The stenographers at Politico duly note the administration’s furrowed brow.
The Obama administration is flatly denying a blaring British newspaper report that the U.S. diplomats in Libya were killed as a result of a “continuing security breach,” and that “credible information” about possible attacks had been ignored.
A U.S. official told POLITICO: “There’s no intelligence indicating that the attack in Benghazi was premeditated.”
Later in the story, the spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence weighs in on the record:
“This is absolutely wrong. We are not aware of any actionable intelligence indicating that an attack on the U.S. Mission in Benghazi was planned or imminent.”
Maybe, maybe not. We do know that there was specific information about a threat to the embassy in Cairo, and the US was not ready for that. We also know that the DNI works for the president and has a vested interest in protecting him (one of the many reasons that stovepiping our intelligence through a single point of failure was never a good idea). We also know from Charlie Martin’s great post last night, that the president limits his daily intel briefing intake to the bullet point summary and does not show even cursory curiosity into the threats the nation faces. He doesn’t think that he needs to have a dialog about threats with the experts who assess them.
A curious president might note that we were attacked at symbols of American power, on the anniversary of 9-11, in the two countries most identified with US influence during the so-called Arab Spring. A curious president might put two and two together and see those attacks as the Islamists’ way of saying “Thank you.” A curious president might figure out by now that these attacks had nothing to do with a movie.
Hell no I don’t believe them! Bridget was reporting the plans here on the 10th!
Actually that was Ray Ibrahim. http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/09/10/jihadis-threaten-to-burn-u-s-embassy-in-cairo/
Damn. They don’t look a bit alike, either.
Heh.
I’m sorry, but I don’t believe a word this regime says. The attacks were well planned and orchestrated. Add to that, our Marines were not allowed to carry live ammo which, I’m sure, has been a long standing order (almost four years?). Everything was done to make sure our personnel were unable to defend themselves. This regime has long been sympathetic to radical Islam. Look at 0bama’s treatment of Israel for confirmation. And we have NO idea how much help and support this regime has been providing “under the table”. The millions of dollars we continue to give Egypt is but a drop in the bucket. If this regime has it’s way, this country will become Sharia compliant and we’ll all be called to evening prayers. Or else.
Of course Obama wasn’t warned. The information was on Page 2 of the briefing summary, and he’s too busy to turn pages.
– stenographers complete Obama’s sentences for him, even when he hasn’t uttered anything.
Obama is definitely a curious president – just not in the way you mean.
“stenographers” – yup.
Peggy Noonan in the WSJ swallowed the ‘insulting movie’ red herring hook, line, and sinker. And yes, it went straight to her hips.
A little Shakespeare would be instructive for this faux administration and its media toadies: Me thinks thou dost protest too much. “LOOK, SQUIRREL!” has become “Wag the Dog”, and the tail has come off. This will and should end Obama’s disastrous presidency. They are all complaining about a movie – how trite and incompetent the diplomacy must be if a movie can derail it.
They knew it was coming and did nothing – but we’re not talking about the economy are we? The media is busily trying to ensnare Romney in a trumped up gaffe – but they can’t cover the ground fast enough. This is going to come out.
Who was it again who said that dissent is the highest form of patriotism?
Welcome back, Carter.