Beth Stebner
The Daily Mail [UK]
27 September 2012
- U.S. Government privately labelled attack on U.S. Consulate a terrorist act almost immediately and knew CIA was chasing specific suspect
- White House claimed for a week that assault was staged by crazed protestors reacting to anti-Islam film
- Finally admitted act was a ‘terrorist’ strike last week
- Hillary Clinton yesterday said she believed the attack linked to al Qaeda
- Libyan president Mohamed Magarief said that attacks were ‘pre-planned’
- FBI being denied access to crime scene in Benghazi
- U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens was killed along with fellow Americans Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty
The Obama administration has confirmed that it knew within 24 hours that U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens had been killed in a pre-planned terrorist attack and not by crazed protestors enraged by an anti-Islam film.
The White House claimed for a week that the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi was ‘spontaneous’ and sparked by the controversial movie, before finally admitting that the 9/11 anniversary attack was orchestrated by terrorists.
But senior U.S. officials have now confessed the government privately labelled the attack a terrorist act almost immediately after it happened, and even knew that the perpetrators had links to al Qaeda.
Two unnamed officials told Fox News that the administration internally flagged the strike ‘terrorism’ from day one, setting off the proper protocols and mobilising resources.
The government had also been informed by September 12 that U.S. intelligence agencies were hunting on specific suspect – militant Ansar al-Shariah and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, who were likely responsible for the deadly attack…
…A congressional source said some members of the House Intelligence Committee found it ‘shocking’ when CIA Director David Petraeus told them three days after the attack that out-of-control demonstrators were responsible for the killings…
…a report in The Daily Beast claims U.S. intelligence agencies knew within 24 hours that the fire fight at the Benghazi consulate building was orchestrated by al Qaeda-affiliates hiding in Eastern Libya.
Unnamed officials said they had even tracked down the location of one suspect within this time, using social media…
The complete article, with video, is at The Daily Mail.
H/T Joe Miller who writes, “After getting caught lying, the Obama Administration then brazenly scrubbed a contradictory memo from the Internet! Click HERE to see it.”
Related: Remember Free Speech?
Yeah. Me too.
The producer of the controversial anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims” has been arrested for violating terms of his probation and is set for an appearance this afternoon in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.Insult the prophet (piss be upon him), go directly to jail. Do not collect $200. The First Amendment is being murdered by the death of a thousand politically correct cuts.
Must Watch: Bret Baier’s Report On Obama’s Two Weeks of Benghazi Lies
