Benghazi report concludes after 2 years

[MDC 5,890]

Anybody know what time the police lead Obummer and Hitlery away in handcuffs? I want to be sure to set my DVR.

[Mike Honcho 4,023]

 

For fiscal 2013, the GOP-controlled House proposed spending $1.934 billion for the State Department’s Worldwide Security Protection program — well below the $2.15 billion requested by the Obama administration. House Republicans cut the administration’s request for embassy security funding by $128 million in fiscal 2011 and $331 million in fiscal 2012....

[in 2011] Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that Republicans’ proposed cuts to her department would be “detrimental to America’s national security” — a charge Republicans rejected.

 

[GOP vice presidential nominee Paul] Ryan, [Rep. Darrell] Issa and other House Republicans voted for an amendment in 2009 to cut $1.2 billion from State operations, including funds for 300 more diplomatic security positions. Under Ryan’s budget, non-defense discretionary spending, which includes State Department funding, would be slashed nearly 20 percent in 2014, which would translate to more than $400 million in additional cuts to embassy security.

 

 

[Willis McGahee's Dentist 61]

Man, Trump is going to tear the GOP a new one! And his apology to Hillary will be warm and heartfelt.

[Mike Honcho 4,023]

Man, Trump is going to tear the GOP a new one! And his apology to Hillary will be warm and heartfelt.

 

Soda meet keyboard!

[Hardcore troubadour 12,631]

Backfire. Couldn't happen to two bigger dicks than Issa and Ryan.

[Frank M 181]

Let me guess what the report contained:

 

HILLARY!!!!!!!

 

:cry:

[MDC 5,890]

Each hard copy comes with a box of Kleenex and a tube of Prep-H for the tears and butthurt.

[Willis McGahee's Dentist 61]

I thought she was already cleared of any wrong-doing by the GOP led investigation that ended two years ago?

[Frank M 181]

I thought she was already cleared of any wrong-doing by the GOP led investigation that ended two years ago?

 

The GOP wanted everyone to know that Hillary and Obama suck, so they spent another few million $$ to make sure we knew how they felt.

[Willis McGahee's Dentist 61]

 

The GOP wanted everyone to know that Hillary and Obama suck, so they spent another few million $$ to make sure we knew how they felt.

What a waste. They're now 0-2. Trying so, so hard to blame Hillary. And still won't make a formal announcement that she has zero blame. In fact, dumbass Trump will just pretend the investigations never took place and keep mentioning Benghazi like he didn't hear the news. lol

[drobeski 3,061]

What a miserable failure of a secretary of state that kunt was, and a big time liar to boot.

[Baker Boy 1,484]

 

 

The following facts are among the many new revelations in Part I:

* With Ambassador Stevens missing, the White House convened a roughly two-hour meeting at 7:30 PM, which resulted in action items focused on a YouTube video, and others containing the phrases “f any deployment is made,” and “Libya must agree to any deployment,” and “[w]ill not deploy until order comes to go to either Tripoli or Benghazi.” [pg. 115]

* The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff typically would have participated in the White House meeting, but did not attend because he went home to host a dinner party for foreign dignitaries. [pg. 107]

* A Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST) sat on a plane in Rota, Spain, for three hours, and changed in and out of their uniforms four times. [pg. 154]

* None of the relevant military forces met their required deployment timelines. [pg. 150]

* The Libyan forces that evacuated Americans from the CIA Annex to the Benghazi airport was not affiliated with any of the militias the CIA or State Department had developed a relationship with during the prior 18 months. Instead, it was comprised of former Qadhafi loyalists who the U.S. had helped remove from power during the Libyan revolution. [pg. 144]

 

The following facts are among the many new revelations in Part II:

