Obama official: Benghazi was a terrorist attack

[gilliam]

The Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was in fact “a terrorist attack” and the U.S. government has indications that members of al Qaeda were directly involved, a top Obama administration official said Wednesday morning.

“I would say yes, they were killed in the course of a terrorist attack on our embassy,” Matt Olsen, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said Wednesday at a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, in response to questioning from Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-CT) about the attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

As for who was responsible, Olsen said it appears there were attackers from a number of different militant groups that operate in and around Benghazi, and said there are already signs of al Qaeda involvement.

thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/09/19/obama_official_benghazi_was_a_terrorist_attack

 

[He_Man]

Here are the last words of Sean Smith, who while chatting with a friend, apparently felt like they knew something was up…

(12:54:09 PM) vile_rat:* assuming we don’t die tonight. We saw one of our ‘police’ that guard the compound taking pictures. ****. Gunfire!
3dblogger.typepad.com/wired_state/2012/09/are-sean-smiths-last-words-in-game-chat-indication-of-a-planned-attack-in-benghazi.html?cid=6a00e54fce13cf8834017c31e88048970b

And the White House had the gall to purport this spawned out of a protest, that hadn’t occurred for three hours prior? It is one thing to claim “we are gathering information.” It is another to make up an account that didn’t happen at all.

I still can’t believe this hasn’t gotten more press yet.

 

[Luigi_Daniele]

Nice to see the admission, 7-10 days after they knew it.

 

[sedonaman]

Nice to see the admission, 7-10 days after they knew it.

And 11 days after everyone else did too.

 

[qui_est_ce]

And 11 days after everyone else did too.

 

[Tampa_Dave]

How will they describe it tomorrow? They will poll the issue, I’m sure.

 

[Christmastwin]

And 11 days after everyone else did too.

 

[sedonaman]

Correction: it should read, “11 years after everyone else did too.”