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Republican-led report debunks Benghazi theories and accusations

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Oh dear, what will the True Believers say now

Republican-led report debunks Benghazi accusations - CNN.com

An investigative report prepared by the House Intelligence Committee finds little to support questions raised about CIA actions on the ground in Benghazi, Libya, the night of a deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound.

The report, from Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Michigan, and ranking member Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, concludes there was no intelligence failure prior to the attack, no stand-down order to CIA operatives trying to go assist at the besieged consular building, and found conflicting intelligence in the wake of the attack about the motive and cause, which were reflected in early public comments by the administration.

I wonder why the report was released late on a Friday

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2014/images/11/21/benghazi.report.pdf
 
This is impossible.

The congressman from my district said that he is going to disclose whatever it is that Obama was hiding. Surly Trey wasn't implying that he had knowledge that Obama was hiding something when he didn't have such knowledge. That would make him a lier, we all know that a lifelong politician who has never held a private sector job would never tell such a lie.
 
Can I still blurt the words, "What difference does it make?"
 
Republicans should pay a heavy price for this, but they won't. They won't even learn their lesson because no one holds them accountable. Two years of politics-polluting vitriol and it ends with a report that quietly lets Republicans off the hook. These same Republicans will be stirring up sh!t again the next time Obama sneezes.

Until then, to all Benghazi drum-beaters, you're a bunch of losers. Pack your sh!t up and get the f**k out of here.
 
Republicans should pay a heavy price for this, but they won't. They won't even learn their lesson because no one holds them accountable. Two years of politics-polluting vitriol and it ends with a report that quietly lets Republicans off the hook. These same Republicans will be stirring up sh!t again the next time Obama sneezes.

Until then, to all Benghazi drum-beaters, you're a bunch of losers. Pack your sh!t up and get the f**k out of here.

Mark my words 20 years from now they will still be bringing up Benghazi anytime the Obama presidency is mentioned.
 
Republicans should pay a heavy price for this, but they won't. They won't even learn their lesson because no one holds them accountable. Two years of politics-polluting vitriol and it ends with a report that quietly lets Republicans off the hook. These same Republicans will be stirring up sh!t again the next time Obama sneezes.

Until then, to all Benghazi drum-beaters, you're a bunch of losers. Pack your sh!t up and get the f**k out of here.

That's because squeamish Dems won't hold them accountable.
Just as Republicans didn't pay a price for their October 2013 government shutdown either--because of the piss-poor messaging machine of the National Dems.
Meanwhile, Kochs were spending tens of millions pounding Southern Senate Democrats over the roll-out of ACA.
And all we heard from Dems was the silence of Dukakis .
 
Guy, Republicans have moved to a new issue. Benghazi Schmengazhi. It's all about EOs now.
 
I've said this before, and I'll say it again... I don't expect our government to be perfect, especially when it comes to incidents like this that take place over seas in a hostile part of the world. I've always believed that if any mistakes were made by the Administration or State Department, that we just need to learn from them so we handle things better next time. The way I see it, as long it wasn't a case of blatant incompetence or complete disregard for American lives, there is no need to look for heads to put on a chopping block.

My biggest issue with the entire Benghazi incident right from the beginning, was the fact that the Obama Administration lied to the American people, and did so not to protect national security, not because details were classified, and not as a means to prevent more violence from occuring... They lied purely for personal political gain because the truth might have negatively effected the presidents reelection bid. To make matters worse, the Administration blamed the attack and the deaths of those 4 Americans, on an innocent man who's only crime was exercising his freedom of expression by making and publishing a video on YouTube, that many Muslims found offensive... The Administration then had the man arrested and turned his life completely upside down, all because they were afraid that if they told the truth about what really happened and why, it might cost them a few votes.

They made up phony excuses and pinned the blame on an innocent person all for political gain... In my opinion, any person or party possessing that kind of selfishness and lack of character, present more of a danger to our nation than terrorism ever could and do not deserve to hold elected office PERIOD...

But that's what happens when the media abandons investigative journalism to become political cheerleaders, and half the American public acts like their voting for prom king on election day, rather than our nations leader.
 
Can I still blurt the words, "What difference does it make?"

Depends on whether you want to include context. Dunno why so many are afraid of context, but it seems they are.
 
I've said this before, and I'll say it again... I don't expect our government to be perfect, especially when it comes to incidents like this that take place over seas in a hostile part of the world. I've always believed that if any mistakes were made by the Administration or State Department, that we just need to learn from them so we handle things better next time. The way I see it, as long it wasn't a case of blatant incompetence or complete disregard for American lives, there is no need to look for heads to put on a chopping block.

My biggest issue with the entire Benghazi incident right from the beginning, was the fact that the Obama Administration lied to the American people, and did so not to protect national security, not because details were classified, and not as a means to prevent more violence from occuring... They lied purely for personal political gain because the truth might have negatively effected the presidents reelection bid. To make matters worse, the Administration blamed the attack and the deaths of those 4 Americans, on an innocent man who's only crime was exercising his freedom of expression by making and publishing a video on YouTube, that many Muslims found offensive... The Administration then had the man arrested and turned his life completely upside down, all because they were afraid that if they told the truth about what really happened and why, it might cost them a few votes.

