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Mother of Slain State Dept. Official Tired of Being Lied To and Stonewalled by Obama Administration
The Weekly Standard ^ | Wednesday, October 10, 2012 | Daniel Halper

Posted on 10/10/2012 6:58:18 PM PDT by kristinn

Link to YouTube video of interview.

The mother of State Department official Sean Smith, who was killed September 11, 2012 in the terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, appeared on CNN this evening.

Here's the computer generated rush transcript:

SNIP

COOPER : we're talking tonight with pat smith whose son sean smith was killed in the benghazi attack. today his son asked mitt romney to stop invoking her son's name on the campaign trail. pat smith did not speak about anyone's political agenda tonight. she is, however, bitter ly disappointed with the search for answers.who told you that they would give you information?

SMITH: you will love this. obama told me, hillary promised me. joe biden was a pressure and a real sweetheart. they all told me that -- they promised me. i told them please, tell me what happened. just tell me what happened.

COOPER: so you, are still waiting to find out what happened to your son what they know, or even what they don't know.

SMITH: right. officially yes. i told them don't give me any bologna you can keep your political stuff, just tell me the truth. and i still don't know. in fact, today i heard that he died of smoke inhalation.

COOPER: you don't know the cause of deng? death.

SMITH: no, i don't. i look at tv and i see bloody hand prints on walls thinking is that my son's? i don't know. they haven't told me anything. they are still studying it. and the thing that is they are telling me are outright lies. that susan rise, she talked to me personally and she said this is the way it was. it was -- it was because of this film that came out.

COOPER: so she told you personally that she thought it was a result of the video of the protest.

SMITH: oh, absolutely. in fact all of them did. all of them did. leon panetta actually took my face in his hands like this and he said trust me. i will tell you what happened. and so far, he's told me nothing. nothing at all. and i want to know.

COOPER: it is important for you to know all of the details no matter how horrible or tough they are to hear.

SMITH: exactly. i said if it is such a secret thing fine, take me in another room and whisper in my ear and fine we'll go from there. at first i was so proud because they were treating me so nice. i cried on obama's shoulder. and then he kind of looked off into the distance. so, that was worthless to me. i want to know for god's sakes. or for ala's sake or for who ever's sake is there.

COOPER: you deserve answers.

SNIP


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: benghazi; benghazicoverup; benghazimother; bho44; christophersmith; demlies; obama; patsmith; seansmith; soshillary; stevensdiary
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To: Ann Archy; kristinn; hoosiermama; penelopesire; thouworm

“Cooper and CNN KNOW what was in Stevens DIARY!!!”

My hunch is CNN has/had more than the diary.

Also, there’s a 50 minute video from the consulate’s security feed, not in the hands of the FBI. Issa wants it. Who has it? Holder??


21 posted on 10/11/2012 7:00:36 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief
"Also, there’s a 50 minute video from the consulate’s security feed, not in the hands of the FBI. Issa wants it. Who has it? Holder??"

CIA?

Letting us in on a secret (CIA Benghazi) --- [Dana Milbank]

22 posted on 10/11/2012 8:00:43 AM PDT by thouworm (.)
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To: bert
"There was a fairly detailed play by play yesterday in the Congressional hearing."

Yes, but the mother in the video said she had no idea how her son actually died. The interview was yesterday I believe, and she said she learned something new today (10/10/12), that her son died of smoke inhalation, but she also said she couldn't be sure if that was true. She wonders if he was shot? Nobody's given her an official finding on what actually happened to him. She spoke to Obama, Biden, Panetta, etc., all in person at the reception, and she said they promised they would make sure she knew what had happened to her son. Nobody's told her a thing since then.

So, from her interview with Anderson Cooper, I'm under the impression that she learned about his dying from smoke inhalation from the hearings, and not from an official government or military notice. What a way to find out how your child died...from a hearing aired on TV. It's disgraceful.

23 posted on 10/11/2012 9:20:20 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: kristinn

She needs to INSIST on an AUTOPSY!!! These LYING DEMOCRATS make my BLOOD BOIL!!!


24 posted on 10/11/2012 9:47:28 AM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: mass55th

No....that must mean they are LIBERALS.....maybe they are afraid his GAYNESS will come out.


25 posted on 10/11/2012 9:48:38 AM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy

Makes me sick that we even have to endure one more day of this disastrous presidency


26 posted on 10/11/2012 10:00:53 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: mass55th

That’s what I thought.

The whole administration should be stood against the wall....... Ceausescu style.

They are simply not required and are destroying America.


27 posted on 10/11/2012 11:16:33 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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