Not only did they lie – They Watched Them Die

(Reuters) – Officials at the White House and State Department were advised two hours after attackers assaulted the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11 that an Islamic militant group had claimed credit for the attack, official emails show.

The emails, obtained by Reuters from government sources not connected with U.S. spy agencies or the State Department and who requested anonymity, specifically mention that the Libyan group called Ansar al-Sharia had asserted responsibility for the attacks.

The brief emails also show how U.S. diplomats described the attack, even as it was still under way, to Washington. (more…)

He told them the TRUTH, al-Qaeda was thriving….  They can’t allow that.

“Islamic extremism appears to be on the rise in eastern Libya,” the ambassador wrote, adding that “the Al-Qaeda flag has been spotted several times flying over government buildings and training facilities…”

CBS Report: U.S. Had Predator Drone Over Benghazi As Attack Happened, “They Stood, And They Watched, And Our People Died”…  […]

CBS News has been told that, hours after the attack began, an unmanned Predator drone was sent over the U.S. mission in Benghazi, and that the drone and other reconnaissance aircraft apparently observed the final hours of the protracted battle.

The State Department, White House and Pentagon declined to say what military options were available.  (more…)

This is a very well organized, informative and well presented in depth report on the Benghazi attack in Libya.

Americans Died – Obama Lied

WASHINGTON (AP) – The CIA station chief in Libya reported to Washington within 24 hours of last month’s deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate that there was evidence it was carried out by militants, not a spontaneous mob upset about an American-made video ridiculing Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, U.S. officials have told The Associated Press.

It is unclear who, if anyone, saw the cable outside the CIA at that point and how high up in the agency the information went. The Obama administration maintained publicly for a week that the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans was a result of the mobs that staged less-deadly protests across the Muslim world around the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on the U.S. (more…)

Many people jumped on this comment snippet as soon as it was tweeted by the media. I sensed something was off with the media lead on the comment itself, so I witheld opinion until I could see and hear the context.   Having said that the term “optimal” was placed into the conversation by Jon Stewart.

However, Jon Stewart was talking about the poor presidential response, and the confusing explanations from the White House, Spokesperson(s), the larger administration per se’, and the President himself.   In essence the “confused messaging” was not optimal.

If President Obama was responding to the poor “messaging” descriptive then any outrage would have been seriously misplaced, because we all agree the confusing messaging was far from optimal. Heck, it was absurdly ridiculous.

BUT…

…. When President Obama responded to Jon Stewart Obama was not talking about the “messaging”, he was talking about the “event”.

So therefore EVERY CINTILLA OF BACKLASH for this horrifically worded response is ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATELY PLACED. (more…)

For some unknown reason President Obama continues to say one thing to the face of the public, and quite another privately, or behind closed doors.   Makes you wonder what the character of a person is when they are unwilling, or constitutionally unable, to tell you openly what answers are to serious issues that affect our nation.    This lack of honesty and integrity in public behavior infers ulterior “intention”….   (Flashback-Medvedev)

For the record, I am not comfortable with this ideological skillset in a United States President….. and yes, I am able to see through this “media transparency” from the Washington Post, and I know exactly what their deflective intentions are:

(Washington Post) Kerry Ladka stood before President Obama at last night’s town hall-style debate and asked the question that would touch off an onstage verbal brawl and, later, an intense national discussion.  […]

President Obama, though, wasn’t done with Kerry Ladka. “After the debate, the president came over to me and spent about two minutes with me privately,” says the 61-year-old Ladka, who works at Global Telecom Supply in Mineola, N.Y. According to Ladka, Obama gave him ”more information about why he delayed calling the attack a terorist attack.” (more…)

SNARE: a contrivance often consisting of a noose for entangling birds or mammals (1) : something by which one is entangled, involved in difficulties, or impeded (2) : something deceptively attractive…

WASHINGTON DC – President Obama’s campaign spokeswoman said that he “takes responsibility” for the security of U.S. diplomats, less than a day after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took the blame.

“President Obama takes responsibility for the safety and security of all diplomats serving overseas,” said Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Fox News today. “Secretary Clinton of course has a great amount of responsibility as Secretary of State.”

Psaki denied that Clinton’s remarks were a “coordinated roll-out” to shelter Obama ahead of the debate, as Fox’s Shepard Smith suggested. (more…)

Lying as a profession must be exhausting…..   Trying to test the water temp on the media pool Cabinet Member, Ambassador Susan Rice, pokes head out.   Briefly.    Yet, doubles down on stupid.

WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice, in her first public comments on Libya since her controversial account days after the attack, blamed intelligence community talking points for the faulty narrative.

“What the Flip you looking at me for?…. she [Hillary] already done took the blame”….

The light-on-details explanation Monday came as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took responsibility for any security failures leading up to the consulate attack last month.

But with the accounts coming as both presidential candidates head into a debate Tuesday night that will focus in part on foreign policy, neither appeared to settle mounting questions on the Hill about how the administration got the story so wrong. (more…)

Probably because indeed he is. It is useful to remember this recent post about CNN as it pertains to covering up for the White House Cairo Embassy fiasco. Then watch the video:

Propaganda Panel. The 2012 U.S version of 1938/9 German media.

Before I watched this I was leaning toward giving her benefit of the doubt. But when questioned about the false narrative surrounding the Muhammed Video motive, the snickering sneer just reminded me of all that is horrid with Pantsuits. Actually, how could she answer that question? She stood above the caskets of four dead Americans and lied about what caused their death. Sickening. Watch the giggle.

Regardless of what political swords Hillary chooses to accept vis-a-vis her involvement, or lack thereof, for Libyan security.    None of that changes the primary issue(s).

(CNN)  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday tried to douse a political firestorm over the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya, saying she’s responsible for the security of American diplomatic outposts.

“I take responsibility,” Clinton said during a visit to Peru. “I’m in charge of the State Department’s 60,000-plus people all over the world, 275 posts. The president and the vice president wouldn’t be knowledgeable about specific decisions that are made by security professionals. They’re the ones who weigh all of the threats and the risks and the needs and make a considered decision.”  (article)

Serious questions remain.   What happened?    How was  Sean Smith killed, why couldn’t the security on the ground defend ambassador Stevens, and what was going on within that compound for four plus hours before they retreated to the Annex?

Whose bloody handprints are on the wall?   Whose blood was in the ambassador’s bathroom?    No bad guys shot or killed?   Where are the people who survived?   Why are they not being interviewed and in public? (more…)