They made up phony excuses and pinned the blame on an innocent person all for political gain... In my opinion, any person or party possessing that kind of selfishness and lack of character, present more of a danger to our nation than terrorism ever could and do not deserve to hold elected office PERIOD...

But that's what happens when the media abandons investigative journalism to become political cheerleaders, and half the American public acts like their voting for prom king on election day, rather than our nations leader.

So basically you are going to ignore the content of the report and repeat the same failed, inaccurate talking point that Hannity fed you.
 
I've said this before, and I'll say it again... I don't expect our government to be perfect, especially when it comes to incidents like this that take place over seas in a hostile part of the world. I've always believed that if any mistakes were made by the Administration or State Department, that we just need to learn from them so we handle things better next time. The way I see it, as long it wasn't a case of blatant incompetence or complete disregard for American lives, there is no need to look for heads to put on a chopping block.

My biggest issue with the entire Benghazi incident right from the beginning, was the fact that the Obama Administration lied to the American people, and did so not to protect national security, not because details were classified, and not as a means to prevent more violence from occuring... They lied purely for personal political gain because the truth might have negatively effected the presidents reelection bid. To make matters worse, the Administration blamed the attack and the deaths of those 4 Americans, on an innocent man who's only crime was exercising his freedom of expression by making and publishing a video on YouTube, that many Muslims found offensive... The Administration then had the man arrested and turned his life completely upside down, all because they were afraid that if they told the truth about what really happened and why, it might cost them a few votes.

They made up phony excuses and pinned the blame on an innocent person all for political gain... In my opinion, any person or party possessing that kind of selfishness and lack of character, present more of a danger to our nation than terrorism ever could and do not deserve to hold elected office PERIOD...

But that's what happens when the media abandons investigative journalism to become political cheerleaders, and half the American public acts like their voting for prom king on election day, rather than our nations leader.

tl/dr version: The results of the investigation did not yield what Grim17 was expecting. Now, he's pretending he wasn't hoping for this report to say the exact opposite so he could crucify Obama. Remember folks, this is the same guy who posted this:


This must be a special day indeed for those 2 reporters, who have suffered relentless attacks from liberal hack sites like Media Matters for many, many months.

Rothman: Benghazi Revelations Vindicate Jonathan Karl, Sharyl Attkisson | Mediaite

The more we learn about the attacks earlier this week, the more nieve and incompetant the Obama Administration is looking.

BBC News - US consulate in Benghazi 'did not have enough security'

So remember folks, the same guy who proclaimed there was a cover up is now saying this was a learning experience for us all. Kind of like an episode of Full House. He's claiming there's no need to looking for heads for chopping block when that's exactly what he was doing by using any bit of evidence he had to say that there had been a cover-up. The best part is that he's still trying to claim the WH lied. The fact that that idiot Issa proved the exact opposite when he revealed that as the attacks were going on, the WH was asking YouTube to take down the video just makes this all juicier. Stay honest, Grim17.
 
So basically you are going to ignore the content of the report and repeat the same failed, inaccurate talking point that Hannity fed you.

You beat me to the punch. Can you imagine? The same guy who made various threads about the great Benghazi cover up is now saying that he was just looking for answers. Dishonest much?
 
So basically you are going to ignore the content of the report and repeat the same failed, inaccurate talking point that Hannity fed you.

Haven't watched or heard Hannity in months... As for the report, It was neither a surprise, nor an expectation.
 
The best part is that he's still trying to claim the WH lied.

They did lie... For nearly 2 weeks the Administration led the American people to believe that the attack was not done by organized terrorists, but was the result of spontaneous outrage over a YouTube video. It was a total crock of "you can keep your doctor" BS.

BTW, I appreciate you backing up my claim by showing that the lie about a the video was the thing that bothered me the most.
 
Well I'm just going to do a copy and paste from another thread.

>" Did you actually followed the links and actually read the report ? < http://intelligence.house.gov/sites/...i Report.pdf > It exonerates the CIA, not the Obama administration.

Susan Rice and Obama still blamed it on a You Tube video while most informed Americans knew that Obama was politicalizing Benghazi and was derelict in his duties as Commander in Chief.The Obama administration didn't respond that night while Americans were fighting for their lives and requesting for help.

No AC-130 (Spectra) available. Why ? Obama is the CnC.

No Navy CSG or ARG in the Mediterranean , why ? Presidents Truman, Esienhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush 41, Clinton and Bush 43 always had a naval presence in the Mediterranean , why not Obama ? Could it be that Obama had already stripped our military of being able to respond ?

No stand down order was issued because no order was issued to go in.

Still the Obama administration lied to the American people and blamed it on a You Tube video.


Obama refused to call it a terrorist attack.

