc]

And Gingrich chimes in as well. They need to keep this alive, as security being denied after so many requests... if ANY part of it can be directly tied to this administration, it won't bode well for the campaign. But even if not - how many times have we heard that GWB was responsible for everything underneath him as the leader? This administration and those underneath have gotten border agents killed and now Americans in Libya.


Gingrich Insists Obama's Libya Cover-Up Worse Than WatergateFormer House Speaker Newt Gingrich blasted the Obama administration’s handling of the terrorist attack in Benghazi, tweeting that the growing scandal is bigger than Watergate.

“No one died at Watergate! The Obama lies about Benghazi and Biden's deliberate lies Thursday night should be a bigger scandal than Nixon,” declared Gingrich.

Gingrich said it is clear that Vice President Joe Biden was lying about the incident during Thursday’s debate with GOP vice presidential challenger Paul Ryan.

“It is clear the Obama team decided to have the vice president lie about an event that killed four Americans, including an ambassador,” Gingrich tweeted.

He believes that the facts surrounding the Sept. 11 terrorist strike that claimed the lives of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others should be a major focus of the remaining two presidential debates.

“Now had over a month of dishonesty and cover-up from Obama team about Benghazi,” Gingrich wrote on Saturday. “Getting to truth should be number one goal next two debates.”

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Gingrich-Benghazi-response-Watergate/2012/10/14/id/459897

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

And Gingrich chimes in as well. They need to keep this alive, as security being denied after so many requests... if ANY part of it can be directly tied to this administration, it won't bode well for the campaign. But even if not - how many times have we heard that GWB was responsible for everything underneath him as the leader? This administration and those underneath have gotten border agents killed and now Americans in Libya.



http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Gingrich-Benghazi-response-Watergate/2012/10/14/id/459897

obama and his corrupt crew are certainly immuned until after he is voted out. Even then most likely he is immuned although it shpuld not be the case. For he has committed crimes and treason to boot! -Tyr

[Dilloduck]

It's a travesty how the media is complicit in oppressing Americans. Someone needs to save us.

[aboutime]

It's a travesty how the media is complicit in oppressing Americans. Someone needs to save us.

Wrong Dilloduck. The travesty is how you help the media in the oppression, and somehow, some way. Nobody will save YOU, unless you ride along on the OBAMA LIE MACHINE.

[Kathianne]

More. http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/10/what-happened-in-benghazi.php


October 13, 2012 by John Hinderaker (http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/author/john) in Libya (http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/category/libya), Obama Administration Scandals (http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/category/obama-administration-scandals), Obama Foreign Policy (http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/category/obama-foreign-policy) What Happened In Benghazi http://4-ps.googleusercontent.com/h/www.powerlineblog.com/admin/ed-assets/2012/10/580x325x120912043133-us-embassy-attack-11-horizontal-gallery-600x337.jpg.pagespeed.ic.gEVK3qNjn8.jpg (http://www.powerlineblog.com/admin/ed-assets/2012/10/120912043133-us-embassy-attack-11-horizontal-gallery.jpg)The State Department has released a transcript of a briefing that two high-ranking department officials gave to a number of reporters (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/10/198791.htm#.UHmUMQQjpX0.twitter) via conference call on October 9 (Tuesday). I am not certain about this, but I believe the transcript was only made public today. You should read it in its entirety; it is the most detailed description I have seen of the events in Benghazi on September 11.


While this is by no means clear, it appears that the State Department may have released the transcript as part of the escalating conflict between Barack Obama and Joe Biden and the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. In their desperation to avoid responsibility for the Benghazi debacle, Obama and Biden have pointed fingers in two directions: at the intelligence community for reporting incorrectly that the incident was a protest over a YouTube video clip, and at the State Department for not providing adequate security for the Ambassador.
Here are some excerpts from the narrative:


A few minutes later – we’re talking about 9 o’clock at night – the Ambassador retires to his room, the others are still at Building C, and the one agent in the [Tactical Operations Center]. At 9:40 p.m., the agent in the TOC and the agents in Building C hear loud noises coming from the front gate. They also hear gunfire and an explosion. The agent in the TOC looks at his cameras – these are cameras that have pictures of the perimeter – and the camera on the main gate reveals a large number of people – a large number of men, armed men, flowing into the compound. One special agent immediately goes to get the Ambassador in his bedroom and gets Sean, and the three of them enter the safe haven inside the building.

…


Barack Obama, meanwhile, was jetting off to Las Vegas for a fundraiser.


It was obvious to the reporters on the call that this narrative blows Obama’s evasions sky high:



First question is from the line of Anne Gearan with the Washington Post. Please go ahead.


QUESTION: Hi. You said a moment ago that there was nothing unusual outside, on the street, or outside the gates of the main compound. When did the agents inside – what – excuse me, what did the agents inside think was happening when the first group of men gathered there and they first heard those explosions? Did they think it was a protest, or did they think it was something else?

SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL TWO: The agent in the TOC heard the noise, heard the firing.
Firing is not unusual in Benghazi at 9:40 at night, but he immediately reacted and looked at his
cameras and saw people coming in, hit the alarm. And the rest is as I described it. Does that help?


This exchange is priceless:


OPERATOR: The next question is from the line of Brad Klapper with AP. Please, go ahead.


QUESTION: Hi, yes. You described several incidents you had with groups of men, armed men. What in all of these events that you’ve described led officials to believe for the first several days that this was prompted by protests against the video?


SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL TWO: That is a question that you would have to ask others. That was not our conclusion. I’m not saying that we had a conclusion, but we outlined what happened. The Ambassador walked guests out around 8:30 or so, there was no one on the street at approximately 9:40, then there was the noise and then we saw on the cameras the – a large number of armed men assaulting the compound.


So Hillary Clinton and the State Department unequivocally reject the account that Barack Obama and Joe Biden have given. It is hard to imagine what “intelligence” reports Obama could have received that blamed the YouTube video. He is lying, evidently.