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    I'm scared for all Americans if he should be re-elected. I blame the media for being as dishonest as he is since they are covering up by not coming out with the facts. They are abetting his lies and therefore are as guilty as he is. Obama is showing us how he can eliminate people without blinking an eye and how others are willing to throw themselves under a bus. He is enamored by Hollywood and I personally think that he should move there and hob knob with people who do not live in the real world. I want a president who will be as honest as possible, love america and work for this country and not his own personal agenda. Dang I even want the media to learn to be honest and print the truth. I must be nuts to think that could happen

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    Quote Originally Posted by boopster View Post
    I'm scared for all Americans if he should be re-elected. I blame the media for being as dishonest as he is since they are covering up by not coming out with the facts. They are abetting his lies and therefore are as guilty as he is. Dang I even want the media to learn to be honest and print the truth. I must be nuts to think that could happen
    Don't worry - if Mitt gets in, the MSM will keep us posted on any and all misteps, mistakes, misquotes, bad choices, and general screw ups.
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    November 2, 2012
    What Benghazi tells us about Obama's ability to handle a national security crisis

    A fuller picture is emerging of what went on in the White House on the night of 9/11/12 and it's one of confusion, indecision, and gross incompetence. Sharyl Attkisson reports: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-...Num=1&tag=page

    CBS News has learned that during the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Mission in Benghazi, the Obama Administration did not convene its top interagency counterterrorism resource: the Counterterrorism Security Group, (CSG).

    "The CSG is the one group that's supposed to know what resources every agency has. They know of multiple options and have the ability to coordinate counterterrorism assets across all the agencies," a high-ranking government official told CBS News. "They were not allowed to do their job. They were not called upon."

    Information shared with CBS News from top counterterrorism sources in the government and military reveal keen frustration over the U.S. response on Sept. 11, the night Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in a coordinated attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya.

    The circumstances of the attack, including the intelligence and security situation there, will be the subject of a Senate Intelligence Committee closed hearing on Nov. 15, with additional hearings to follow.

    Counterterrorism sources and internal emails reviewed by CBS News express frustration that key responders were ready to deploy, but were not called upon to help in the attack.

    CBS News has agreed not to quote directly from the emails, and to protect the identities of the sources who hold sensitive counterterrorism posts within the State Department, the U.S. military and the Justice Department.

    As to why the Counterterrorism Security Group was not convened, National Security Council Spokesman Tommy Vietor told CBS News "From the moment the President was briefed on the Benghazi attack, the response effort was handled by the most senior national security officials in governments. Members of the CSG were of course involved in these meetings and discussions to support their bosses."

    Absent coordination from Counterterrorism Security Group, a senior U.S. counterterrorism official says the response to the crisis became more confused. The official says the FBI received a call during the attack representing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and requesting agents be deployed. But he and his colleagues agreed the agents "would not make any difference without security and other enablers to get them in the country and synch their efforts with military and diplomatic efforts to maximize their success."

    Another senior counter terrorism official says a hostage rescue team was alternately asked to get ready and then stand down throughout the night, as officials seemed unable to make up their minds.

    A third potential responder from a counter-terror force stationed in Europe says components of AFICOM -- the military's Africa Command based in Stuttgart, Germany -- were working on course of action during the assault. But no plan was put to use.

    "Forces were positioned after the fact but not much good to those that needed it," the military source told CBS News.

    "The response process was isolated at the most senior level," says an official referring to top officials in the executive branch. "My fellow counterterrorism professionals and I (were) not consulted."
    Even more at the link. Obama, Hillary, and whoever else was "in charge" didn't know what to do or whom to call.

    You may recall then-candidate Joe Biden warning us four years ago that Barack Obama would be "tested" by an "international challenge" and promising that "they're going to find out this guy's got steel in his spine." http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallas...ays-obam.html/ Though he was off on the timing, Joe was right about the testing. But the steel spine was a no-show. The terrorists who destroyed the mission in Benghazi and killed four Americans, including our ambassador to Libya, apparently never bought the man-of-steel hype, and in the passivity marking the attack's aftermath, they likely see the horse as weaker than ever. And now they know we've got a president who goes to bed in the middle of a national security crisis, leaving a gaggle of incompetents to "handle" it in his absence.

