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2015-05-19 Home Front: Politix

Judicial Watch: Defense, State Department Documents Reveal Obama Administration Knew that al Qaeda Terrorists Had Planned Benghazi Attack 10 Days in Advance

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Posted by 2015-05-19 05:09|| 2015-05-19 05:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Bets on Snowden type leaks days/weeks before State, cause we now know that they can't claim 'truthiness' and 'exclusivity' on the traffic anymore.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-05-19 08:29|| 2015-05-19 08:29|| Front Page Top

#4 It's more likely that Stevens was supervising than obstructing.

Posted by KBK 2015-05-19 09:24|| 2015-05-19 09:24|| Front Page Top

#5 If the MSM reported that Hillary and Obama did not lie--now that would be news.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-05-19 09:35|| 2015-05-19 09:35|| Front Page Top

#6 It's more likely that Stevens was supervising than obstructing.

Doubtful, at least based on the vast amount of open-source intel. My take is that Stevens was picked for the ambassadorial position primarily due to his contacts with various factions in the Libyan rebellion. Given the US Embassy in Tripoli's response during and after the attack, I'm not sure even he had any control or influence over operations in Benghazi.

Posted by Pappy 2015-05-19 11:38|| 2015-05-19 11:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Mytake is that Stevens was picked for the ambassadorial position primarily due to his contacts with various factions in the Libyan rebellion.

Ye ole, time-tested hoo'ya knoe, hoo'ya bloe rule.
Sorry

Yes, on a scale of one to ten...probably a safe 9.5

Posted by Besoeker 2015-05-19 12:31|| 2015-05-19 12:31|| Front Page Top

#8 OK, but what was going on in the CIA Annex in Benghazi? And who was doing the arms shipping to Syria?

Posted by KBK 2015-05-19 13:12|| 2015-05-19 13:12|| Front Page Top

#9 I obviously have no 'inside knowledge' KBK, so anything I say is purely speculation based on past observations. That being said, please think in terms of trainers and advisors, a weapons expert or two, possibly a Case Officer and source recruitment guy, possible two or three, linguists, liaison, and communications personnel, intelligence and security nugs. Probably a bit heavy on the security nugs in this instance. Some of these folks could easily be multi-hatted. It's what they do.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-05-19 13:22|| 2015-05-19 13:22|| Front Page Top

#10 Alternatively, consider the meeting with the Turkish ambassador in the hours prior to the attack, the temporary nature of the embassy facility and security arrangements, the solidity of the annex, the presence of former SOF (under contract,) the seeming inability of the Libyan Transitional Government to respond, the corresponding seeming inability of the US embassy (and the USG) to react, et cetera.

Posted by Pappy 2015-05-19 14:59|| 2015-05-19 14:59|| Front Page Top

#11 It's funny about the Turks.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-05-19 15:24|| 2015-05-19 15:24|| Front Page Top

#12 Not funny ha ha.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-05-19 15:25|| 2015-05-19 15:25|| Front Page Top

#13 Gets better, at least for me personally ...

* MANILA TIMES > IS OSAMA BIN LADEN ALIVE AND LIVING IN THE PHILIPINES?

and

* TOPIX > [DefenceTalk News] XI TELLS KERRY: PACIFIC OCEAN IS BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH CHINA AND US.

Yuup.

1960's-1970's Guam Taotamoanas would agree wid Xi Jinping - what they have issue with is iff the US-N-Only-US, "Unilateral/Strategic Retreat is OWG + World Peace" Globies did miscalculate, + the "WEAK/DECLINING" = "SELF-RETREATING" US does end up being DE FACTO EXISTENTIALLY THREATENED by its Geopol/MilPol Rivals + Wannabes, e.g. CHINA + NUCLEAR ISLAM, ETC. SUCH THAT THE RETREATING US DECIDES TO SINK GUAM + OTHER KEY PACIFIC ISLES IN ORDER TO DENY THEIR USE AS MILBASES TO CHINA + NUCLEAR ISLAM.

I'm telling Guam locals that the Taotamonas knew about Madonna, "JFK", Al Gore = GWCC, + Texas-sized Asetroids, ... ...@ETC. just as they know of Obama + TPP. AS PER GOD + THE "GREAT GAME" + MURPHY'S LAW, THE US IS N-O-T INVINCIBLE OR IMMUNE NO MATTER ITS LEVEL OF POWER-N-INFLUENCE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-05-19 23:38|| 2015-05-19 23:38|| Front Page Top

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