Finding: >" A mixed group, including members of al-Qa’ida in the lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AGIM), al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), al-Qa’ida in Iraq (AQI), the Muhammad Jamal Network (MJN), Ansar al-Sharia (AAS), and Abu Abaydah Ibn Jarah Battalion (UJB) participated in the attacks, along with Qadafi loyalist"<

Finding: >"The CIA received all military support that was available. Neither the CIA nor DOD denied requests for air support. One CIA security officer requested a Spectre gunship that he believed was available, but his commanding officer did not relay the request because he correctly knew the gunship was not availabl. "<

Why wasn't an AC-130 available ? Who in the **** is the CnC ?

Finding: >" Ambassador Rice’s September 16 public statements about the existence of a protest, as well as some of the underlying intelligence reports, proved to be inaccurate."<

No **** Sherlock, when hasn't the Obama administration not lied ?..."<
 
They did lie... For nearly 2 weeks the Administration led the American people to believe that the attack was not done by organized terrorists, but was the result of spontaneous outrage over a YouTube video. It was a total crock of "you can keep your doctor" BS.

BTW, I appreciate you backing up my claim by showing that the lie about a the video was the thing that bothered me the most.

Grim17, Issa already proved that the YouTube video thing wasn't a lie and the administration thought this had been caused by a video. This was done months ago and you're still holding on to it. You just lied about how you were looking for a lesson to be learned. You wanted there to be culpability of something. You wanted there to be a coverup. There wasn't and you made a tl/dr post to tell everyone how you're eating crow, but it's not as bad as people think. You've lost credibility, dude.
 
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Well I'm just going to do a copy and paste from another thread.

>" Did you actually followed the links and actually read the report ? < http://intelligence.house.gov/sites/...i Report.pdf > It exonerates the CIA, not the Obama administration.

Susan Rice and Obama still blamed it on a You Tube video while most informed Americans knew that Obama was politicalizing Benghazi and was derelict in his duties as Commander in Chief.The Obama administration didn't respond that night while Americans were fighting for their lives and requesting for help.

No AC-130 (Spectra) available. Why ? Obama is the CnC.

No Navy CSG or ARG in the Mediterranean , why ? Presidents Truman, Esienhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush 41, Clinton and Bush 43 always had a naval presence in the Mediterranean , why not Obama ? Could it be that Obama had already stripped our military of being able to respond ?

No stand down order was issued because no order was issued to go in.

Still the Obama administration lied to the American people and blamed it on a You Tube video.


Obama refused to call it a terrorist attack.

Finding: >" A mixed group, including members of al-Qa’ida in the lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AGIM), al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), al-Qa’ida in Iraq (AQI), the Muhammad Jamal Network (MJN), Ansar al-Sharia (AAS), and Abu Abaydah Ibn Jarah Battalion (UJB) participated in the attacks, along with Qadafi loyalist"<

Finding: >"The CIA received all military support that was available. Neither the CIA nor DOD denied requests for air support. One CIA security officer requested a Spectre gunship that he believed was available, but his commanding officer did not relay the request because he correctly knew the gunship was not availabl. "<

Why wasn't an AC-130 available ? Who in the **** is the CnC ?

Finding: >" Ambassador Rice’s September 16 public statements about the existence of a protest, as well as some of the underlying intelligence reports, proved to be inaccurate."<

No **** Sherlock, when hasn't the Obama administration not lied ?..."<

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Grim17, Issa already proved that the YouTube video thing wasn't a lie and the administration thought this had been caused by a video. This was done months ago and you're still holding on to it.

Link please?
 
Link please?

Funny how someone who spends hours looking for the media wouldn't have known about what has been a fact for months. Issa blew his load when he revealed that the WH was contacting YouTube as the attacks were happening.

White House Contacted YouTube During Benghazi Attack, Darrell Issa Says - ABC News

A still-classified State Department e-mail says that one of the first responses from the White House to the Benghazi attack was to contact YouTube to warn of the “ramifications” of allowing the posting of an anti-Islamic video, according to Rep. Darrell Issa, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

It blew a giant hole in his claim that there was a coverup and since then, he's been silent on the matter. The fact that more and more bipartisan reports are making him, and cover-up conspiracy theorists like yourself silent and humble is good enough for me. ;)
 
It blew a giant hole in his claim that there was a coverup

Yup... Just as I thought... I knew this was what you were talking about.

It didn't blow any holes in anything... There were violent protests over that video going on in Cairo and other parts of the Middle East, and even if Obama assumed the Benghazi attacks were also due to those protests at the time, it doesn't change the fact that by the end of the night, he was told by Panetta and General (forgot his name) that it was a terrorist attack, not a protest that got out of hand.

In fact, just a few days after the attack, Democratic Senator Carl Levin, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said to the media after receiving a briefing from the Defense Secretary that “it was a planned, premediated attack.”

Obama lied... That's something you're just going to have to live with.
 
OH NO! What is the GOP going to do now? This was the only weapon that they had in their arsenal. They were counting on using Benghazi to bring Hilary down. They truly believed that the 4928th time was going to be the time that it worked! Going to have to come up with something new now.
 
OH NO! What is the GOP going to do now? This was the only weapon that they had in their arsenal. They were counting on using Benghazi to bring Hilary down. They truly believed that the 4928th time was going to be the time that it worked! Going to have to come up with something new now.

Nope, a new investigation into Bengazi is starting next month.
 
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