    Biden reiterated the "steel spine" line at the Democratic Convention, just a few days before the Benghazi attack. His exact words: http://www.politico.com/politico44/2...el-134816.html

    This man has courage in his soul, compassion in his heart and a spine of steel.
    President Obama believed his mere presence in the White House would make the world a kinder, gentler place. But he was dead wrong, and the successful attack on Americans in Benghazi has likely whetted our enemies' appetites for more. Contrary to what Obama keeps repeating at campaign rallies, he does not have terrorism "on the run." That's what's known as a big lie, and bigger "tests" may be coming our way. Does anyone have confidence in this administration's ability to defend our national security? May God help us if Obama and his collection of elite incompetents aren't removed from office next week.

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    There are no words that can adequately explain the complete fecklessness of the Obama Chooming Gang. I am devastated that we simply allowed Americans to be slaughtered without a response and these vile people in our government are trying to run out the clock FOR A FLIPPING ELECTION? This is so much worse than Watergate. People are DEAD. We also have a failure to explain the death of Americans and Mexicans from the Fast and Furious debacle. These people have no soul. I cannot believe that anyone who loves this country would vote for Obama. I am saddened that anyone would. Sigh

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    Dang. Forgot about the fiction that the Fort Hood massacre was "workplace violence", not terrorism, spit. These people cannot admit when we have an attack that it is terrorism and that is exactly why they did not convene the Counterterrorism Group. The group that could have saved American LIVES! Because it would not have fitted their CAMPAIGN message. The campaign was more important to these political hacks than American lives. And then they PURPOSELY LIED about the attack claiming that it resulted from a stupid movie trailer causing a spontaneous protest that spiraled out of hand. They knew it was a coordinated attack and they choose to LIE for weeks. They protected the President's campaign over American lives. They are evil and shameless and Obama deserves to go down in history as our worst president ever. A man that refused to be the president of all Americans and preferred to simply cater to his cabal of special groups.

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    Idiocy like this will be the reason the president gets re-elected.
    We have a US-freaking ambassador killed by gunmen. What becomes the question of the day?

    "Did the president say the word 'terrorist' soon enough?"

    This flavor of stupid becomes the lead attack on Libya right up until the debate, where Romney walks right into the fact that the President did say "acts of terror" the morning after the attack. And with that, the President is granted public absolution because the Romney camp can't read transcripts.

    But, but, but… he didn't say 'terrorists' and Ambassador Rice said…

    -Yes, Ambassador Rice made a fool of herself reading yesterday's talking points.

    But somehow this becomes evidence that the US government wants America to ignore the fact that a US ambassador died after being pulled out of a burning ruin by a crowd of looters.

    Because somehow that's more likely than an internal communications problem.

    But no, we'll get days and days of handwringing over messaging - never mind the fact that people fricking died - let's talk about press statements.

    Or let's ask why the government didn't rush to press with an email they received claiming responsibility: yeah, that'd be a fun presser. "The situation is still unfolding, but we have this email that claims responsibility. Normally I like to verify things before talking to you, but email is always accurate, so let me read it to you in full..."

    Messaging, yeah.. that's the key issue when there are four people dead.

    Or, my favorite... the notion that terrorists think about how manly the president is before they decide to attack or not.

    If this is the state of conservative opposition, get ready to enjoy another four years of this administration, 'cos the GOP base won't be able to find their polling place with both hands.


    Obama’s going to convene a panel of experts, break them down into work groups, assign them specific tasks, and then hit the links while they work out the details, secure in the knowledge that he’s done his bit.
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    could it be that his wife was not around to tell him what to do and that's why he decided to put it on a back burner? could he not multitask and thus could only focus on making sure that what he wanted to take to vegas was packed? he has already showed his immaturity during the debates along with how he doesn't believe he should play by the rules. his ego is bursting at the seams!

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    Examining the timeline of what Obama said and didn't say about the attack in Benghazi. It raises questions about both Obama and 60 Minutes

    What President Obama really said in that '60 Minutes' interview about Benghazi
    by Bret Baier | November 05, 2012

    ANALYSIS: Two days before the election, CBS posted additional portions of a Sept. 12 "60 Minutes" interview where President Obama seems to contradict himself on the Benghazi attack. As the Benghazi investigation gets more attention and focus, CBS is once again adding to the Benghazi timeline.