* Five of the 10 action items from the 7:30 PM White House meeting referenced the video, but no direct link or solid evidence existed connecting the attacks in Benghazi and the video at the time the meeting took place. The State Department senior officials at the meeting had access to eyewitness accounts to the attack in real time. The Diplomatic Security Command Center was in direct contact with the Diplomatic Security Agents on the ground in Benghazi and sent out multiple updates about the situation, including a “Terrorism Event Notification.” The State Department Watch Center had also notified Jake Sullivan and Cheryl Mills that it had set up a direct telephone line to Tripoli. There was no mention of the video from the agents on the ground. Greg Hicks—one of the last people to talk to Chris Stevens before he died—said there was virtually no discussion about the video in Libya leading up to the attacks. [pg. 28]

* The morning after the attacks, the National Security Council’s Deputy Spokesperson sent an email to nearly two dozen people from the White House, Defense Department, State Department, and intelligence community, stating: “Both the President and Secretary Clinton released statements this morning. … Please refer to those for any comments for the time being. To ensure we are all in sync on messaging for the rest of the day, Ben Rhodes will host a conference call for USG communicators on this chain at 9:15 ET today.” [pg. 39]

* Minutes before the President delivered his speech in the Rose Garden, Jake Sullivan wrote in an email to Ben Rhodes and others: “There was not really much violence in Egypt. And we are not saying that the violence in Libya erupted ‘over inflammatory videos.’” [pg. 44]

* According to Susan Rice, both Ben Rhodes and David Plouffe prepared her for her appearances on the Sunday morning talk shows following the attacks. Nobody from the FBI, Department of Defense, or CIA participated in her prep call. While Rhodes testified Plouffe would “normally” appear on the Sunday show prep calls, Rice testified she did not recall Plouffe being on prior calls and did not understand why he was on the call in this instance. [pg.98]

* On the Sunday shows, Susan Rice stated the FBI had “already begun looking at all sorts of evidence” and “FBI has a lead in this investigation.” But on Monday, the Deputy Director, Office of Maghreb Affairs sent an email stating:“McDonough apparently told the SVTS [secure Video Teleconference] group today that everyone was required to ‘shut their pieholes’ about the Benghazi attack in light of the FBI investigation, due to start tomorrow.” [pg. 135]

* After Susan Rice’s Sunday show appearances, Jake Sullivan assured the Secretary of the State that Rice “wasn’t asked about whether we had any intel. But she did make clear our view that this started spontaneously and then evolved.” [pg. 128]

* Susan Rice’s comments on the Sunday talk shows were met with shock and disbelief by State Department employees in Washington. The Senior Libya Desk Officer, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, State Department, wrote: “I think Rice was off the reservation on this one.” The Deputy Director, Office of Press and Public Diplomacy, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, State Department, responded: “Off the reservation on five networks!” The Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications, Bureau of Near East Affairs, State Department, wrote: “WH [White House] very worried about the politics. This was all their doing.” [pg. 132]

* The CIA’s September 13, 2012, intelligence assessment was rife with errors. On the first page, there is a single mention of “the early stages of the protest” buried in one of the bullet points. The article cited to support the mention of a protest in this instance was actually from September 4. In other words, the analysts used an article from a full week before the attacks to support the premise that a protest had occurred just prior to the attack on September 11. [pg. 47]

* A headline on the following page of the CIA’s September 13 intelligence assessment stated “Extremists Capitalized on Benghazi Protests,” but nothing in the actual text box supports that title. As it turns out, the title of the text box was supposed to be “Extremists Capitalized on Cairo Protests.” That small but vital difference—from Cairo to Benghazi—had major implications in how people in the administration were able to message the attacks. [pg. 52]

 

The following facts are among the many new revelations in Part III:

* During deliberations within the State Department about whether and how to intervene in Libya in March 2011, Jake Sullivan listed the first goal as “avoid[ing] a failed state, particularly one in which al-Qaeda and other extremists might take safe haven.” [pg. 9]

