White House told of militant claim two hours after Libya attack: emails
By Mark Hosenball
WASHINGTON | Tue Oct 23, 2012 9:11pm EDT
(Reuters) - Officials at the White House and State Department were advised two hours after attackers assaulted the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11 that an Islamic militant group had claimed credit for the attack, official emails show.
The emails, obtained by Reuters from government sources not connected with U.S. spy agencies or the State Department and who requested anonymity, specifically mention that the Libyan group called Ansar al-Sharia had asserted responsibility for the attacks.
The brief emails also show how U.S. diplomats described the attack, even as it was still under way, to Washington.
U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the Benghazi assault, which President Barack Obama and other U.S. officials ultimately acknowledged was a "terrorist" attack carried out by militants with suspected links to al Qaeda affiliates or sympathizers.
Administration spokesmen, including White House spokesman Jay Carney, citing an unclassified assessment prepared by the CIA, maintained for days that the attacks likely were a spontaneous protest against an anti-Muslim film.
While officials did mention the possible involvement of "extremists," they did not lay blame on any specific militant groups or possible links to al Qaeda or its affiliates until intelligence officials publicly alleged that on September 28.
There were indications that extremists with possible al Qaeda connections were involved, but also evidence that the attacks could have erupted spontaneously, they said, adding that government experts wanted to be cautious about pointing fingers prematurely.
U.S. intelligence officials have emphasized since shortly after the attack that early intelligence reporting about the attack was mixed.
They watched it in real time from the camera of a drone flying above the compound.
"Approval ratings go up and down for various reasons... An example is the high post 911 support for GWB even though he could be said to be responsible for the event." --- Box A Rox '9/11 Truther'
Melania is a bimbo... she is there to look at, not to listen to. --- Box A Rox and his 'War on Women'
What I and others find most offensive in this whole thing............is how this administration LIED to the american people by fabricating a COVER-UP by using a VIDEO!!!!
They LIED....they COVERED-UP..........they AGAIN tried to cause DIVISION!!!!
For this reason and this reason alone...............this administration MUST be stopped!!!
American's are dying for NO GOOD REASON..........the government lies and covers it up................Get these bastards out of office!!!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Remember, the Watergate story broke in June of 1972. Five month before the election and Nixon won in a landslide. But...He did end up getting impeached and resigned.
This Libya scandal is still young. I almost hope Obama wins so he can be impeached and disgraced during his second term. It would be much more satisfying. Losing an election is getting off easy. I'd rather see these crooks and bums be publicly disgraced.
This Libya scandal is still young. I almost hope Obama wins so he can be impeached and disgraced during his second term.
Ok, now I know you must smoke weed heavily.
Obama needs to loose the election, because the conselation prize of him winning and getting impeached is Joe Biden.
Joe Biden, dude!
"Approval ratings go up and down for various reasons... An example is the high post 911 support for GWB even though he could be said to be responsible for the event." --- Box A Rox '9/11 Truther'
Melania is a bimbo... she is there to look at, not to listen to. --- Box A Rox and his 'War on Women'
Ok, now I know you must smoke weed heavily. Obama needs to loose the election, because the conselation prize of him winning and getting impeached is Joe Biden. Joe Biden, dude!
Republicans fought the impeachment of Tricky Dick for stealing a persidential election... yet they fought to Impeach Bill Clinton for sex with an intern... Typical.
How'd that Clinton Impeachment go for ya Righties???
(Polls taken in 2000 consistently showed that if it were possible for him to run again... Bill Clinton would have overwhelmingly won the election over Al Gore or G Worst Bush!)
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Republicans fought the impeachment of Tricky Dick for stealing a persidential election... yet they fought to Impeach Bill Clinton for sex with an intern... Typical.
How'd that Clinton Impeachment go for ya Righties???
(Polls taken in 2000 consistently showed that if it were possible for him to run again... Bill Clinton would have overwhelmingly won the election over Al Gore or G Worst Bush!)
Let's do the Time Warp AGAIN!!!....It's just a jump to the left.
(Oh, and nobody died in Watergate or the Oral Office scandals...Obama lied and watched four Americans die.)
"Approval ratings go up and down for various reasons... An example is the high post 911 support for GWB even though he could be said to be responsible for the event." --- Box A Rox '9/11 Truther'
Melania is a bimbo... she is there to look at, not to listen to. --- Box A Rox and his 'War on Women'
Obama needs to loose the election, because the conselation prize of him winning and getting impeached is Joe Biden.
Joe Biden, dude!
Dude, how much weed do you smoke? You are still under the illusion that the world is going to change whether it Romney,Obama, or Biden, or Ryan? Look no further than George W Bush, he may have been a bigger liberal in regards to policy than Clinton. Bush actually said after passing TARP and bailing out the banks, to paraphrase - that he had 'to violate the principles of free market capitalism to save capitalism'. Stop listening to the rhetoric and begin looking at their policy and legislation brah.
It think it would be much more beneficial that Government leaders are disgraced and humiliated. Maybe more people will wake up to the reality of the a** clowns that are selected from the two corrupt major parties.
(Polls taken in 2000 consistently showed that if it were possible for him to run again... Bill Clinton would have overwhelmingly won the election over Al Gore or G Worst Bush!)