    In the interview, according to the latest portions, Obama would not say whether he thought the attack was terrorism. Yet he would later emphasize at a presidential debate that in the Rose Garden the same day, he had declared the attack an act of terror.

    That moment was one of the most intense exchanges in the second presidential debate. Romney was on the offensive on what conservatives believed was a serious vulnerability of Obama -- the handling of the Benghazi attack and what he called it from the beginning.

    The town hall questioner asked, "Who was it that denied enhanced security and why?"

    Obama did not provide a direct answer, but said: "When I say that we are going to find out exactly what happened, everybody will be held accountable, and I am ultimately responsible for what's taking place there, because these are my folks, and I'm the one who has to greet those coffins when they come home, you know that I mean what I say."

    Romney pounced, saying, "There were many days that passed before we knew whether this was a spontaneous demonstration or actually whether it was a terrorist attack. And there was no demonstration involved. It was a terrorist attack, and it took a long time for that to be told to the American people."

    On rebuttal, Obama seemed rehearsed, but indignant. "The day after the attack, Governor, I stood in the Rose Garden, and I told the American people and the world that we are going to find out exactly what happened, that this was an act of terror... And the suggestion that anybody in my team, whether the secretary of state, our U.N. ambassador, anybody on my team would play politics or mislead when we've lost four of our own, Governor, is offensive. That's not what we do. That's not what I do as president. That's not what I do as commander in chief."

    Governor Romney walked forward and started questioning ...

    ROMNEY: You said in the Rose Garden the day after the attack it was an act of terror. It was not a spontaneous demonstration.

    OBAMA: Please proceed.

    ROMNEY: Is that what you're saying?

    OBAMA: Please proceed, Governor.

    ROMNEY: I want to make sure we get that for the record, because it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in Benghazi an act of terror.

    OBAMA: Get the transcript.

    CROWLEY: It -- he did in fact, sir. So let me -- let me call it an act of terrorism -- (inaudible) --

    OBAMA: Can you say that a little louder, Candy? (Laughter, applause.)

    CROWLEY: He did call it an act of terror. It did as well take -- it did as well take two weeks or so for the whole idea of there being a riot out there about this tape to come out. You are correct about that.

    ROMNEY: This -- the administration -- the administration -- (applause) -- indicated that this was a -- a reaction to a -- to a video and was a spontaneous reaction.

    CROWLEY: They did.

    ROMNEY: It took them a long time to say this was a terrorist act by a terrorist group and -- and to suggest -- am I incorrect in that regard? On Sunday the -- your -- your secretary or --

    Obama -- who had clearly won the moment (largely thanks to Candy Crowley) -- clearly wanted to move on from that victorious moment -- and quickly.

    OBAMA: Candy --

    ROMNEY: Excuse me. The ambassador to the United Nations went on the Sunday television shows and -- and spoke about how this was a spontaneous reaction.

    OBAMA: Candy, I'm -- I'm happy to --

    CROWLEY: President, let me -- I --

    OBAMA: I'm happy to have a longer conversation about foreign policy.

    CROWLEY: I know you -- absolutely. But I want -- I want to move you on.

    OBAMA: OK, I'm happy to do that too.

    CROWLEY: And also, people can go to the transcripts and --

    OBAMA:I just want to make sure that --

    CROWLEY: -- figure out what was said and when.

    OBAMA:-- you know, all these wonderful folks are going to have a chance to get some -- their questions answered.
    Now, we may know why. Soon after that debate exchange, CBS released a previously unseen clip of an interview "60 Minutes'" Steve Kroft did with Obama on Sept. 12 -- the day after the Benghazi attack.

    The clip added to the previous sound that had been released and seemed to back up the president's claim that he was referring to the Benghazi attack as a terrorist act in the Rose Garden on Sept. 12. Here's what CBS put out Oct. 19, five weeks after the attack.

    KROFT: But there are reports that they were very heavily armed with grenades, that doesn’t sound like your normal demonstration.

