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State Department Rejected Security Requests before Terrorists Killed Americans in Libya: Will Obama Delay Investigation Because of 2012 Election?

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Terrorists attacked and killed the Ambassador Stevens on the anniversary of 9/11 this year in Benghazi, Libya. The Republicans have launched an inquiry into the security precautions requested by the U.S. Embassy personnel in Libya, but denied by the Obama Administration.

A spokesman for the committee said, "document is consistent with what the Oversight Committee has been told by individuals who worked in Libya. Ambassador Stevens and the diplomatic mission in Libya made multiple security related requests that were turned down by Washington based officials. Security related transportation has been identified as one of the particular items where embassy personnel did not receive the support they sought."

Declassified Email of Security Request -- Denied by Obama Administration
Libya Security Email
The committee wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton "listing 13 incidents leading up to the attack ranging from IED and RPG attacks to a 'posting on a pro-Gaddafi Facebook page' publicizing early morning runs taken by the late Ambassador Stevens and his security detail around Tripoli." Libya "security" forces exposed Ambassador Stevens' secret return to Libya and the Facebook post indicated the terrorist had inside information and knew of his return.


ABCNEWS.GO.COM reports:
(Image Credit: Ibrahim Alaguri/AP Photo) ABC News has obtained an internal State Department email from May 3, 2012, indicating that the State Department denied a request from the security team at the Embassy of Libya to retain a DC-3 airplane in the country to better conduct their duties. Copied on the email was U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, who was killed in a terrorist attack on the diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya,  Sept. 11, 2012, along with three other Americans. That attack has prompted questions about whether the diplomatic personnel in that country were provided with adequate security support. No…


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  • harry abram 2012/10/22 05:08:30
    No
    harry abram
    Obama cannot delay the investigation but he can defer a conclusion on the failure until after the election.
  • FanOreilly 2012/10/08 19:04:14
    Yes
    FanOreilly
    +1
    Disgusting.

    If the deaths of hundreds of Mexicans does not end this presidency, this scandal should.
  • BILL 2012/10/08 18:57:32
    Yes
    BILL
    OHBOBO would delay the election if the Traitorous Piece of Crap Thought he could get away with it, the people that denied help for that Embassy shoul be tried for MURDER
  • Kurt 2012/10/07 22:49:01
    Yes
    Kurt
    Duh.
  • Michael 2012/10/07 21:24:04
    Yes
    Michael
    He already has! It has been almost a month and no answers.Actually, no questions posed yet. Te pattern is "self evident", to quote one of their own excuses in the direct aftermath!
  • dubbie 2012/10/07 16:48:43
    Yes
    dubbie
    +1
    Cutting the security of the embassy was really nothing that sould cause concern for this little bump in the road we went threw
  • Lester 2012/10/07 15:49:05
    No
    Lester
    These investigations take months. Even at its fastest, it won't be completed before the election.
  • beachbum 2012/10/07 15:35:13
    Yes
    beachbum
    +1
    Of course he will - he's got the DOJ ignoring Fast & Furious - this one will be ignored also.
  • KCurtis 2012/10/07 15:09:18
    Yes
    KCurtis
    +1
    He already has. The FBI just got there.
  • Tony Cicarella 2012/10/07 14:00:36
    Yes
    Tony Cicarella
    Obviously they have done every thing in their power to delay and keep this under wraps until after the election. With congress and the senate in recess and the Main Street media protecting them it seems they will get away with this tactic. I have seen some senators and congressmen feign outrage over it but in reality they are ALL more concerned with their re-election campaigns or they would not have left town. It's a shame but in my opinion too few of them really give a damn.
  • apachehellfire65 2012/10/07 13:23:48
    Yes
    apachehellfire65
    +2
    of course he will! this is the last thing he wants in the news weeks before the election!
  • EastPhilly 2012/10/07 13:20:31 (edited)
    Yes
    EastPhilly
    +2
    Of course Barry will say or do anything to hold on to power. About the incident in Libya: If ever the truth is revealed I believe we will find out that those guys were out on a mission the night that things went south badly. An embassy or consulate has military protection and these guys were not in either of those places. They were in the field.
  • freethinker 2012/10/07 12:55:18
    Yes
    freethinker
    +3
    The Scum will do Anything to keep on Pretending he is a Dictator!!
  • WankerBait 2012/10/07 11:22:52
    No
    WankerBait
    The POTUS does not have the power to delay congressional investigations...

    And then there is this: "The Washington Times reported that the attack in Benghazi had followed two years of major cuts by Congress to State Department funding for embassy construction and diplomatic security."

