The administration persists in energetically deceiving the American people
National Security Adviser Susan Rice appeared on NBC's "Meet the
Press" on Sunday and said that when she had appeared on several news
outlets back in September 2012 to state that the attack on an American
diplomatic installation in Benghazi was a "spontaneous reaction" to an
American-made film that appeared on YouTube, she had used "the best
information [the White House] had at the time." Sen. John McCain
responded to her statement Sunday that it left him "almost speechless."
The
Arizona Republican said on CBS' "Face the Nation" that "I'm almost
speechless, because it's patently obvious, first of all, that Susan Rice
had no reason to be on the program. She had no involvement in
[Benghazi]." At the time she was U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
"Second of all, she read talking points that we are now beginning to
believe came from the White House, which were absolutely false,"
continued Mr. McCain. "We now know that the CIA station chief on the
ground sent a message immediately saying, 'Not-slash-not spontaneous
demonstrations,' and, of course, the information was totally misleading,
totally false."
Well, apparently the White House — bolstered by a
December 2013 investigative piece by The New York Times — is still at
it, energetically deceiving the American people about the origins of the
attack in Benghazi and its very nature. Actually, the attack was
undertaken by al Qaeda-related terrorists. It was a very professional
job. A former Navy SEAL called in to assess the terrorists' mortar
attacks — in which two retired SEALs were killed along with two other
Americans, one of whom was our ambassador — has verified the attackers'
professionalism. Moreover, Gregory Hicks, the deputy chief of mission in
Libya, informed the press shortly after the attack that he and everyone
else in the Libyan mission believed it was a terrorist attack "from the
get-go."
There should be no doubt about the character of the
assault on Benghazi. It was professional, and the January report of the
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence asserts that for months
intelligence reports were coming in indicating that security in the area
should have been beefed up. The Obama administration did the opposite.
One has to wonder why? Why has not the administration been charged with
negligence?
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