    OBAMA: As I said, we’re still investigating exactly what happened, I don’t want to jump the gun on this. But your right that this is not a situation that was exactly the same as what happened in Egypt. And my suspicion is there are folks involved in this. Who were looking to target Americans from the start. So we’re gonna make sure that our first priority is to get our folks out safe, make sure our embassies are secured around the world and then we are going to go after those folks who carried this out."
    After the second debate back and forth, this seemed to back up the president's stance. The only problem? Kroft started his question with "but."

    I always thought, it seems that he's following up on a question -- I wonder if there was a question before that question?

    This week, we got the CIA timeline of events in which they detail all of the response of the CIA and what they put up the chain of command in the minutes and hours after the attack began. Of all the details of the specific times the CIA contractors respond to the fight, I found this one most interesting:

    "1:15 a.m.: CIA reinforcements arrive on a 45-minute flight from Tripoli in a plane they've hastily chartered. The Tripoli team includes four GRS security officers, a CIA case officer and two U.S. military personnel who are on loan to the agency. They don't leave Benghazi airport until 4:30. The delay is caused by negotiations with Libyan authorities over permission to leave the airport, obtaining vehicles, and the need to frame a clear mission plan. The first idea is to go to a Benghazi hospital to recover Stevens, who they correctly suspect is already dead. But the hospital is surrounded by the Al Qaeda-linked Ansar al-Shariah militia that mounted the consulate attack."
    So the U.S. Ambassador to Libya is at the Benghazi hospital and suspected dead. The CIA contractors know that, but they can't get there because the hospital is surrounded by the Al Qaeda-linked group Ansar al Shariah, the "militia that mounted the consulate attack."

    This goes up the chain communication at 1:15 a.m. on Sept. 12. The White House, the Situation Room, and all of those paying attention to intel channels know that the guys on the ground have determined the group that's behind this. It's the Al Qaeda-linked militia that are still fighting and have the hospital surrounded.

    About 12 hours later -- before heading to Las Vegas for a campaign event -- Obama sits down for that "60 Minutes" interview with Steve Kroft.

    And Sunday night, 54 days after the attack and almost two weeks after putting out the first additional clip that appeared to back up the president after the second debate, CBS without fanfare posted the rest of the Benghazi question online -- the question before the question.

    Remember this is from a president who has been saying he was calling Benghazi a terrorist attack from the very first moment in the Rose Garden. Also, remember what he said in the debate and notice the new part -- underlined in bold.
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    Click here to see the "60 Minutes" interview. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?...g=mg;60minutes

    KROFT: Mr. President, this morning you went out of your way to avoid the use of the word terrorism in connection with the Libya Attack, do you believe that this was a terrorism attack?

    OBAMA: Well it’s too early to tell exactly how this came about, what group was involved, but obviously it was an attack on Americans. And we are going to be working with the Libyan government to make sure that we bring these folks to justice, one way or the other.

    KROFT: It’s been described as a mob action, but there are reports that they were very heavily armed with grenades, that doesn’t sound like your normal demonstration.

    OBAMA: As I said, we’re still investigating exactly what happened, I don’t want to jump the gun on this. But your right that this is not a situation that was exactly the same as what happened in Egypt. And my suspicion is there are folks involved in this. Who were looking to target Americans from the start. So we’re gonna make sure that our first priority is to get our folks out safe, make sure our embassies are secured around the world and then we are going to go after those folks who carried this out.

    KROFT: There have been reports, obviously this isn’t the first time…there have been attacks on the consulate before. There was an attack against the British ambassador. Do you…this occurred on Sept. 11. Can you tell me why the ambassador was in Benghazi yesterday? Was it to evaluate security at the consulate?

    OBAMA: Well keep in mind Chris Stevens is somebody that was one of the first Americans on the ground when we were in the process of saving Benghazi and providing the opportunity for Libyans to create their own democracy. So this is somebody who had been courageous, had been on the ground, had helped to advise me and Secretary Clinton when we were taking our actions against Muammar Qaddafi. And is somebody who is very familiar with the train. He was doing the work that he does as a diplomat helping to shape our policies in the region at a time when things are still fairly fragile. But I think it’s important to note that we have a Libyan government in place that is fully cooperative, that sees the United States as a friend that recognizes we played an important role in liberating Libya and providing the Libyan people an opportunity to forge their own destiny. And in fact we had Libyans who helped protect our diplomats when they were under attack. But this is a country that is still rebuilding in the aftermath of Qaddafi. They don’t necessarily always have the same capabilities that countries with more established governments might have in helping to provide protection to our folks. But beyond that, what I want to do is make sure that we know exactly what happened, how it happened, who perpetrated this action, then we’ll act accordingly."
    These are two crucial answers in the big picture. Right after getting out of the Rose Garden, where, according to the second debate and other accounts he definitively called the attack terrorism, Obama is asked point blank about not calling it terrorism. He blinks and does not push back.