* The administration’s policy of no boots on the ground shaped the type of military assistance provided to State Department personnel in Libya. The Executive Secretariats for both the Defense Department and State Department exchanged communications outlining the diplomatic capacity in which the Defense Department SST security team members would serve, which included wearing civilian clothes so as not to offend the Libyans. [pg. 60]

* When the State Department’s presence in Benghazi was extended in December 2012, senior officials from the Bureau of Diplomatic Security were excluded from the discussion. [pg. 74]

* In February 2012, the lead Diplomatic Security Agent at Embassy Tripoli informed his counterpart in Benghazi that more DS agents would not be provided by decision makers, because “substantive reporting” was not Benghazi’s purpose. [pg. 77]

* Emails indicate senior State Department officials, including Cheryl Mills, Jake Sullivan, and Huma Abedin were preparing for a trip by the Secretary of State to Libya in October 2012. According to testimony, Chris Stevens wanted to have a “deliverable” for the Secretary for her trip to Libya, and that “deliverable” would be making the Mission in Benghazi a permanent Consulate. [pg. 96]

* In August 2012—roughly a month before the Benghazi attacks—security on the ground worsened significantly. Ambassador Stevens initially planned to travel to Benghazi in early August, but cancelled the trip “primarily for Ramadan/security reasons.” [pg. 99]

* Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta bluntly told the committee “an intelligence failure” occurred with respect to Benghazi. Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell also acknowledged multiple times an intelligence failure did in fact occur prior to the Benghazi attacks. [pg. 129]

 

http://benghazi.house.gov/NewInfo

[drobeski 3,061]

The following facts are among the many new revelations in Part I:

* With Ambassador Stevens missing, the White House convened a roughly two-hour meeting at 7:30 PM, which resulted in action items focused on a YouTube video, and others containing the phrases f any deployment is made, and Libya must agree to any deployment, and [w]ill not deploy until order comes to go to either Tripoli or Benghazi. [pg. 115]

* The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff typically would have participated in the White House meeting, but did not attend because he went home to host a dinner party for foreign dignitaries. [pg. 107]

* A Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST) sat on a plane in Rota, Spain, for three hours, and changed in and out of their uniforms four times. [pg. 154]

* None of the relevant military forces met their required deployment timelines. [pg. 150]

* The Libyan forces that evacuated Americans from the CIA Annex to the Benghazi airport was not affiliated with any of the militias the CIA or State Department had developed a relationship with during the prior 18 months. Instead, it was comprised of former Qadhafi loyalists who the U.S. had helped remove from power during the Libyan revolution. [pg. 144]

 

The following facts are among the many new revelations in Part II:

* Five of the 10 action items from the 7:30 PM White House meeting referenced the video, but no direct link or solid evidence existed connecting the attacks in Benghazi and the video at the time the meeting took place. The State Department senior officials at the meeting had access to eyewitness accounts to the attack in real time. The Diplomatic Security Command Center was in direct contact with the Diplomatic Security Agents on the ground in Benghazi and sent out multiple updates about the situation, including a Terrorism Event Notification. The State Department Watch Center had also notified Jake Sullivan and Cheryl Mills that it had set up a direct telephone line to Tripoli. There was no mention of the video from the agents on the ground. Greg Hicksone of the last people to talk to Chris Stevens before he diedsaid there was virtually no discussion about the video in Libya leading up to the attacks. [pg. 28]

* The morning after the attacks, the National Security Councils Deputy Spokesperson sent an email to nearly two dozen people from the White House, Defense Department, State Department, and intelligence community, stating: Both the President and Secretary Clinton released statements this morning. Please refer to those for any comments for the time being. To ensure we are all in sync on messaging for the rest of the day, Ben Rhodes will host a conference call for USG communicators on this chain at 9:15 ET today. [pg. 39]

* Minutes before the President delivered his speech in the Rose Garden, Jake Sullivan wrote in an email to Ben Rhodes and others: There was not really much violence in Egypt. And we are not saying that the violence in Libya erupted over inflammatory videos. [pg. 44]

