Let me spell out a scenario which does not conflict with any currently established facts:
1. Libya was portrayed as a shining example of the Administration's foreign policy prowess, involving the overthrow of an unpopular dictator which was supposed to earn us a new ally in the Middle East. In order to maintain this pretense, we deliberately downgraded the military security of our Embassy.
2. Embassy staff and others on the ground in LIbya knew that the pretended pacification of Libya was a sham and requested additional security. This request was denied for the political reasons stated above.
3. When the terrorist attack occurred on the anniversary of 9/11 and less than a month before the election, the Administration was frozen by political considerations as to whether it should provide immediate military rescue support. At the potential cost of American lives, it was finally decided to concoct a story that would deflect attention away from its prior refusal to provide additional security and the further crumbling of its foreign policy. As a result, the Administration provided false information to the American public in order to manipulate the forthcoming election.
I would argue that if proven this behavior, on the part of the President or his surrogates, falls precisely within the "high crimes and misdemeanors" specified in the Constitution as a basis for removing the President from office. Having said that, the current moral and political climate in this country makes this an impossibility.
