Latest Benghazi Intel

Mithros said:

According to the CIA, the current best assessment of the attack in Benghazi is that it was not a long term planned attack, but that it was an opportunistic attack, conceived only in the aftermath of the Cairo protests. There is no direct evidence of Al Qaida participation and it appears that the primary motivation for the attacks was in retaliation for the movie. Furthermore, there are still conflicting reports as to whether or not there was a protest earlier in the day near the consulate.

Finally, Ali Ani al-Harzi is suspected of involvement in the attacks and is currently being held in a Tunisian jail.

The administration was wrong in that the attack did not start out as a protest that was hijacked by extremists. The FBI knew that there was no protest at the time of the attack as early as September 14th, but appear to have not relayed that information up the chain of command until September 20th.

But that's it. That's the entire "coverup." The rest of the initial assessments were fairly accurate.
1). The attacks were NOT preplanned.
2). The attacks do not appear to have direct Al Qaida involvement.
3). The attacks were a direct response to the movie.
4). The attackers had direct links to the Cairo protests.

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MaggieD said:

The "cover-up" had to do with blaming the YouTube video. Thanks for posting this. Good stuff.

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Mithros said:

Thanks! Though, the latest report actually does say that the attacks were in response to the youtube video.

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MaggieD said:

Could you link me to your source? When I Google some of your wording that should pull up other things, I get blogs and your post here. Ha!

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MaggieD said:

The "cover-up" had to do with blaming the YouTube video. Thanks for posting this. Good stuff.

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Mithros said:

According to the CIA, the current best assessment of the attack in Benghazi is that it was not a long term planned attack, but that it was an opportunistic attack, conceived only in the aftermath of the Cairo protests. There is no direct evidence of Al Qaida participation and it appears that the primary motivation for the attacks was in retaliation for the movie. Furthermore, there are still conflicting reports as to whether or not there was a protest earlier in the day near the consulate.

Finally, Ali Ani al-Harzi is suspected of involvement in the attacks and is currently being held in a Tunisian jail.

The administration was wrong in that the attack did not start out as a protest that was hijacked by extremists. The FBI knew that there was no protest at the time of the attack as early as September 14th, but appear to have not relayed that information up the chain of command until September 20th.

But that's it. That's the entire "coverup." The rest of the initial assessments were fairly accurate.
1). The attacks were NOT preplanned.
2). The attacks do not appear to have direct Al Qaida involvement.
3). The attacks were a direct response to the movie.
4). The attackers had direct links to the Cairo protests.

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head of joaquin said:

Excellent post: watch the rightwing noise machine and Romney continue with their meme about a coverup. They are impervious to facts.

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head of joaquin said:

Since nobody did that, what are you talking about?

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head of joaquin said:

Since nobody did that, what are you talking about?

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Mithros said:

Unfortunately, I can't find a copy of the actual intelligence briefing

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