File this under least shocking news ever. According to some U.S. officials and foreign diplomats, arms shipments, that were backed by the U.S., and meant for Libyan rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi’s forces ended up in the hands of militant... read more »
December 6, 2012 9:15 am / no comments
Yesterday I wrote that I wasn’t buying that the resignation of David Petraeus was some grand scheme by the Obama Administration to silence the former CIA Director or blame him for the events in Benghazi. While I still believe that to be... read more »
November 10, 2012 10:05 am / 2 comments
Over at NRO, David French provides some insight into who really has the authority to deploy extra assests when it comes to, for example, defending a consulate:
With that framework in place, let’s go back to Benghazi. While the State Department... read more »
October 29, 2012 12:06 pm / no comments
Earlier today we learned that CIA operatives in Benghazi had their requests for help denied on the evening/night of 9/11.
Now, an official statement has been released by the CIA:
“We can say with confidence that the Agency reacted quickly... read more »
October 26, 2012 9:46 pm / no comments
This is strong stuff. Via The Corner:
No doubt about it, Tyrone Woods is a true hero and his father should be incredibly proud of him.
October 26, 2012 4:09 pm / 1 comment
Breaking, via Fox News:
Fox News has learned from sources who were on the ground in Benghazi that three urgent requests from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the U.S. Consulate and subsequent attack nearly seven hours... read more »
October 26, 2012 11:32 am / 1 comment
Mark Steyn points out that a British reporter-friend of his wrote a story about Mrs Smith, the mother of one of those who were murdered in Libya. Here’s an excerpt:
Speaking from her home in San Diego, Mrs Smith, 72, continued: ‘It’s... read more »
October 19, 2012 10:14 pm / no comments
Well, well, well:
Look, even if one stipulates President Obama clearly said the attacks in Libya were carried out by terrorists, there can be no argument that he and his administration said they didn’t know what they were over and over... read more »
October 17, 2012 12:04 am / 7 comments
This is just unbelievable. The deputy campaign manager for Team Obama is now blaming Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan for the growing scandal over the disastrous way the Obama Administration handled the terrorist attack in Libya that resulted in... read more »
October 11, 2012 4:12 pm / no comments
This is amazing. From Foreign Policy, via the Corner:
Prior to the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi late in the evening on Sept. 11, there was no protest outside the compound, a senior State Department official confirmed today, contradicting... read more »
October 9, 2012 7:50 pm / no comments
Or was it the other way around? That’s really the question at this point.
You see, the Obama administration has been caught lying, repeatedly, about what happened in the attack which led to the death of four Americans, including the rape... read more »
October 1, 2012 10:53 am / no comments
Last week, the Secretary of State took a break from preaching about class warfare and condemning Youtube videos, to state that the FBI had arrived in Libya. One might have thought that it was good news, and fairly swift action from the U.S.... read more »
September 26, 2012 10:16 pm / no comments