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They DID know: Now White House admits they knew ‘within 24 hours’ that Al Qaeda was ...(Benghazi)
Daily Mail ^ | 12:34 EST, 27 September 2012 | UPDATED: 03:58 EST, 28 September 2012 | By Beth Stebner and Daily Mail Reporter

Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2012 3:05:01 PM by Ernest_at_the_Beach

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They DID know: Now White House admits they knew ‘within 24 hours’ that Al Qaeda was behind Libya attacks despite confusing public statements
U.S. Government privately labelled attack on U.S. Consulate a terrorist act almost immediately and knew CIA was chasing specific suspect

White House claimed for a week that assault was staged by crazed protestors reacting to anti-Islam film
Finally admitted act was a ‘terrorist’ strike last week

Hillary Clinton yesterday said she believed the attack linked to al Qaeda
Libyan president Mohamed Magarief said that attacks were ‘pre-planned’
FBI being denied access to crime scene in Benghazi

U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens was killed along with fellow Americans Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty
The Obama administration has confirmed that it knew within 24 hours that U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens had been killed in a pre-planned terrorist attack and not by crazed protestors enraged by an anti-Islam film.

The White House claimed for a week that the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi was ‘spontaneous’ and sparked by the controversial movie, before finally admitting that the 9/11 anniversary attack was orchestrated by terrorists.

But senior U.S. officials have now confessed the government privately labelled the attack a terrorist act almost immediately after it happened, and even knew that the perpetrators had links to al Qaeda.

Two unnamed officials told Fox News that the administration internally flagged the strike ‘terrorism’ from day one, setting off the proper protocols and mobilising resources.

The government had also been informed by September 12 that U.S. intelligence agencies were hunting on specific suspect - militant Ansar al-Shariah and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, who were likely responsible for the deadly attack.

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W.H. Tries to Write Al Qaeda Out of Libya Story
Weekly Standard ^ | 12:22 PM, Oct 20, 2012 | STEPHEN F. HAYES

Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2012 4:16:48 PM by Ernest_at_the_Beach

The Obama administration appears to be mounting yet another version of its campaign to push back on claims that it misled on the intelligence related to the attacks in Benghazi on 9/11/12. But the new offensive by the administration, which contradicts many of its earlier claims and simply disregards intelligence that complicates its case, is raising fresh questions in the intelligence community and on Capitol Hill about the manipulation of intelligence for political purposes.

The administration’s new line takes shape in two articles out Saturday, one in the Los Angeles Times and the other by Washington Post columnist David Ignatius. The Times piece reports that there is no evidence of an al Qaeda role in the attack.