    Understand that this interview is just hours after he gets out of the Rose Garden.

    How after this exchange and the CIA explanation of what was being put up the chain in the intel channels does the Ambassador to the United Nations go on the Sunday shows and say what she says about a spontaneous demonstration sparked by that anti-Islam video? And how does the president deliver a speech to the United Nations 13 days later where he references that anti-Islam video six times when referring to the attack in Benghazi?

    There are many questions, and here are a few more.

    Why did CBS release a clip that appeared to back up Obama's claim in the second debate on Oct. 19, a few days before the foreign policy debate, and not release the rest of that interview at the beginning?

    Why on the Sunday before the election, almost six weeks after the attack, at 6 p.m. does an obscure online timeline posted on CBS.com contain the additional "60 Minutes" interview material from Sept. 12?

    Why wasn't it news after the president said what he said in the second debate, knowing what they had in that "60 Minutes" tape -- why didn't they use it then? And why is it taking Fox News to spur other media organizations to take the Benghazi story seriously?

    Whatever your politics, there are a lot of loose ends here, a lot of unanswered questions and a lot of strange political maneuvers that don't add up.

    That's what reporters should live for, but this time they're not. We will.

    Read more: http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/20...#ixzz2BNNOeb8T

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    I don't believe the President was going to his daily briefings in August to be aware of the concerns from Stevens. I also believe that he thought MORE about political out come versus American safety. I question if they still don't know . NO COMMENTS from the President to the American people on the situation. We need someone who can get information because definitely we aren't safe with this President because he knows nothing. Media bias to the hilt!!!!! Coverup on both ends!!!

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    CBS should be sued by the American People. It is obvious that they are protecting the President along with every other major news network. This is the kind of journalism that occurs in Cuba and Venezuela and China. Are we all communists now? Government News? 60 minutes has lost all my respect and I will never watch them again. Are there no reporters left on this planet that have an ounce of integrity anymore? The truth is the truth CBS. You sure made sure of that going after other Presidents but not this one? Just what is this corporation getting from the Obama administration that would allow you to not follow up on the truth that got these people killed and your disgust for the American People?

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    So it was, but maybe it wasn't. That's the way you cover all of your bases. This event did not have to unfold the way it did. The requests for security upgrades and enhancements were not denied just on Sep 11, they were ongoing and a result of the myopia of a president that continues to see terror as workplace violence. "Hear no evil; see no evil" is not a policy for protection of Americans in a hostile world!

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    This is a ridiculous conversation! Any mob violently, physically attacking anyone, anywhere, anytime in the world is a 'terror' attack. And, an attack by terrorists. It's the height of 'high school pettiness' to be taking this tragic and serious attack and trying to make an issue of what it's called. What's important is to take the proper amount of time and effort to accurately determine what really happened. Then determine how it could have been prevented. And if that information indicates changes should be made to prevent similar attacks then those changes should be implemented ASAP.

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    I'm sure by now FoxNews knows that the CIA sent a request to all of the major news outlets to not disclose the extent of the CIAs role or the specific missions being conducted from Benghazi. Fox has already stumbled upon the arms shipments from Libya to Syria. This isn't rocket science.

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    I must say... the way politics are played by the mainstream news media, is disgusting. For these things to have been known, yet withheld, the American people should be demanding answers from the mainstream media. If it isn't obvious by now, the mainstream media is doing it's level best to conduct the re-election of Obama, and the American people are the ones to reap the rewards. Mainstream Journalism... no morals, no ethics... no honor.


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    After the "60 Minutes" Michael Jackson interview from years ago, they lost all credibility. This just seals the deal.

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    collusion and corruption are just 2 words to describe these despicable people who are using falsehoods to create an undemocratic country and putting what this country has stood for in code red!