* According to Susan Rice, both Ben Rhodes and David Plouffe prepared her for her appearances on the Sunday morning talk shows following the attacks. Nobody from the FBI, Department of Defense, or CIA participated in her prep call. While Rhodes testified Plouffe would normally appear on the Sunday show prep calls, Rice testified she did not recall Plouffe being on prior calls and did not understand why he was on the call in this instance. [pg.98]

* On the Sunday shows, Susan Rice stated the FBI had already begun looking at all sorts of evidence and FBI has a lead in this investigation. But on Monday, the Deputy Director, Office of Maghreb Affairs sent an email stating:McDonough apparently told the SVTS [secure Video Teleconference] group today that everyone was required to shut their pieholes about the Benghazi attack in light of the FBI investigation, due to start tomorrow. [pg. 135]

* After Susan Rices Sunday show appearances, Jake Sullivan assured the Secretary of the State that Rice wasnt asked about whether we had any intel. But she did make clear our view that this started spontaneously and then evolved. [pg. 128]

* Susan Rices comments on the Sunday talk shows were met with shock and disbelief by State Department employees in Washington. The Senior Libya Desk Officer, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, State Department, wrote: I think Rice was off the reservation on this one. The Deputy Director, Office of Press and Public Diplomacy, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, State Department, responded: Off the reservation on five networks! The Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications, Bureau of Near East Affairs, State Department, wrote: WH [White House] very worried about the politics. This was all their doing. [pg. 132]

* The CIAs September 13, 2012, intelligence assessment was rife with errors. On the first page, there is a single mention of the early stages of the protest buried in one of the bullet points. The article cited to support the mention of a protest in this instance was actually from September 4. In other words, the analysts used an article from a full week before the attacks to support the premise that a protest had occurred just prior to the attack on September 11. [pg. 47]

* A headline on the following page of the CIAs September 13 intelligence assessment stated Extremists Capitalized on Benghazi Protests, but nothing in the actual text box supports that title. As it turns out, the title of the text box was supposed to be Extremists Capitalized on Cairo Protests. That small but vital differencefrom Cairo to Benghazihad major implications in how people in the administration were able to message the attacks. [pg. 52]

 

The following facts are among the many new revelations in Part III:

* During deliberations within the State Department about whether and how to intervene in Libya in March 2011, Jake Sullivan listed the first goal as avoid[ing] a failed state, particularly one in which al-Qaeda and other extremists might take safe haven. [pg. 9]

* The administrations policy of no boots on the ground shaped the type of military assistance provided to State Department personnel in Libya. The Executive Secretariats for both the Defense Department and State Department exchanged communications outlining the diplomatic capacity in which the Defense Department SST security team members would serve, which included wearing civilian clothes so as not to offend the Libyans. [pg. 60]

* When the State Departments presence in Benghazi was extended in December 2012, senior officials from the Bureau of Diplomatic Security were excluded from the discussion. [pg. 74]

* In February 2012, the lead Diplomatic Security Agent at Embassy Tripoli informed his counterpart in Benghazi that more DS agents would not be provided by decision makers, because substantive reporting was not Benghazis purpose. [pg. 77]

* Emails indicate senior State Department officials, including Cheryl Mills, Jake Sullivan, and Huma Abedin were preparing for a trip by the Secretary of State to Libya in October 2012. According to testimony, Chris Stevens wanted to have a deliverable for the Secretary for her trip to Libya, and that deliverable would be making the Mission in Benghazi a permanent Consulate. [pg. 96]

* In August 2012roughly a month before the Benghazi attackssecurity on the ground worsened significantly. Ambassador Stevens initially planned to travel to Benghazi in early August, but cancelled the trip primarily for Ramadan/security reasons. [pg. 99]

* Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta bluntly told the committee an intelligence failure occurred with respect to Benghazi. Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell also acknowledged multiple times an intelligence failure did in fact occur prior to the Benghazi attacks. [pg. 129]

 

http://benghazi.house.gov/NewInfo

that's a lot of failure, incompetence and idiocy from the white house down.

