Not Incompetent But Arrogant Liars
As all the Benghazi information drips out, and it becomes undeniable that the 9/11/12 attack on our people in Benghazi was a well planned terror attack involving al Qaeda, Barack Obama has declared no less than 32 times that the notorious terror group has been “decimated” or is “on the path to defeat”...
Foreign Policy: 'Troubling' Surveillance Before Benghazi Attack: Sensitive documents found amid the wreckage of the U.S. consulate shine new light on the Sept. 11 assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
The Blaze: Senior U.S. Officials: State Department Never Requested Military Backup in Benghazi
Apparently CBS News is slipping from the MSM circled wagons and can no longer ignore this unfolding story of Obama administration failures and cover-up...
CBS News: Sources: Key task force not convened during Benghazi consulate attack
CBS News has learned that during the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Mission in Benghazi, the Obama Administration did not convene its top interagency counterterrorism resource: the Counterterrorism Security Group, (CSG).
"The CSG is the one group that's supposed to know what resources every agency has. They know of multiple options and have the ability to coordinate counterterrorism assets across all the agencies," a high-ranking government official told CBS News. "They were not allowed to do their job. They were not called upon."
Information shared with CBS News from top counterterrorism sources in the government and military reveal keen frustration over the U.S. response on Sept. 11, the night ambassador Chris Stevens and 3 other Americans were killed in a coordinated attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya.
The circumstances of the attack, including the intelligence and security situation there, will be the subject of a Senate Intelligence Committee closed hearing on Nov. 15, with additional hearings to follow.
Counterterrorism sources and internal emails reviewed by CBS News express frustration that key responders were ready to deploy, but were not called upon to help in the attack.
CBS News has agreed not to quote directly from the emails, and to protect the identities of the sources who hold sensitive counterterrorism posts within the State Department, the US military and the Justice Department.
As to why the Counterterrorism Security Group was not convened, National Security Council Spokesman Tommy Vietor told CBS News "From the moment the President was briefed on the Benghazi attack, the response effort was handled by the most senior national security officials in governments. Members of the CSG were of course involved in these meetings and discussions to support their bosses."
Absent coordination from Counterterrorism Security Group, a senior US counterterrorism official says the response to the crisis became more confused. The official says the FBI received a call during the attack representing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and requesting agents be deployed. But he and his colleagues agreed the agents "would not make any difference without security and other enablers to get them in the country and synch their efforts with military and diplomatic efforts to maximize their success."
Another senior counter terrorism official says a hostage rescue team was alternately asked to get ready and then stand down throughout the night, as officials seemed unable to make up their minds.
A third potential responder from a counter-terror force stationed in Europe says components of AFICOM -- the military's Africa Command based in Stuttgart, Germany -- were working on course of action during the assault. But no plan was put to use.
"Forces were positioned after the fact but not much good to those that needed it," the military source told CBS News.
"The response process was isolated at the most senior level," says an official referring to top officials in the executive branch. "My fellow counterterrorism professionals and I (were) not consulted."
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But, according to Geraldo Rivera, the investigating of Benghazi is nothing more than GOP bloodlust for political posturing. Funny that, considering he works for the very same news network that has been doing all the digging and carrying of the heavy load to keep the administration and the MSM from completely burying this story.
For all Obama's much vaunted "community organizer" skills being some supreme qualification for his becoming POTUS, organizing the administration butt-cover over Benghazi is falling apart.
The best thing I can say for Geraldo is that he's not Cuban. We've filled our quota, and then some.
And the best I can say for Rick Sánchez is that he's not Geraldo Rivera.
Drill, getting away with so much lying for so long breeds arrogance. It's inevitable.
Official spin: As long as the State Dept is culpable, Obama's in the clear.
Asombra, I worry about somebody else getting the blame. And yet somehow I believe it is all down to Obama.
Honey, even if it could be proven that everything was somehow kept from the president until it was too late and that "others" (State Dept, CIA, whoever) were incompetent or negligent, the president would absolutely still be held responsible--IF the president were a Republican. The MSM would NEVER let a Republican president off the hook for something like this, regardless of the circumstances or the evidence. But, as we know perfectly well, it's different when it's a Dem. Very.
A very good article on this topic:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/11/why_obama_chose_to_let_them_die_in_benghazi.html
Obama knows how to pinpoint kills from drones. If those drones were armed, a big if, they could have begun killing the enemy. That at least might have started some confusion for them.
Liberals have no wish to hear about any of this. They are voting for Obama despite the evidence because no facts are needed when you are closed minded. The msm have been disgraceful, but those who really want to know what was going on could find out if they chose. They just don't want to know.
I knew every fault Bush had, but on balance I knew what I wanted. Try to get a liberal to find any fault with Obama. It is a vain effort.
People Died,
Obama Lied.
Also: he may be using the word decimate correctly. The Roman usage meant killing 1 in 10. The word he might have been meaning to use is annihilate. I'll give Teh Won an example.
If the AC-130 gunship were allowed to engage the attackers in Benghazi, they may have been annihilated.
No, libs don’t want to know. It’s not ignorance but willful blindness, just as it was in 2008, only now it’s even more indefensible. The current poll numbers, skewed though they may be, make me sick to my stomach. Even if Romney wins, we have a VERY serious problem, and it’s not going to disappear. There are far too many voters who are mindless, irrational or perverse, and that is extremely dangerous. The MSM has cast off all semblance of objectivity or concern for the truth, and if that doesn’t cost them enough, they will simply go about their business as usual, if not worse. Same goes for academia and the entertainment industry. At the very least, we MUST stop providing any material support to these people, let alone any show of respect or acceptance. We can no longer afford to be “bipartisan” like Bush tried to be, which was not only useless but harmful. Unfortunately, we are indeed at war.
"The best thing I can say for Geraldo is that he's not Cuban. We've filled our quota, and then some."
"And the best I can say for Rick Sánchez is that he's not Geraldo Rivera."
Indeed, the quota is filled to the rim with Rick Sanchez.
The GOP members of Congress must show more backbone and expand the investigation into this fiasco.
Asombra, your most recent comment is perfect.