[maggief]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/27/us-officials-knew-libya-attack-was-terrorism-within-24-hours-sources-confirm/

Intelligence sources said that the Obama administration internally labeled the attack terrorism from the first day in order to unlock and mobilize certain resources to respond, and that officials were looking for one specific suspect. The sources said the intelligence community knew by Sept. 12 that the militant Ansar al-Shariah and Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb were likely behind the strike.

[onyx]

Thanks very much for this ping.

Saving this thread.

The Marxist was too busy to attend his TS briefings.

[Girlene]

Yet a congressional source told Fox News that CIA Director David Petraeus, during a briefing with members of the House Intelligence Committee three days after the attack, espoused the view that Benghazi was an out-of-control demonstration prompted by the YouTube video. According to the source, this was "shocking" to some members who were present and saw the same intelligence pointing toward a terrorist attack.

If this is true, Petraeus must be THE source that the administration refers to when it says that's what intelligence was telling them. During Issa's hearing, Ambassador Kennedy also said there was/were intelligence source(s?) that indicated it was the video. He would not say who/what/where about it, though, I'm assuming because it was classified.

So what I'm wondering is.......did everyone and their brother think this was a terrorist attack except Petraeus and the whitehouse went with that one piece because it fit their political agenda.