The Libya narrative is unraveling at the speed of light. The only question is whether this will happen in time to influence the election. Newt Gingrich said that he was informed by a U.S. Senator that at least two media networks were given copies of e-mails from the office of the National Security Advisor ordering a counterterrorism team to cancel a rescue mission at the U.S. consulate and the CIA annex in Libya.
Following is a link to that story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJVLaLd_h-8
The key minute comes at the 9:59 minute mark.
Although Gingrich describes these as rumors, he is very specific with regard to what was on those e-mails. I doubt that this was an accident.
The Hill, which is also not a right wing media outlet, is reporting on this:
The White House issued the following statement:
“Neither the President nor anyone in the White House denied any requests for assistance in Benghazi during the attack,” National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor told The Hill via email
That fact that the White House even responded to this report is significant. It is proof that someone in the press is starting to demand answers. There is almost no time before the election, but there is evidence that the main stream media is starting to pay serious attention to this issue. Check out the following article from the Washington Post:
David Ignatius has been providing cover for the White House with regard to Libya. He argued that CIA documents supported Susan Rice’s description of the Benghazi attacks:
Yet even Ignatius is acknowledging that the Fox News report by Jennifer Griffin: has raised some questions about the attack that deserve a clearer answer from the Obama administration.
This is an admission by the Washington Post that Fox News has done some serious and credible reporting and that there are important questions that demand answers. When someone like David Ignatius makes this kind of remark it is time to pay attention.
Fox News is reporting that they have a cable sent a month before the attack that clearly warns of the danger:
“RSO (Regional Security Officer) expressed concerns with the ability to defend Post in the event of a coordinated attack due to limited manpower, security measures, weapons capabilities, host nation support, and the overall size of the compound,” the cable said.
According to a review of the cable addressed to the Office of the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Emergency Action Committee was also briefed “on the location of approximately ten Islamist militias and AQ training camps within Benghazi … these groups ran the spectrum from Islamist militias, such as the QRF Brigade and Ansar al-Sharia, to ‘Takfirist thugs.’” Each U.S. mission has a so-called Emergency Action Committee that is responsible for security measures and emergency planning.
There is more. Two major U.S. military commanders were recently removed from their commands. General Ham suddenly decided to retire. Admiral Gaouette was removed from command of a carrier group operating in the Middle East. The odor of a system cover-up is overwhelming.
We already know Libya was bad. We know there were requests for more security that were ignored. We know the Obama administration lied to cover-up something. We know that Obama’s foreign policy is in tatters. What we already know is bad enough. It is shameful that the main stream media continues to ignore this story. If this is not important, what is important? How bad, exactly, does it have to get before they wake up? Is there not one single competent reporter in the main stream media who has figured this out?
TDM
you hit this on the nose