re: It takes Trey Gowdy just three minutes to silence the media

I dont get how anyone cant see that on the anniversary of 9/11 the Benghazi attack was carried out as a planned event, way before the events in Cairo. It was 9/11 for Petes sake

And since Obama was giving them the cover of the video, the attackers ran with it

Which brings us back to the problem. Obama et al, used the video to cover up their ineptitude, and people like Rex bought into it

Gowdy will now, finally, get the opportunity to open some eyes. Thankfully, in time for the next elections. Which of course is reasonable, since the video story was used to hijack the previous election

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I dont get how anyone cant see that on the anniversary of 9/11

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A perfect storm;

- 9/11 in a lawless, weapons-saturated city in a Sunni Muslim country

- the release of an anti-American video on 9/10, calling for American blood

- Chris Stevens in town for the first time as American Ambassador

- election of Prime Minister scheduled for the following day, with jihadists and the Muslim Brotherhood having a vested interest in the outcome

Any one of those first three situations could have been reason enough to expect something might be in the works, combined with the knowledge that such an attack could effect the outcome of the last one, and it apparently did, as the overwhelming favorite lost.

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So did the video play a role? Yes or no?

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Not in Benghazi. Looks like the terrorist had everything planned to well, to have something that spontaneous affect them.

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Actually, I think he reached a new low there. A gutter low, to be honest, when he starts by insinuating that the Obama Administration is not interested in bringing the murderers to justice.

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Be clear Rex, he did not insinuate, he stated. Obama does not want to be brought to justice over this.

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Gowdy Doody Pinhead

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Such brilliance. You should be proud.

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just three minutes to silence the media

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There is hope! I like this guy. Can't wait to see him grill Hillary. There is some serious cover up going on over Benghazi

I read somewhere the Ambassador was there to negoiate the purchase of shoulder fired 'Stinger' type weapons the administration supplied to Libyan rebels. Apparently the administration screwed up and those weapons found their way into the hands of Al Qaeda operatives. So now the administration is in 'panic mode' as the fear those weapons may find their way across our unprotected southern border. May explain why the NSA is monitoring everything....every email....phone call....everything. [Hello Mr. NSA screener...how's your day going?]

Poor guys, my theory is the administration had to keep a lid on this thing, so they sought to smother the crisis, and bascially sacrificed those men. I bet there was a lot of phone calls and meetings involving WH and News outlets. Susan Rice was picked to 'sing' the official administration story. I wonder, is the poor guy accused of making that film still in jail? Maybe now we'll finally find out the truth.

What a mess!

Even if you believe the administration in their claims that:
(1) this was, at least in part, a spontaneous response to a video, and that
(2) once the attack began, they could not respond in time...

It still does not explain why...
(1) the request for more security were not granted;
(2) why the FBI did not show up to the site of the attack for two weeks;
(3) why the administration to this day has not produced for questioning many of the actual witnesses to the event.


I think that John Brennan, through the CIA, was essentially overseeing a gun-running operation wherein they were "re-acquiring" weapons given to Libyan rebels (some of which were Al Qaeda linked) to disburse in Syria to Syrian rebels.

The State Department and CIA got caught with their pants down.

This caused the WH to go into scramble mode in view of the election under two months away.

The fact of the matter is that the President, and likely his advisors, did not realize the magnitude of what was taking place and did not pay appropriate attention to the matter as it was unfolding - instead conserving energy and focus for the campaign trail and the big Vegas fundraiser on the horizon.

I think that the WH has been in full spin mode on this topic since then.

The reality of the whole deal is even if the WH came clean on everything, nothing would happen.

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Don't believe me? Then you'd have to believe that republicans on 7 committees, including Gowdy, were so incompetent that they failed to ask the questions Gowdy now wants to ask. They want an 8th bite of the apple.

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Or there are legal loopholes the ExecutiveBranch has successfully used to obstruct Congressional efforts, at least so far. e.g., preventing testimony of the Consulate Survivors.

But there's also no question the Committees suffered from incompetence.

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It still does not explain why...
(1) the request for more security were not granted;
(2) why the FBI did not show up to the site of the attack for two weeks;
(3) why the administration to this day has not produced for questioning many of the actual witnesses to the event.

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e.g., Why did the FBI spend more time in Scott Broadwell's house doing sex investigation, then it spent on the ground in Benghazi?

But ultimately the importance of Benghazi will rise or fall solely on the issue of cover-up. If a cover-up is established, the ugliness of the incident will be magnified. It will gain importance in terms of public interest. If not, there will be limited public interest.

No cover-up = No interest.

From VB's Link:

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Security fears had kept the F.B.I. agents from traveling the 400 miles from the American Embassy in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, to collect evidence at a crime scene that was trampled, looted and badly burned by militants more than three weeks ago.

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I wonder if those are the same type security fears that prompted Ambassador Stevens to repeatedly request more security protection, which was ignored by this administration?