Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Emails Show White House Knew Benghazi Was Terrorist Act

According to emails that CNN obtained, and semi released, the White House, State Department, and FBI were aware that the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, was indeed a terrorist action. And they were aware of such within two hours of the attack, which killed four Americans, including the US ambassador to Libya.

Despite that, the administration called it an impromptu protest that ended up violent. It wasn't until eight days later, amidst public outcry, that they finally started calling it an organized terrorist attack.

So it wasn't enough that the administration failed to protect the staff, by not providing Marine guards, or allowing the locally hired guards to carry ammo, or that there was warning the attacks would occur, and time to call in troops from elsewhere to protect them, but the administration buried it's head in the sand.

It can only be surmised that they tried to deny the true nature of the attack, in hopes no one would figure out that they had abandoned this group of Americans. One must begin to wonder if Ambassador Stevens knew something damaging to the administration, and that this was intended as a quick way of making sure he kept quiet.

No Secretary Clinton, you can not take the full responsibility for this. Not only did Obama claim responsibility, in the second Presidential debate, but now, thanks to CNN, we know that he knew about it at the same time as you did. Both of you are to blame for the, at what is in it's best light, a bumbling of security. And you should both be held accountable for it.

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