Gosh, Champ and his administration are caught lying.
Again. |
Within 24 hours of the 9-11 anniversary attack on the United States consulate in Benghazi,
| That wasn't an anniversary attack, remember, that was spontaneous 'Muslim rage'... |
U.S. intelligence agencies had strong indications al Qaeda--affiliated operatives were behind the attack, and had even pinpointed the location of one of those attackers. Three separate U.S. intelligence officials who spoke to The Daily Beast said the early information was enough to show that the attack was planned and the work of al Qaeda affiliates operating in Eastern Libya.
| None of the three officials will speak on record, of course, so make of this what you will. But at least they're no longer blaming a YouTube video. |
Nonetheless, it took until late last week for the White House and the administration to formally acknowledge that the Benghazi assault was a terrorist attack. On Sunday, Obama adviser Robert Gibbs explained the evolving narrative
| 'Evolving narrative' is the code phrase for 'lie', apparently... |
as a function of new information coming in quickly on the attacks.
| A more clued-in presidential advisor simply would have looked at the calendar, seen the date, '9/11', and remembered that it was an anniversary of sorts... |
"We learned more information every single day about what happened," Gibbs said on Fox News. "Nobody wants to get to the bottom of this faster than we do."
| Like hell. You want it buried, and your boss is out there talking about the replacement NFL refs rather than getting to the bottom of this. |
The intelligence officials said U.S. intelligence agencies developed leads on four of the participants of the attacks within 24 hours of the fire fight that took place mainly at an annex near the Benghazi consulate. For one of those individuals, the U.S. agencies were able to find his location after his use of social media. "We had two kinds of intelligence on one guy," this official said. "We believe we had enough to target him."
Another U.S. intelligence official said, "There was very good information on this in the first 24 hours. These guys have a return address. There are camps of people and a wide variety of things we could do."
| So why not do them, and quietly... |
A spokesman for the National Security Council declined to comment for the story. But another U.S. intelligence official said, "I can't get into specific numbers but soon after the attack we had a pretty good bead on some individuals involved in the attack."
It's unclear whether any of these suspected attackers have been targeted or arrested, and intelligence experts caution that these are still early days in a complex investigation.
| If it's 'unclear' than the correct answer is, no, they've not been targeted, since Champ needs to stay above such things, at least until he clears it with Valerie Jarrett... |
The question of what the White House knew, and when they knew it, will be of keen interest to members of Congress in the election year.
| And should be of keen interest to the public... |
Last Thursday, the Obama administration formally briefed House and Senate members on the attack. Those briefings however failed to satisfy many members, particularly Republicans. "That is the most useless, worthless briefing I have attended in a long time," Sen. Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican, was quoted as saying.
| Blamed a YouTube video did they, Bob? |
The Daily Beast reported last week that the U.S. intelligence community was studying an intercept between a Libyan politician and a member of the so-called February 17 militia, Libyans charged with providing security for the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.
| So we contracted our security to a weak-kneed militia group, one that is apparently susceptible to being bribed or threatened by turbans with guns, and Hillary -- who as Sec. of State is required to ensure the safety of our diplomats -- didn't see the need for locks, US security personnel, guns and a plan. The rot starts at the White House but extends quite a ways down at Foggy Bottom... |
More intelligence has come in that shows members of Ansar al-Sharia, an al Qaeda--affiliated group operating in and around Benghazi, were attempting to coerce, threaten, cajole, and bribe members of the militia protecting the consulate.
| Worked, too. They got what they needed to stage (for them) a very successful attack. They killed our ambassador. They counted on embarrassing our president, but Champ has demonstrated that he's beyond such earthly concerns. |
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