Polls showed consistently that John Kerry would be elected too.
Polls showed consistently that John Kerry would be elected too.
Cic... Ya really gotta quite making up FACTS. I know the FACTS never agree with your opinion, and you are entitled to your opinion, but FACTS ARE FACTS:
RealClearPolitics Poll Average 3-Way Race: Bush/Cheney vs Kerry/Edwards vs Nader/Camejo Of the polls taken in the last days of the 2004 election,
Kerry/Edwards won 7 BWB/Cheney won 68 Tie 12
Really Cicero, as I've posted over and over on this board... Cicero always seems to get it wrong!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Cic... Ya really gotta quite making up FACTS. I know the FACTS never agree with your opinion, and you are entitled to your opinion, but FACTS ARE FACTS:
RealClearPolitics Poll Average 3-Way Race: Bush/Cheney vs Kerry/Edwards vs Nader/Camejo Of the polls taken in the last days of the 2004 election,
Kerry/Edwards won 7 BWB/Cheney won 68 Tie 12
Really Cicero, as I've posted over and over on this board... Cicero always seems to get it wrong!
Hahahaha...Box, you really showed your lack of intellegence Grahambonnet has been talking about. You cherry pick polling data, then make the absurde claim that Clinton would have OVERWHELMINGLY won in 2000.
News Alert! Bush wasn't campaigning against Clinton in 2000. It's easy to win a popularity poll when you don't have an opponent attacking you.
REMINDER, THEY ARE POLLS BOX, POLLS ARE NOT FACTS THAT TRANSLATE INTO ELECTION RESULTS.
That is called an assumption...Or in your case, a wet dream.
REMINDER, THEY ARE POLLS BOX, POLLS ARE NOT FACTS THAT TRANSLATE INTO ELECTION RESULTS. That is called an assumption...Or in your case, a wet dream.
Cicero is running as fast as he can from his previous post:
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Quoted from CICERO
"Polls showed consistently that John Kerry would be elected too."
Cic... Ya really gotta quite making up FACTS. I know the FACTS never agree with your opinion, and you are entitled to your opinion, but FACTS ARE FACTS:
RealClearPolitics Poll Average 3-Way Race: Bush/Cheney vs Kerry/Edwards vs Nader/Camejo Of the polls taken in the last days of the 2004 election,
Kerry/Edwards won 7 BWB/Cheney won 68 Tie 12
Really Cicero, as I've posted over and over on this board... Cicero always seems to get it wrong!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
RICE: But when things are unfolding very, very quickly, it’s not always easy to know what is really going on on the ground. And to my mind, the really important questions here are about how information was collected. Did the various agencies really coordinate and share intelligence in the way that we had hoped, with the reforms that were made after 9/11? So there’s a big picture to be examined here. But we don’t have all of the pieces, and I think it’s easy to try and jump to conclusions about what might have happened here. It’s probably better to let the relevant bodies do their work.
Rice highlighted the difficulty that comes in a “fog of war” situation, with multiple stories coming in which need to be processed and verified. Her statements strongly align with the evolution of the Obama administration’s understanding of what happened in Benghazi. Rice also joined current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in dismissing the big picture importance of the emails from the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, as a small portion of the overall communication between the mission and the State Department.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Cic... Ya really gotta quite making up FACTS. I know the FACTS never agree with your opinion, and you are entitled to your opinion, but FACTS ARE FACTS:
YOU ARE RIGHT...FACTS ARE FACTS.
FACT - 4 DEAD AMERICANS ON ANNIVERSARY OF 9-11 FACT - NO PROTESTS OUTSIDE BENGHAZI CONSULATE FACT - NOT PROTESTING OVER YOUTUBE VIDEO FACT - COORDINATED ATTACK AGAINST AMERICAN EMBASSY FACT - OBAMA LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILES ASSISTING IN REBEL OVERTHROW OF GADDAFI GOVERNMENT FACT - POST GADDAFI CHAOS CAUSED SECURITY RISK FOR U.S. DIPLOMATS IN LIBYA FACT - OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DENIED REQUESTS OF MORE SECURITY FOR U.S. DIPLOMATS PRIOR TO ATTACK FACT - WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM GETS EMAILS AND STATE DEPARTMENT HAS VIDEO WHILE CONSULATE IS UNDER ATTACK.
FACT - OBAMA GOES TO CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISER IN LAS VEGAS THE DAY AFTER LEARNING OF THE BENGHAZI ATTACK FACT - OBAMA GIVES SPEECH TO UN AND REFERENCES THE "OFFENSIVE" YOUTUBE VIDEO 6 TIMES FACT - SUSAN RICE GOES ON SUNDAY TALK SHOWS 5 DAYS AFTER 9-11 ATTACK SAYING IT WAS A SPONTANEOUS MOB THAT ATTACKED CONSULATE IN LIGHT OF THE FACT WE NOW KNOW THE WHITE HOUSE KNEW WITHIN 24 HOURS THAT IT WASN'T
FACT - PRESS SECRETARY JAY CARNEY SAYS ATTACK IS IN RESPONSE TO VIDEO.
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