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By U-T San Diego Editorial Board
SNIP:
What did President Barack Obama know and when did he know it? Why has the Obama administration kept changing its story about how Ambassador Chris Stevens, security officials Tyrone Woods of Imperial Beach and Glen Doherty of Encinitas, and information officer Sean Smith, who grew up in San Diego, died on Sept. 11 in Benghazi, Libya? Why wont the mainstream media treat the incontrovertible evidence of the White Houses dishonesty and incompetence like the ugly scandal it obviously is?
These are all questions that demand to be answered after revelations that demolished the tidy narrative the president has been offering about Benghazi.
Until last week, the White House had taken a moderate hit over the fact that for two weeks after it happened, officials had fostered the impression that the four Americans were killed Sept. 11 in a spontaneous protest triggered by a blasphemous anti-Islam video posted on YouTube not by a coordinated terrorist attack on the 11th anniversary of 9/11. But administration officials pushed back by saying the fog of war had left them uncertain about events, and that when White House press secretary Jay Carney and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice had cited the video, they were only repeating the best available information they had. The presidents repeated comments conveyed the impression that he wasnt aware of the attacks as they were unfolding, saying only that the next day, he ordered increased security for embassies in the area.
But after a torrent of leaks of official emails and communiqués likely coming from CIA officials who refuse to participate in a cover-up and/or who wont accept the role of scapegoat the fog of war narrative looks like damage control: a determined attempt to keep the facts from the public until after the Nov. 6 election. After the leaks, the president suddenly changed his story to say he was aware of the attacks as they unfolded and had quickly issued an order to make sure that we are securing our personnel and doing whatever we need to.
There was no fog. There was no spontaneous uprising. Thanks to a drone and other surveillance technology, the White Houses national security team knew in real time that the U.S. consulate and a safe house a mile away in Benghazi were under coordinated attack by a well-armed group, not from a protest that unexpectedly escalated. Over a seven-hour span on Sept. 11, the besieged Americans made at least two urgent requests for help; the U.S. military has considerable assets in the area that could have been deployed to Benghazi.
all of it with comments here
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SNIP:
What did President Barack Obama know and when did he know it? Why has the Obama administration kept changing its story about how Ambassador Chris Stevens, security officials Tyrone Woods of Imperial Beach and Glen Doherty of Encinitas, and information officer Sean Smith, who grew up in San Diego, died on Sept. 11 in Benghazi, Libya? Why wont the mainstream media treat the incontrovertible evidence of the White Houses dishonesty and incompetence like the ugly scandal it obviously is?
These are all questions that demand to be answered after revelations that demolished the tidy narrative the president has been offering about Benghazi.
Until last week, the White House had taken a moderate hit over the fact that for two weeks after it happened, officials had fostered the impression that the four Americans were killed Sept. 11 in a spontaneous protest triggered by a blasphemous anti-Islam video posted on YouTube not by a coordinated terrorist attack on the 11th anniversary of 9/11. But administration officials pushed back by saying the fog of war had left them uncertain about events, and that when White House press secretary Jay Carney and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice had cited the video, they were only repeating the best available information they had. The presidents repeated comments conveyed the impression that he wasnt aware of the attacks as they were unfolding, saying only that the next day, he ordered increased security for embassies in the area.
But after a torrent of leaks of official emails and communiqués likely coming from CIA officials who refuse to participate in a cover-up and/or who wont accept the role of scapegoat the fog of war narrative looks like damage control: a determined attempt to keep the facts from the public until after the Nov. 6 election. After the leaks, the president suddenly changed his story to say he was aware of the attacks as they unfolded and had quickly issued an order to make sure that we are securing our personnel and doing whatever we need to.
There was no fog. There was no spontaneous uprising. Thanks to a drone and other surveillance technology, the White Houses national security team knew in real time that the U.S. consulate and a safe house a mile away in Benghazi were under coordinated attack by a well-armed group, not from a protest that unexpectedly escalated. Over a seven-hour span on Sept. 11, the besieged Americans made at least two urgent requests for help; the U.S. military has considerable assets in the area that could have been deployed to Benghazi.
all of it with comments here
âYOU HAVE THE BLOOD OF AN AMERICAN HERO ON YOUR HANDSâ | UTSanDiego.com