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    Jake Tapper writes of the steady "drip, drip, drip" of information that we've received on the attack on Benghazi and all the questions that the White House is refusing to answer. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics...rip-drip-drip/ Sadly, Obama is getting away with stonewalling while pretending to wait for an investigation to be completed after the election. But he doesn't need much of an investigation to tell us what was done in the White House, State Department, Pentagon, and CIA here in Washington, D.C. He should be demanding answers not waiting a couple of months for the news to come out. Sadly, the media have been mostly compliant in allowing Obama to continue his stonewall in order to allow the election to proceed without a full accounting to the American people of what did and didn't happen. But there are cracks in that stonewall so CBS, as well as Fox, reported last night that Obama never convened the Counterterrorism Security Group which is the rapid-reaction group set up to coordinate action in such a foreign emergency.

    Information shared with CBS News from top counterterrorism sources in the government and military reveal keen frustration over the U.S. response on Sept. 11, the night Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in a coordinated attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya.

    The circumstances of the attack, including the intelligence and security situation there, will be the subject of a Senate Intelligence Committee closed hearing on Nov. 15, with additional hearings to follow.

    Counterterrorism sources and internal emails reviewed by CBS News express frustration that key responders were ready to deploy, but were not called upon to help in the attack.
    Perhaps the very name of the group as "Counterterrorism" was why he didn't convene it. Obama started off wanting to deny that the attack on the consulate was terrorism. It's hard to continue saying it is about a video if you've convened the Counterterrorism Security Group.
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    November 6, 2012 at 8:49 am by FPP
    CBS Deliberately Covered For Obama On Benghazi

    If you recall from the second presidential debate where Mitt Romney and Barack Obama got into a shouting match over whether or not Obama classified the Benghazi attack as a terrorist attack, then you remember how “acts of terrorism” made it’s way to the forefront on the following morning, though the Obama administration continued to push forth the line that the attack was brought on by a You-Tube video. Well now it has come out that CBS was deliberately covering for Obama on calling the attack in Benghazi a terrorist attack.

    The day after the attacks, Obama had an interview with 60 minutes with Steve Kroft before he flew off to Las Vegas for a fundraiser. Of course, like most interviews, it was edited.

    Soon after that debate exchange, CBS released a previously unseen clip of an interview “60 Minutes’” Steve Kroft did with Obama on Sept. 12 — the day after the Benghazi attack.

    The clip added to the previous sound that had been released and seemed to back up the president’s claim that he was referring to the Benghazi attack as a terrorist act in the Rose Garden on Sept. 12. Here’s what CBS put out Oct. 19, five weeks after the attack.

    KROFT: But there are reports that they were very heavily armed with grenades, that doesn’t sound like your normal demonstration.



    OBAMA: As I said, we’re still investigating exactly what happened, I don’t want to jump the gun on this. But your right that this is not a situation that was exactly the same as what happened in Egypt. And my suspicion is there are folks involved in this. Who were looking to target Americans from the start. So we’re gonna make sure that our first priority is to get our folks out safe, make sure our embassies are secured around the world and then we are going to go after those folks who carried this out.
    Baier points out that because Kroft started his question with “but” that he thought there was probably a question and answer that was edited out of the interview that was broadcast.

    He went on to write, “This week, we got the CIA timeline of events in which they detail all of the response of the CIA and what they put up the chain of command in the minutes and hours after the attack began. Of all the details of the specific times the CIA contractors respond to the fight, I found this one most interesting:”


    “1:15 a.m.: CIA reinforcements arrive on a 45-minute flight from Tripoli in a plane they’ve hastily chartered. The Tripoli team includes four GRS security officers, a CIA case officer and two U.S. military personnel who are on loan to the agency. They don’t leave Benghazi airport until 4:30. The delay is caused by negotiations with Libyan authorities over permission to leave the airport, obtaining vehicles, and the need to frame a clear mission plan. The first idea is to go to a Benghazi hospital to recover Stevens, who they correctly suspect is already dead. But the hospital is surrounded by the Al Qaeda-linked Ansar al-Shariah militia that mounted the consulate attack.”
    “So the U.S. Ambassador to Libya is at the Benghazi hospital and suspected dead,” Baier writes. “The CIA contractors know that, but they can’t get there because the hospital is surrounded by the Al Qaeda-linked group Ansar al Shariah, the “militia that mounted the consulate attack.”

