Tuesday, October 2, 2012

DENIED: Consulate Asked for More Security!

If  this is true, President Obama and Hillary Clinton should be removed that much more!  This "The Hill" reporting..they are no friends to Republicans.  Related links for this story are on NPR (Yes them), Foxnews,

GOP: Consulate received multiple threats, had requested security

By Julian Pecquet - 10/02/12 11:50 AM ET
Two House Republicans say they have been informed by whistleblowers that the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi was attacked and threatened 13 times before the incident last month that killed four Americans.

Reps. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) sent Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a letter on Tuesday that detailed the whistleblowers’ allegations.


“Based on information provided to the Committee by individuals with direct knowledge of events in Libya, the attack that claimed the ambassador’s life was the latest in a long line of attacks on Western diplomats and officials in Libya in the months leading up to September 11, 2012,” Issa and Chaffetz wrote. “It was clearly never, as Administration officials once insisted, the result of a popular protest."

The congressmen said the consulate asked for more security to deal with the growing threat but was turned down by the administration.

“In addition, multiple U.S. federal government officials have confirmed to the Committee that, prior to the September 11 attack, the U.S. mission in Libya made repeated requests for increased security in Benghazi. The mission in Libya, however, was denied these resources by officials in Washington.”

Read more:  http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/middle-east-north-africa/259677-report-libya-consulate-subject-to-previous-threats-attacks

Related articles:

Diplomats asked repeatedly for more security before Libya attack, lawmakers claim

White House rebuffed request for more security at Bengazi consulate, GOP House members say

Read more here: http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/10/02/2230954/house-committee-security-requests.html#storylink=cpy


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