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发帖数: 29846 | 1 #BENGHAZI: Interim Progress Report Published; Clinton Lied.
April 24, 2013 Posted by LL1885
The Interim Progress report on the attacks in Benghazi on September 11, 2012
was published today. You can read the full report via The Hill.
http://thehill.com/images/stories/blogs/globalaffairs/benghazi.
The write up of the report by The Hill hits the nail on the head in the
title, GOP Benghazi Report Blames Clinton.
The 46-page report accused Clinton — a possible White House contender
in 2016 — of seeking to cover up failures by the State Department that
could have contributed to the attack last year that killed Ambassador
Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
The report, compiled by five House panels after a seven-month
investigation, said Clinton approved reductions in security levels prior to
the Sept. 11, 2012, attack, contradicting Clinton’s testimony before the
House Foreign Affairs Committee on Jan. 23.
“Senior State Department officials knew that the threat environment in
Benghazi was high and that the Benghazi compound was vulnerable and unable
to withstand an attack, yet the Department continued to systematically
withdraw security personnel,” the report states.
“Repeated requests for additional security were denied at the highest
levels of the State Department,” it said. “For example, an April 2012
State Department cable bearing Secretary Hillary Clinton’s signature
acknowledged then-Ambassador [Gene] Cretz’s formal request for additional
security assets but ordered the withdrawal of security elements to proceed
as planned.”
There’s more, read the whole thing.
http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/terrorism/295611-boehne
Maggie’s Notebook cuts to the chase, highlighting Hillary Clinton indeed
did see the cables requesting more security and that it would appear she
lied in her testimony about them.
One of the huge questions, among so many huge questions, has been why
Benghazi did not have sufficient security after specifically requesting more
at least several times. Now we know the answer. Secretary of Hillary
Clinton not only saw the request from Benghazi, she signed the request and
then denied it. My second question is who, if anyone, told former SEALs
Woods and Dohoerty to “stand down.” If it’s there, I missed it. I
outlined some things from the report that I found especially interesting.
Read the report in full here.
http://thehill.com/images/stories/blogs/globalaffairs/benghazi.
PULLOUT QUOTE:
PAGE 7: However, in a cable signed by Secretary Clinton in April 2012,
the State Department settled on a plan to scale back security assets for the
U.S. Mission in Libya, including Benghazi
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
An ongoing Congressional investigation across five House Committees
concerning the events surrounding the September 11, 2012, terrorist attacks
on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya has made several determinations to
date, including:
● Reductions of security levels prior to the attacks in Benghazi were
approved at the highest levels of the State Department, up to and including
highest levels of the State Department, up to and including Secretary
Clinton. This fact contradicts her testimony before the House Foreign
Affairs Committee on January 23, 2013.
● In the days following the attacks, White House and senior State
Department officials altered accurate talking points drafted by the
Intelligence Community in order to protect the State Department.
● Contrary to Administration rhetoric, the talking points were not
edited to protect classified information. Concern for classified information
is never mentioned in email traffic among senior Administration officials.
These preliminary findings illustrate the need for continued examination
and oversight by the five House Committees. The Committees will continue to
review who exactly was responsible for the failure to respond to the
repeated requests for more security and for the effort to cover up the
nature of the attacks, so that appropriate officials will be held
accountable.
Maggie does a very thorough run down of the report and of prior related
testimony and timelines. Clinton also tried to blame funding for the lack of
security, an item that was debunked in the beginning and re-iterated in the
report. |
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