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The Libya Debacle - The more we learn, the more Benghazi looks like a gross security failure..
WSJ ^ | September 27, 2012

Posted on 09/27/2012 1:34:54 PM PDT by opentalk

In his United Nations speech on Tuesday, President Obama talked about the September 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya and declared that "there should be no doubt that we will be relentless in tracking down the killers and bringing them to justice." What he didn't say is how relentless he'll be in tracking down the security lapses and intelligence failures that contributed to the murders. Let's say there's some doubt about that.

None of the initial explanations offered by the White House and State Department since the assault on the Benghazi consulate has held up.

First the Administration blamed protests provoked by an amateurish anti-Islam clip posted on YouTube. Cue Susan Rice, the U.N. Ambassador and leading candidate for Secretary of State in a second Obama term: "What happened initially was that it was a spontaneous reaction . . . as a consequence of the video, that people gathered outside the embassy and then it grew very violent."

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; brookingsinstitution; cap; hillary; impeachnow; libya; muslimbrotherhood; obama; podesta; statedepartment; waronterror
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To: opentalk
Jane Harman is a political hack from California with an ADA 95 rating in five terms in the House. She's also married to the co-founder of Harman Kardon, the stereo manufacturer.

John Podesta, a Clinton/Soros tool, was Slick's chief of staff and founder of Media Matters.

Sterling group ya got there, Cankles. I got nothing but confidence in ya.

21 posted on 09/27/2012 8:46:20 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: opentalk

FAP Board? Fail.


22 posted on 09/27/2012 9:22:14 PM PDT by rfp1234
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To: Real Cynic No More

I don’t think we’re alone, Real Cynic. This has obama’s & Hillary’s fingerprints a lll over it (On the heels of Fast & Furious, it’s really pretty insulting)
Wrt to the UN, eventually it will become too obvious to doubt/ deny.


23 posted on 09/28/2012 3:16:26 AM PDT by KGeorge
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