U.S. had early indications Libya attack tied to organized militants

[gilliam]

WASHINGTON Oct 2 (Reuters) - Within hours of last month’s attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, President Barack Obama’s administration received about a dozen intelligence reports suggesting militants connected to al Qaeda were involved, three government sources said.

Despite these reports, in public statements and private meetings, top U.S. officials spent nearly two weeks highlighting intelligence suggesting that the attacks were spontaneous protests against an anti-Muslim film, while playing down the involvement of organized militant groups.

It was not until last Friday that Director of National Intelligence James Clapper’s office issued an unusual public statement, which described how the picture that intelligence agencies presented to U.S. policymakers had “evolved” into an acknowledgement that the attacks were “deliberate and organized” and “carried out by extremists.”

reuters.com/article/2012/10/02/usa-libya-intelligence-idUSL1E8L1PZR20121002

 

[nordskoven]

Isn’t it tragic that this talented ex-Peace Corps volunteer, Libyan Ambassador Chris Stevens, provided the “Lawrence of Arabia” liason uniting disparate groups infiltrated by Al Qaeda that ultimately brought about his death? Stevens secretly entered Libya for a little empire building that reportedly had less to do with democracy than Gaddafi’s proposal to refuse to accept American dollars for oil or any foreign currency, proposing trades in the gold-backed Libyan dinar only. Buh-bye. Same thing happened to Saddam Hussein. Gaddafi’s assassination seems to be ratifying the NATO policy of erasing anybody who refuses the Euro or American dollar. Ditto Lincoln with his greenbacks, and Kennedy and his issuance of cash that cut the Federal Reserve out of the loop. Can’t have the Treasury department independent of the consortium of American and foreign banks, can we? Ron Paul, we hardly knew ye. Now Mexico is fleeing the anemic American dollar in oil trades. Predictions?
truthistreason.net/death-of-the-us-dollar-hegemony-military-intervention-oil-sales-and-the-inevitable-collapse

 

[stevegravy]

The Ambassador died and Obama lied. What is new?

 

[_Abyssinia]

Weeks before the presidential election, President Barack Obama’s administration faces mounting opposition from within the ranks of U.S. intelligence agencies over what career officers say is a “cover up” of intelligence information about terrorism in North Africa.

Intelligence held back from senior officials and the public includes numerous classified reports revealing clear Iranian support for jihadists throughout the tumultuous North Africa and Middle East region, as well as notably widespread al Qaeda penetration into Egypt and Libya in the months before the deadly Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

“The Iranian strategy is two-fold: upping the ante for the Obama administration’s economic sanctions against Iran and perceived cyber operations against Iran’s nuclear weapons program by conducting terror attacks on soft U.S. targets and cyber attacks against U.S. financial interests,” said one official, speaking confidentially.

The Iranian effort also seeks to take the international community’s spotlight off Iran’s support for its Syrian ally.

 

[_Abyssinia]

US top security official in Libya says “unbelievable” that State Dept decreased security despite requests