Well worth the investigation, hopefully we'll have competent leadership in there soon so this type of tragedy doesn't occur again.

[Willis McGahee's Dentist 61]

What a miserable failure of a secretary of state that kunt was, and a big time liar to boot.

Lol Remember when I asked how many different investigations there has to be that find her totally void of any wrong doing in the Benghazi incident before the idiots finally give up on blaming her? Well, it seems it's like finding out how many licks till you get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. You can't unretard someone.

[drobeski 3,061]

Lol Remember when I asked how many different investigations there has to be that find her totally void of any wrong doing in the Benghazi incident before the idiots finally give up on blaming her? Well, it seems it's like finding out how many licks till you get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. You can't unretard someone.

are you saying this was a successful mission ? Wow dumbocrats sure have low expectations. It's understandable, you're used to failure, it's defined most of your lives.

[Willis McGahee's Dentist 61]

are you saying this was a successful mission ? Wow dumbocrats sure have low expectations. It's understandable, you're used to failure, it's defined most of your lives.

No, moron. I'm saying that Hillary isn't to blame for killing four Americans. Do you think the Iraq or Afghanistan wars were successful missions?

[drobeski 3,061]

No, moron. I'm saying that Hillary isn't to blame for killing four Americans. Do you think the Iraq or Afghanistan wars were successful missions?

guess you didn't read the report

[Mike Honcho 4,023]

What a miserable failure of a secretary of state that kunt was, and a big time liar to boot.

 

Hey look at Drobe...

 

 

 

Watch Drobe be confused who is representing him in this video.

[Willis McGahee's Dentist 61]

Any predictions on when Trump apologizes? Before or after the convention?

[Mike Honcho 4,023]

are you saying this was a successful mission ? Wow dumbocrats sure have low expectations. It's understandable, you're used to failure, it's defined most of your lives.

 

It wasn't a mission, clustertard!

[Sho Nuff 719]

that's a lot of failure, incompetence and idiocy from the white house down.

Well worth the investigation, hopefully we'll have competent leadership in there soon so this type of tragedy doesn't occur again.

Yet, you are a Trump guy, there is nothing competent about him.

 

There we're failures here, obviously... Yet nothing in these reports has bloodied Hillary like the GOP wanted yo and wasted millions of taxpayer dollars so republicans can keep whining.

 

Meanwhile, most sane people moved on long ago.

[drobeski 3,061]

Are you guys arguing that she was a good secretary of state ? Competent ? Really ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[drobeski 3,061]

[Sho Nuff 719]

Are you guys arguing that she was a good secretary of state ? Competent ? Really ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did anyone say that?

You said you can't wait for someone competent to be in office...this while supporting Trump.

Again, your hacky trolling is always transparent.

[MDC 5,890]

The truth: 1

 

Drumpfeski: 0

 

[drobeski 3,061]

 

It wasn't a mission, clustertard!

but it was a failure, big time. The begged for added security and it was denied.

 

Then the kunt intentionally lied about it.

 

Facts.

[Willis McGahee's Dentist 61]

Are you guys arguing that she was a good secretary of state ? Competent ? Really ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You're the only one mentioning that, ape boy. We're saying, as are both GOP-led investigations, that Hillary is not at fault for the deaths of anyone in the Benghazi incident. Better luck with the email server stuff. You and your ilk are running out of bullsh!t accusations to make.

[drobeski 3,061]

You're the only one mentioning that, ape boy. We're saying, as are both GOP-led investigations, that Hillary is not at fault for the deaths of anyone in the Benghazi incident. Better luck with the email server stuff. You and your ilk are running out of bullsh!t accusations to make.

youre right it wasn't her, I was that darn vile disgusting video.