    As you conservative twits should now clearly see, there are real consequences to misguided austerity and cuts in government spending guided by ignorance ...
  • BackWoo... WankerBait 2012/10/07 12:51:11
    BackWoodsMike
    +3
    “Obama Cuts $2 Million from Protection of Foreign Missions, $129 Million form Embassy Security

    Obama’s Sequestration Plan Would Cut $1.084 Billion From The State Department’s Diplomatic And Consular Program, Including $2 Million For The Protection Of Foreign Missions And Officials, And $129 Million For Embassy Security, Construction, And Maintenance. (“OMB Report Pursuant To The Sequestration Transparency Act Of 2012,” Office Of Management And Budget, pp. 135-136, 9/14/12)”

    sequestration transparency act 2012 office management budget pp 135-136 91412
  • WankerBait BackWoo... 2012/10/10 15:15:21
    WankerBait
    The first two words in your argument make the entire argument false. Sequestration is Congressional action, not Executive action ...

    "Sequestration was the result of last summer’s debt ceiling deal, which cut $1 trillion in government spending over the next decade outright and then put responsibility for finding another $1.2 trillion on Congress.

    Because Congress failed to agree on the mixture of lower spending and higher taxes to hit that figure, a mechanism in the debt ceiling-raising legislation causes automatic spending decreases to hit the $1.2 trillion figure: about $109 billion in lower government spending every year for the next decade."

    http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/...
  • freethi... WankerBait 2012/10/07 12:54:33
    freethinker
    +2
    Yeah thanks to Your Incompetent Fraud....
  • Defend ... WankerBait 2012/10/07 13:45:23
    Defend Western Civlization
    +2
    Its obama who is bowing to Muslim terrorist
    Its obama who is Allowing CAIR and Muslim brotherhood Nazi terrorist inside the US Government
  • ed 2012/10/07 11:14:09
    Yes
    ed
    +3
    I'm sure obama will look into his little book of excuses.  book of excuses
  • AL 2012/10/07 08:31:22
    Yes
    AL
    +3
    Obama is putting everything that might have any effect his own re-election on the back burner UNTIL AFTER THE Election now! Like any real talks with Israel over Iran,any real investigation or out come in this TERRORIST ATTACK on our own people in Libya and even all the Governments own planed lay offs that are already in the works as well!
  • Beagle Mom 2012/10/07 07:14:27
    Yes
    Beagle Mom
    +2
    Eric Holder and the DOJ are all over this one. What could go wrong?
  • sandra smith 2012/10/07 07:03:03
    Yes
    sandra smith
    +2
    Libya was already doing so; and FINALLY admitted the team late this past week; for a few hours only. But Obama certainly won't press for it!
  • TheTruth1313 2012/10/07 06:08:26
    Yes
    TheTruth1313
    +1
    He will certainly attempt to.
  • Striker 2012/10/07 06:02:32
    Yes
    Striker
    +1
    Sure he will. He has sidestepped everything every before he was elected, and he's gotten away with most all of that. Since that has been working, why would he change his pattern?

    So Obama is problem #1, but there are 435 in Congress who have done nothing about that, and that is why vote2012 is but a joke.
  • Steve Boston 2012/10/07 05:52:41
    Yes
    Steve Boston
    +1
    Yes I would too if I was covering up my personal incompetence in protecting my fellow Americans abroad.
  • Steve B... Steve B... 2012/10/07 13:08:09
    Steve Boston
    Four dead in Benghazi. How many more?
  • Flyingbug 2012/10/07 05:47:42
    Yes
    Flyingbug
    +1
    Yes, because (from what I have seen and heard) it's already looking very bad for him. Our ambassador would not have gone to the trouble of requesting the security (which should have been there in the first place) if he did not think it necessary.
  • Alicia 2012/10/07 05:45:13
    Yes
    Alicia
    +1
    Of course he will and if he is reelected then the investigation will show no wrongdoing on the part of the government. It really is tragic that these people died when they asked for help, knew they were in danger and they were ignored.
  • Jasmine 2012/10/07 05:37:30
    No
    Jasmine
    Guess time will tell. Sure won't be the 14 months delay from Bush over 9/11.
  • voice_matters 2012/10/07 05:35:02
    No
    voice_matters
    Libby Obama can not delay the investigation. The question is will the tea lbs push this forward to lose the election
  • gregaj7 2012/10/07 05:14:21
    Yes
    gregaj7
    +3
    What "investigation"?!? They don't need no "stinkin'" "investigation"!
  • MonaDeMark 2012/10/07 05:10:02
  • Jackie G - Poker Playing Pa... 2012/10/07 04:59:30
    Yes
    Jackie G - Poker Playing Patriot
    +6
    Yes - the attack, demonstrations all prove a failed 'policy' by Obama. They lied for days and days and even now try to blur what was obvious to an 8 year old - there is no excuse for the lack of security, the denial of security requests or the lies following the event.
  • CUDDLY BUT STILL CRABBY 2012/10/07 04:58:33
    Yes
    CUDDLY BUT STILL CRABBY
    +4
    Yep. IF there ever is an investigation. Ever.
  • Dagon 2012/10/07 04:56:23
  • Freedom Mom 2012/10/07 04:54:45
    Yes
    Freedom Mom
    +7
    You bet as he does, Fast and Furious, as well as leaking info about our troops!
  • CUDDLY ... Freedom... 2012/10/07 04:59:48
    CUDDLY BUT STILL CRABBY
    +5
    And the serial numbers and actual numbers of nukes the UK has to the USSR.
  • voice_m... Freedom... 2012/10/07 05:35:47
    voice_matters
    How does that help him win reelection
  • Freedom... voice_m... 2012/10/07 10:53:20 (edited)
    Freedom Mom
    +1
    Hummm........ Some people as it says in the Bible have eyes but do not see, and have ears and do not hear. Some people believe what they want to believe, they only want to hear what backs up their belief system. As the Bible also says my people suffer for lack of knowledge. I never voted for Obama, I knew better Chicago Climate Exchange and Obama being on the board with Al Gore, Maurice Strong, Soros, Mayor Dailey Richard Sandeur from the Chicago Merchantile and creator of the Cap & Trade Legislation which Obama Bill Mirrors and Goldman Sachs being the largest shareholder, and gave a Million dollars; as start up money, So did Bill Ayres and the Joyce Foundation told me alot, this was happening, when Obama was a senator. Hummm..... NOT a (Word spoken) about this in the Mainstream media, Imagine that all are CFR members and UN- United Nations members and Some even Club of Rome members. I don't listen to the mainstream media much, which happens to be controled by the same people whom backed Obama and are all CFR members as well as corporate members on the board of the Chicago Climate Exchange. Hummm Isn't that Interesting?