    “This goes up the chain communication at 1:15 a.m. on Sept. 12,” Baier continues. “The White House, the Situation Room, and all of those paying attention to intel channels know that the guys on the ground have determined the group that’s behind this. It’s the Al Qaeda-linked militia that are still fighting and have the hospital surrounded.”

    “About 12 hours later — before heading to Las Vegas for a campaign event — Obama sits down for that “60 Minutes” interview with Steve Kroft,” writes Baier.

    Now some 54 days after the attack and nearly two weeks after putting the first additional clip up to defend Obama after the second debate, CBS on Sunday, without any promotion posted the rest of the question online.

    Here’s the rest of what was asked and answered:

    KROFT: Mr. President, this morning you went out of your way to avoid the use of the word terrorism in connection with the Libya Attack, do you believe that this was a terrorism attack?

    OBAMA: Well it’s too early to tell exactly how this came about, what group was involved, but obviously it was an attack on Americans. And we are going to be working with the Libyan government to make sure that we bring these folks to justice, one way or the other.


    KROFT: It’s been described as a mob action, but there are reports that they were very heavily armed with grenades, that doesn’t sound like your normal demonstration.

    OBAMA: As I said, we’re still investigating exactly what happened, I don’t want to jump the gun on this. But your right that this is not a situation that was exactly the same as what happened in Egypt. And my suspicion is there are folks involved in this. Who were looking to target Americans from the start. So we’re gonna make sure that our first priority is to get our folks out safe, make sure our embassies are secured around the world and then we are going to go after those folks who carried this out.

    KROFT: There have been reports, obviously this isn’t the first time…there have been attacks on the consulate before. There was an attack against the British ambassador. Do you…this occurred on Sept. 11. Can you tell me why the ambassador was in Benghazi yesterday? Was it to evaluate security at the consulate?

    OBAMA: Well keep in mind Chris Stevens is somebody that was one of the first Americans on the ground when we were in the process of saving Benghazi and providing the opportunity for Libyans to create their own democracy. So this is somebody who had been courageous, had been on the ground, had helped to advise me and Secretary Clinton when we were taking our actions against Muammar Qaddafi. And is somebody who is very familiar with the train. He was doing the work that he does as a diplomat helping to shape our policies in the region at a time when things are still fairly fragile. But I think it’s important to note that we have a Libyan government in place that is fully cooperative, that sees the United States as a friend that recognizes we played an important role in liberating Libya and providing the Libyan people an opportunity to forge their own destiny. And in fact we had Libyans who helped protect our diplomats when they were under attack. But this is a country that is still rebuilding in the aftermath of Qaddafi. They don’t necessarily always have the same capabilities that countries with more established governments might have in helping to provide protection to our folks. But beyond that, what I want to do is make sure that we know exactly what happened, how it happened, who perpetrated this action, then we’ll act accordingly.”
    Clearly Obama declares it’s an attack on Americans. However, he is not willing to call it a terrorist attack. Now, look, it’s clear that Jihadists were behind the attack and Barack Obama knew this. Personally the label of terrorism is getting less and less specific. Now we have ourgovernment calling white supremecists terrorists, or the Occupy crowd terrorists, or Ron Paul supporters or Constitutionalists terrorists. Which sort of begs the question of why we use the term in the first place. Perhaps we should just indicate they are what they are and that is murderers and deal with them accordingly.

    However, the point of all of this new evidence coming out is that CBS has an obvious agenda and that agenda was to make Barack Obama look like he was fully calling the attacks terrorism, but when asked directly whether he believed they were a “terrorism attack,” Obama gave the answer he began using for weeks, “it’s too early too tell.” To be fair though the man did immediately follow it with “it was an attack on Americans.”

    The problem though, especially in light of the evidence that keep surfacing is that the Obama administration knew much of the details on the night the attack took place. They watched it from drone surveillance. They had communication from special forces members on the ground there in Benghazi. One report, indicated that a target was “painted,” presumably so that air support could be called in and that several emails were sent but still the order was given to stand down, and according the CIA director David Patraeus that could only come from the President.

    The problem is all of the questions that remained unanswered. Until they are answered and the loose ends tied up, reporters should be bird dogging this story till all is known.

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