She'll be an awesome president

[Willis McGahee's Dentist 61]

youre right it wasn't her, I was that darn vile disgusting video.

She'll be an awesome president

If she's even half as good as her husband was, she'll be the best we've had since Reagan. hth

[cyclone24 1,814]

It's funny watching liberals on this board suspend their belief that Hillary isn't to blame for benghazi or didnt hide emails.

 

Like mentally how do you lie to yourself when you know? Pretty impressive

[drobeski 3,061]

It's funny when liberals pretend the cost of something matters

[Willis McGahee's Dentist 61]

It's funny watching liberals on this board suspend their belief that Hillary isn't to blame for benghazi or didnt hide emails.

 

Like mentally how do you lie to yourself when you know? Pretty impressive

Two GOP=led investigations have now concluded that Hillary isn't to blame. Did you read the part where I said 'GOP-led'? I know that you guys want SOOOOOOO hard to believe it. I actually feel bad that nothing ever seems to back your claims.

[Frank M 181]

It's funny watching liberals on this board suspend their belief that Hillary isn't to blame for benghazi or didnt hide emails.

 

Like mentally how do you lie to yourself when you know? Pretty impressive

 

I don't know. You tell me: How do conservatives suspend their disbelief about everything where Trump is concerned? Like, mentally, how do you lie to yourself when you know he's the least qualified candidate for President that this country has ever seen? Especially given the fact that most of you spent eight years about how unqualified Obama was.

 

Pretty impressive.

[cyclone24 1,814]

 

I don't know. You tell me: How do conservatives suspend their disbelief about everything where Trump is concerned? Like, mentally, how do you lie to yourself when you know he's the least qualified candidate for President that this country has ever seen? Especially given the fact that most of you spent eight years about how unqualified Obama was.

 

Pretty impressive.

Right out of the liberal Playbook. Can't go one post without mentioning Trump. We are not talking about trump. The post is not talking about trump. This post is talking about Hillary Clinton and what a continual liar she is.

[penultimatestraw 473]

If she's even half as good as her husband was, she'll be the best we've had since Reagan. hth

This doesn't seem mathematically/temporally possible.

[Sho Nuff 719]

It's funny watching liberals on this board suspend their belief that Hillary isn't to blame for benghazi or didnt hide emails.

 

Like mentally how do you lie to yourself when you know? Pretty impressive

Why must you and drobs keep making things up?

She his emails...the investigations have shown she isn't to blame.

 

And I still won't vote for her. N mental lying or actual lying needed.

[Baker Boy 1,484]

A 339-page report released by Democrats on the House Select Committee on Benghazi mentions Donald Trump 23 times.

 

That total is more than the combined number of references to Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, two of the former Navy SEALs killed in the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks. Ambassador Chris Stevens, who was also killed during the onslaught, is mentioned 85 times in the report, according to Republicans on the Select Committee.

 

 

 

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/06/27/democrats-benghazi-report-mentions-donald-trump-23-times-for-some-reason/#ixzz4Cu5U2dLF

[Willis McGahee's Dentist 61]

Look at the bright side, Republitards...you guys can keep pretending that Hillary is to blame for guys dying in Benghazi and hate her her as much as you always have. This investigation won't change that and never intended to. The sad part is, the general public isn't going to jump over to your side and believe the lies. So this isn't going to help you steal the election.

[drobeski 3,061]

 

It wasn't a mission, clustertard!

you have a hard time reading ?

 

The report calls it "the mission in Benghazi"

 

 

 

Idiot

[Frank M 181]

Right out of the liberal Playbook. Can't go one post without mentioning Trump. We are not talking about trump. The post is not talking about trump. This post is talking about Hillary Clinton and what a continual liar she is.

 

Not really. You asked how liberals do it, and I said I don't know and asked how you guys do it.

 

Surely you're not saying only liberals suspend their disbelief where their candidate is concerned, are you?