    A funny thing happend after Obama left the Board of the Chicago Climate Exchange to run for President. Goldman Sachs CFR- Council Of Foreign Relations Corpora...&
    Hummm........ Some people as it says in the Bible have eyes but do not see, and have ears and do not hear. Some people believe what they want to believe, they only want to hear what backs up their belief system. As the Bible also says my people suffer for lack of knowledge. I never voted for Obama, I knew better Chicago Climate Exchange and Obama being on the board with Al Gore, Maurice Strong, Soros, Mayor Dailey Richard Sandeur from the Chicago Merchantile and creator of the Cap & Trade Legislation which Obama Bill Mirrors and Goldman Sachs being the largest shareholder, and gave a Million dollars; as start up money, So did Bill Ayres and the Joyce Foundation told me alot, this was happening, when Obama was a senator. Hummm..... NOT a (Word spoken) about this in the Mainstream media, Imagine that all are CFR members and UN- United Nations members and Some even Club of Rome members. I don't listen to the mainstream media much, which happens to be controled by the same people whom backed Obama and are all CFR members as well as corporate members on the board of the Chicago Climate Exchange. Hummm Isn't that Interesting?

    A funny thing happend after Obama left the Board of the Chicago Climate Exchange to run for President. Goldman Sachs CFR- Council Of Foreign Relations Corporate member and stockholder of the Federal Reserve, backed Obama with a Million dollars in political Campaign money. Well Cap & Trade didn't pass because of the econmey and the exposure of Bankergate FRAUD, and Climategate FRAUD. It seemed that the Chicago Climate Exchange went Bankrupt Hummm........ But not to worry after Obama became President he gave Goldman Sachs a Bailout- (Stimulas) of taxpayer money, while many Americans were losing their jobs and homes due to the Banking cartels GREED and use of diviratives which by the way .It was SLICK how the Bankers got rich off of hedge funds. and got great bonuses. and also by re-selling bundled (worthless loans) to others to cause the Global Banking Crisis. Isn't that a cute trick? I bet some Americans still don't get it? All I can say, Obama served Goldman Sachs very well, they got their money back. Its a shame that the people who voted for him have to pay for it though. (Useful Idiots) will vote for him again because they only want to hear what they want to believe and are decieved. Also wasn't it nice of Obama to give the Federal Reserve more contol and power after they caused this mess? Obama is so forgiving to others as long as he can put the dept on the American taxpayer. Iam still wondering about the Falcon accounts that were seized from the Vatican Bank that were in the Obama family's names, in 2011. Hummm........... NOT a word about the Trillion dollar Law suit either?....... Well I guess they don't want to talk about $!6 Trillion dollars of American money going to Foreign Banks during the election, it would put a damper on all the lies being told in this CFR anybody but Obama election. The CFR will win another election as they have for over 80 years. Hummm.... I think you should read the 1959 CFR report it will tell you that this has been planned and after all Obama is a CFR member also he is just helping out for a move to Global Governance as the report states..
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  • voice_m... Freedom... 2012/10/07 22:14:44
    voice_matters
    +1
    Thanks for showing it does not

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