bitterlyclingin
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[Lies! Lies! and more Lies from the Chicago Jesus. "A terrorist attack on my watch! Oh, Prophet Mohammed! The first successful one in eleven years! Can't let that news get out! Here's hopin' mediamatters, the NYT, and the WaPo have still got my back! Especially on this one. Maybe they'll even figure out a way to cast Mitt Romney as the dufus, here."]
"Within 24 hours of the 9-11 anniversary attack on the United States consulate in Benghazi, U.S. intelligence agencies had strong indications al Qaedaaffiliated operatives were behind the attack, and had even pinpointed the location of one of those attackers. Three separate U.S. intelligence officials who spoke to The Daily Beast said the early information was enough to show that the attack was planned and the work of al Qaeda affiliates operating in Eastern Libya.
Nonetheless, it took until late last week for the White House and the administration to formally acknowledge that the Benghazi assault was a terrorist attack. On Sunday, Obama adviser Robert Gibbs explained the evolving narrative as a function of new information coming in quickly on the attacks. We learned more information every single day about what happened, Gibbs said on Fox News. Nobody wants to get to the bottom of this faster than we do.
The intelligence officials who spoke to The Daily Beast did so anonymously because they werent authorized to speak to the press. They said U.S. intelligence agencies developed leads on four of the participants of the attacks within 24 hours of the fire fight that took place mainly at an annex near the Benghazi consulate. For one of those individuals, the U.S. agencies were able to find his location after his use of social media. We had two kinds of intelligence on one guy, this official said. We believe we had enough to target him.
Another U.S. intelligence official said, There was very good information on this in the first 24 hours. These guys have a return address. There are camps of people and a wide variety of things we could do.
A spokesman for the National Security Council declined to comment for the story. But another U.S. intelligence official said, I cant get into specific numbers but soon after the attack we had a pretty good bead....."
Report: Obama Knew Attack On Consulate In Benghazi Was Work Of Al-Qaeda Affiliates Within 24 Hours… | Weasel Zippers
"Within 24 hours of the 9-11 anniversary attack on the United States consulate in Benghazi, U.S. intelligence agencies had strong indications al Qaedaaffiliated operatives were behind the attack, and had even pinpointed the location of one of those attackers. Three separate U.S. intelligence officials who spoke to The Daily Beast said the early information was enough to show that the attack was planned and the work of al Qaeda affiliates operating in Eastern Libya.
Nonetheless, it took until late last week for the White House and the administration to formally acknowledge that the Benghazi assault was a terrorist attack. On Sunday, Obama adviser Robert Gibbs explained the evolving narrative as a function of new information coming in quickly on the attacks. We learned more information every single day about what happened, Gibbs said on Fox News. Nobody wants to get to the bottom of this faster than we do.
The intelligence officials who spoke to The Daily Beast did so anonymously because they werent authorized to speak to the press. They said U.S. intelligence agencies developed leads on four of the participants of the attacks within 24 hours of the fire fight that took place mainly at an annex near the Benghazi consulate. For one of those individuals, the U.S. agencies were able to find his location after his use of social media. We had two kinds of intelligence on one guy, this official said. We believe we had enough to target him.
Another U.S. intelligence official said, There was very good information on this in the first 24 hours. These guys have a return address. There are camps of people and a wide variety of things we could do.
A spokesman for the National Security Council declined to comment for the story. But another U.S. intelligence official said, I cant get into specific numbers but soon after the attack we had a pretty good bead....."
Report: Obama Knew Attack On Consulate In Benghazi Was Work Of Al-Qaeda Affiliates Within 24 Hours… | Weasel Zippers
