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Why did Paula Broadwell think the CIA had taken prisoners in Benghazi?
Washington Post ^ | November 12, 2012 | Max Fisher

Posted on 11/12/2012 9:39:59 AM PST by Seizethecarp

I can only imagine three possible explanations, all of which should be taken with many grains of salt:

1. Intelligence from faraway conflict areas can be hazy, and the story got honestly confused. Who knows how long or convoluted the chain of information was from Benghazi to Broadwell, whether or not it went through Petraeus, and it’s not hard to imagine a misstatement or mistake getting amplified.

2. She made it up or exaggerated some other piece of information, possibly including the name-dropping implication of Petraeus’s knowledge, either deliberately or mistakenly.

3. The story is true, and she let slip what had otherwise remained a remarkably well-kept secret from the Benghazi incident, which has been characterized by weeks of leaks. If true, it would raise further questions about the CIA’s efforts to maintain necessary levels of security.

I could be missing other possible scenarios, but all of these further raise the concern that, even if Petraeus did not allow classified intelligence to be compromised, his relationship with Broadwell may have heightened that very serious risk.

The full story of Broadwell’s access to Petraeus’s world at the CIA is still not clear, but it appears to have been intimate, perhaps problematically so. The Wall Street Journal now reports that FBI investigators found classified documents on her computer. That Petraeus’s relationship may have jeopardized sensitive intelligence would seem to remain the strongest case for his resignation.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: benghazi; broadwell; ciaprisons; jailbreak; navyseals; obama; petraeus; threatmatrix; threatmatrixbenghazi
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To: cruise_missile

No. This administration has been releasing terrorists, and members of this administration were involved in the release of terrorists even before they came to power. Some of Obama’s staffers were part of al Qaeda’s defense team.
Al Qaeda is what is expanding.


21 posted on 11/12/2012 11:15:30 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Revelation 911; MestaMachine
“Jennifer Griffin at FOX News today confirmed that the US was holding prisoners at the Benghazi annex near the consulate compound. US agents handed three prisoners over to Libyan authorities on their way out of the city on September 12. The prisoners may have been held in the compound for several days.”

Bingo!!! Griffen "may have" confirmed that Broadwell know what she was talking about and blew Obama's cover before the election to boot.

Prisoners held SEVERAL DAYS...before 9/11/12!

This totally trashes the Obama admin and Petraeus’ video mob story. Obviously, the CIA knew they had Al Qaeda-linked militia prisoners (extra-legal detention in “sovereign” Libya, no doubt) and Amb. Stevens likely knew as well...or did he? Did he know that there were mad-as-hornet Islamists in the neighborhood looking to spring their buds wherever they could find them on and anniversary of 9/11 or not?

22 posted on 11/12/2012 11:41:10 AM PST by Seizethecarp
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To: Matchett-PI; Seizethecarp

Here on FR we see the words in red: Lose Lips Sink Ships!!!

Pillow talks???


23 posted on 11/12/2012 12:04:06 PM PST by danamco (-)
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To: Seizethecarp

She is intel her own self. Stay on it. I flat can’t keep a focus on one thing and do this whole thing. Ping me whenever you get updates. I trust you.


24 posted on 11/12/2012 12:05:11 PM PST by MestaMachine
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To: MestaMachine

How did the NY Slimes get into her computer???


25 posted on 11/12/2012 12:06:25 PM PST by danamco (-)
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To: MestaMachine; Seizethecarp

And it was apparently been observed that hours before the attack there activity to set up suspicious road blocks and check marks around the complexes???


26 posted on 11/12/2012 12:10:59 PM PST by danamco (-)
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To: danamco

Hi, Dan. They didn’t. She talked about it in a speech in Denver. There are videos floating around out there somewhere,


27 posted on 11/12/2012 12:13:12 PM PST by MestaMachine
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To: Seizethecarp; Revelation 911; MestaMachine

It would be pop-corn time now if it was not so serious of slaughtering of three Americans and a guy Ambassador on American properties!!!


28 posted on 11/12/2012 12:16:06 PM PST by danamco (-)
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To: Seizethecarp
Why did Paula Broadwell think the CIA had taken prisoners in Benghazi? ... I could be missing other possible scenarios,

You could be missing half your brain too. There was a firefight and our guys grabbed some of the attackers temporarily. One might assume you're too stupid to do 10 minutes of research on the internet. Or you're doing this on purpose to create confusion.

Pat Caddell called it. Do you believe it yet?

Pat Caddell slams the media: They have become an “enemy of the people” Sept. 29, 2012(video 26:00)

Emotional Pat Caddell on the MSM ignoring Benghazi: “These people have no honor!” Oct. 27, 2012 (video at link 4:06)

The Media will not report the truth!

29 posted on 11/12/2012 12:42:37 PM PST by TigersEye (Who is John Galt?)
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To: danamco
“And it was apparently been observed that hours before the attack there activity to set up suspicious road blocks and check marks around the complexes???”

Tactically this could be not only to intercept reinforcements but also to prevent any Al Qaeda prisoners from being spirited out the back way by CIA in the “consulate” if the attackers were not sure where the prisoners were being held.

30 posted on 11/12/2012 2:24:42 PM PST by Seizethecarp
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To: Seizethecarp

She said that was still being vetted. My guess is Obama threw that excuse around the CIA after they all stopped laughing at the original video excuse.


31 posted on 11/12/2012 5:21:17 PM PST by justa-hairyape
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To: MestaMachine

Heard today (yesterday) that FBI is in her home right now!!!


32 posted on 11/12/2012 10:00:48 PM PST by danamco (-)
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To: Seizethecarp

As far as I heard that was done to locate the precise spots where to placing the fire arms aimed at the two locations!!!


33 posted on 11/12/2012 10:05:33 PM PST by danamco (-)
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