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| Senate GOP : Newspapers got better briefing on Benghazi |
| 2012-09-23 |
| Senate Republicans are furious the Obama administration rebuffed their attempts to learn details of the Benghazi attack, only to give the coveted information to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Senators say they were rebuffed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when they pressed for more information about the attack that killed U.S. envoy Christopher Stephens in Libya. GOP lawmakers were incensed to find many of the details they tried to learn Thursday were in a front-page article in The Times the following morning. The Times published a timeline of the attacks chronicling militants gaining access to the U.S. compound after 9:35 pm on Sept. 11, American security forces attempting to retake it at 10:45 pm and American and Libyan forces regaining control of the main compound around 11:20 pm, before evacuating. According to the timeline, Libyans found Stevens in the compound after midnight and took him to a hospital, and 20 embassy staff members were hit by mortar rounds around 2 am, an attack that killed two former Navy SEALs. The official Senate briefing was less informative. The Wall Street Journal published a similarly detailed account of the attack. Senators asked Clinton about the sequence of events during the Benghazi attack. She and other officials declined to provide any specifics, citing an ongoing investigation. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter also attended the briefing. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #2 The administration and the Obama controlled governmental regime illustrate an open disdain for congress, both parties in fact. No surprises here. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-09-23 07:30 |
| #1 because it's all about the public perception via the spin, not actual, you know, reality |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-09-23 07:27 |