Thursday, October 4, 2012

WHY DID OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DENY LIBYA SECURITY REQUESTS?

Diplomats asked repeatedly for more security before Libya attack, lawmakers claim
Fox News – 10/2/2012
 
The House committee plans to hold an Oct. 10 hearing on security in the region leading up to the attack. The letter to Clinton alleges 13 incidents that showed the deteriorating security situation on the ground.
 
The reported incidents include an account that members of the Libyan security force were urged by their family members to quit over rumors "of an impending attack."
 
"Put together, these events indicated a clear pattern of security threats that could only be reasonably interpreted to justify increased security for U.S. personnel and facilities in Benghazi," the lawmakers wrote.
 
Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi on Sept. 11.
 
Fox News reported on Friday that the physical security was so substandard at the Benghazi consulate that it required a waiver, signed off in Washington by the secretary of state, the head of diplomatic security, or the heads of foreign building operations. A State Department spokeswoman said there would be no comment on the issue until their internal investigation is complete.
 
Obama denied requests for increased security in Benghazi before 9/11
Patriot Update – 10/2/2012
Quick article but watch the video with former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
U.S. diplomats in Libya repeatedly asked the Obama administration for more security in Benghazi in the run-up to the Sept. 11 attack on the consulate but were “denied these resources,” two congressional lawmakers said.
 
House oversight committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, pressed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for more information on those requests and other concerns in a letter Tuesday.
 
They detailed a string of attacks and other security incidents in Benghazi starting in April, and asked the State Department what measures it took to address the threat. They claimed officials have told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee of “repeated requests” for additional security.

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