State Dept Does Nothing About Benghazi Attackers, But Algeria Does

State Dept Does Nothing About Benghazi Attackers

Hillary Clinton testified today that our government is committed to bringing to justice those who killed U.S. Ambassador Stevens, and three other Americans died on September 11, 2012 in Benghazi, Libya. Others were injured, but the only person identified among the survivors isDavid Ubben, a “Security Agent, who was “gravel” injured.

The problem is, courtesy of the weakest government in the history of the U.S., the U.S. has no stroke, and jihadists know it. There is no justice rendered by the U.S. for the deaths of Chris Stevens, Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods and Sean Smith or the wounding a reported three additional Americans, and it was insulting to the dead, and their families, and every American, hear Secretary Clinton make the claim yet again today.

Aug. Cable sent to State warned of attack, security concerns in Benghazi

Officials at the U.S. Mission in Benghazi, Libya, warned the State Department that the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi could not withstand a “coordinated attack” less than a month before the Sept. 11 terrorist attack at the site, according to a classified cable obtained by Fox:

“RSO (Regional Security Officer) expressed concerns with the ability to defend Post in the event of a coordinated attack due to limited manpower, security measures, weapons capabilities, host nation support, and the overall size of the compound,” the cable said.

According to a review of the cable addressed to the Office of the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Emergency Action Committee was also briefed “on the location of approximately ten Islamist militias and AQ training camps within Benghazi … these groups ran the spectrum from Islamist militias, such as the QRF Brigade and Ansar al-Sharia, to ‘Takfirist thugs.’” Each U.S. mission has a so-called Emergency Action Committee that is responsible for security measures and emergency planning.

The details in the cable seemed to foreshadow the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. compound, which was a coordinated, commando-style assault using direct and indirect fire. Al Qaeda in North Africa and Ansar al-Sharia, both mentioned in the cable, have since been implicated in the consulate attack.

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BOMBSHELL: House Oversight says requests for increased security in Benghazi before 9/11 denied by Washington

Oversight Presses for Answers: Diplomats in Libya Requested Additional Security, Washington Officials Denied the Resources

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee leaders today sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking why requests for more protection were denied to the U.S. mission in Libya by Washington officials prior to the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack that killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. The denials came after repeated attacks and security threats to U.S. personnel.

“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. It was clearly never, as Administration officials once insisted, the result of a popular protest,” the committee’s chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and subcommittee chairman, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, write. “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.”

The letter outlines 13 security threats over the six months prior to the 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 chairmen write.

The Committee indicated it intends to convene a hearing in Washington on Wednesday October 10, 2012, on the security failures that preceded the attack.