Benghazi Consulate Attack Scene
House Oversight Committee Chair: Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)
The report also said in part that the
State Department did not sufficiently address security concerns at the
consulate but states that Stevens
himself rejected to offers from General Carter Ham, the head of the U.S.
military’s Africa command, for protection in the month before the attacks.
The report largely echoes the findings of an independent review board, which released its findings in December of 2012. Only once in the report isClinton ’s name mentioned –
in a section where Republicans on the committee share their opinion. The GOPers
say Clinton is ultimately is to
blame and her “failure” to act “clearly made a difference in the lives of
the four murdered Americans and their families.”
But for all the GOP gripes aboutBenghazi ,
Republicans don’t exactly have a stellar record on funding diplomatic
security,. Clinton even said in
2011, before the attacks, that inadequate diplomatic security is the direct
result of Republican budget cuts.
Between fiscal years 2011 and 2012, the GOP-controlled House sought to cut more than $450 million from the Obama Administrations budget request for embassy security funding (note: the Democratic-controlled Senate was able to restore about $88 million).
Original Post Starts Here: Astonishing news from the NY Times hits the headlines with this lead in:
An incredibly in-depth New York Times report on the Benghazi attack of September 11, 2012 concludes that there is “no evidence that Al Qaeda or other international terrorist groups had any role in the assault,” instead led by rebel fighters that were supported by the U.S. during the uprising against Moammar Qaddafi.
And on top of all that, the Times report says that despite what members of Congress have claimed to the contrary, that the anti-Islam film Innocence of Muslims actually played a pretty significant part in fueling the anger surrounding the attack that left four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, dead.
The Times says that both major narratives (“the attack was spontaneous” and “the attack was meticulously planned in advance”) surrounding Benghazi are both lacking, and points to what it deems as the real intelligence failure in all this.
That full story is here. Rep. Issa's failure is as big as the suppositions about blaming Mr. Obama for the Benghazi mess. Background on that is here from this Washington Post piece by Eugene Robinson.
The report largely echoes the findings of an independent review board, which released its findings in December of 2012. Only once in the report is
But for all the GOP gripes about
Between fiscal years 2011 and 2012, the GOP-controlled House sought to cut more than $450 million from the Obama Administrations budget request for embassy security funding (note: the Democratic-controlled Senate was able to restore about $88 million).
Original Post Starts Here: Astonishing news from the NY Times hits the headlines with this lead in:
An incredibly in-depth New York Times report on the Benghazi attack of September 11, 2012 concludes that there is “no evidence that Al Qaeda or other international terrorist groups had any role in the assault,” instead led by rebel fighters that were supported by the U.S. during the uprising against Moammar Qaddafi.
And on top of all that, the Times report says that despite what members of Congress have claimed to the contrary, that the anti-Islam film Innocence of Muslims actually played a pretty significant part in fueling the anger surrounding the attack that left four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, dead.
The Times says that both major narratives (“the attack was spontaneous” and “the attack was meticulously planned in advance”) surrounding Benghazi are both lacking, and points to what it deems as the real intelligence failure in all this.
That full story is here. Rep. Issa's failure is as big as the suppositions about blaming Mr. Obama for the Benghazi mess. Background on that is here from this Washington Post piece by Eugene Robinson.
So, what now Mr. Issa? On to the next bogus witch hunt I suppose. Good luck with that. But, punt does come to mind.
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