Emails show White House knew of 9/11 Benghazi terror attack within 2 hours

[Forever_frost]

Emails show White House knew of 9/11 Benghazi terror attack within 2 hours
Posted at 10:13 pm on October 23, 2012 by Twitchy Staff | View Comments

Only on @CBSEveningNews: Internal email alerts detail unfolding 9/11 Benghazi attack & possible perps cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162… via @CBSNews
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Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) October 24, 2012

Multiple MSM outlets are reporting tonight that they recovered emails from anonymous government sources showing that both the State Department and White House knew within two hours of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that an Islamist militant group had claimed responsibility. Via Reuters:

The records obtained by Reuters consist of three emails dispatched by the State Department’s Operations Center to multiple government offices, including addresses at the White House, Pentagon, intelligence community and FBI, on the afternoon of September 11.

The first email, timed at 4:05 p.m. Washington time – or 10:05 p.m. Benghazi time, 20-30 minutes after the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission allegedly began – carried the subject line “U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Benghazi Under Attack” and the notation “SBU”, meaning “Sensitive But Unclassified.”

The text said the State Department’s regional security office had reported that the diplomatic mission in Benghazi was “under attack. Embassy in Tripoli reports approximately 20 armed people fired shots; explosions have been heard as well.”

The message continued: “Ambassador Stevens, who is currently in Benghazi, and four … personnel are in the compound safe haven. The 17th of February militia is providing security support.

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While some information identifying recipients of this message was redacted from copies of the messages obtained by Reuters, a government source said that one of the addresses to which the message was sent was the White House Situation Room, the president’s secure command post.

About that “spontaneous protest” over a YouTube video? The one Amb. Susan Rice was telling all the TV networks about five full days after the attack?

And it all falls to pieces. reuters.com/article/2012/1…—
John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) October 24, 2012

So. White House told 2 HOURS after Benghazi that it was likely a terror attack. 4 dead Americans. Obama: "Vegas, baby!" reuters.com/article/2012/1…—
Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) October 24, 2012

Now we know Obama lied! He went on to Vegas knowing this! po.st/isLsPk It's time to resign @BarackObama!—
Bill (@Patriot1059) October 24, 2012

BREAKING from Reuters: White House knew of Islamic radical connection in Libya attack within 2 hours! they have emails reuters.com/article/2012/1…—
Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) October 24, 2012

Gloria Allred can squeeze to find an October surprise all she wants, but Obama can't be saved… #liar
reut.rs/S2gQeS—
Brandon Darby (@brandondarby) October 24, 2012

Email to White House Situation Room at 6:07 PM on 9/11: "Ansar al-Sharia Claims Responsibility for Benghazi Attack" reut.rs/S2gQeS—
Mollie Z. Hemingway (@MZHemingway) October 24, 2012

This does not look good for the president. It does not look good at all: ccwc.me/XbVYDh—
Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) October 24, 2012

#Benghazi has gone from a bungle to an outrage and now to the unthinkable. reut.rs/ShcoIl #tcot—
(@TexAmerica) October 24, 2012

White House told of militant claim two hours after Libya attack: emails is.gd/9m3iHZ Hey Candy can you repeat THIS a little louder??—
(@Afterseven) October 24, 2012

YOU CAN'T COVER IT UP ANYMORE.
you cant blame it on a YouTube video because there's proof here that you knew. fb.me/st31YNDs—
♡ Salsa en Chile ♡ (@SalsaEnChile) October 24, 2012

The White House SITUATION ROOM got an email indicating the attack on Benghazi was a terrorist attack AS IT HAPPENED. bit.ly/SpsnSO—
RB (@RBPundit) October 24, 2012

REUTERS story on WH emails on Benghazi abt to blow whole Obama line (lie) on Benghazi out of the water. No horses or bayonets needed. #tcot—
Scott Jones (@NScottJtx) October 24, 2012

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http://twitchy.com/2012/10/23/emails-show-white-house-knew-of-911-benghazi-terror-attack-within-2-hours/

[sc281]

Nice. Cant wait to see how this gets buried.

[Forever_frost]

Won't be reported further

[Sean88gt]

That, or the media will recognize the sinking ship, claim they were screwed over and turn on the administration.

[Forever_frost]

This email was sent to State Department officials, White House officials, Secret Service officials at 6:07 PM EST on 9-11.

This was at least the third email sent to the White House the evening of 9-11 on the Benghazi attack.

Barack Obama was meeting with his security team in the Oval Office that evening.
The email clearly blamed Al-Qaeda linked group Ansar al-Sharia for the attack on the US consulate.
This was before the lifeless body of Ambassador Stevens was dragged from the consulate ruins.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/10/email-at-607-pm-on-9-11-to-white-house-ansar-al-sharia-claims-responsibility-for-benghazi-attack/

[big_tiger]

That, or the media will recognize the sinking ship, claim they were screwed over and turn on the administration.

Lulz They are too far up Obama's ass to wiggle out now.

[CJ]

this shit is really starting to piss me off now. This is a HUGE fucking scandal people. He lied to America because of his fucking political campaign.

[Forever_frost]

The White House this morning attempted to down-play the significance of emails sent to top national security officials during the attack on the diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, one of which suggested a known terrorist group claimed credit for the attack in its immediate aftermath.

As obtained by ABC News' John Parkinson and posted last night, the emails seem to be ones sent by the State Department Operations Center to distribution lists and email accounts for the top national security officials at the State Department, Pentagon, the FBI, the White House Situation Room and the office of the Director of National Intelligence.

One of the emails reported that officials that Ansar al-Sharia claimed responsibility for the Benghazi attack on Facebook and Twitter, and had threatened to attack the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli.

In the first couple weeks after the attack, the White House and Obama administration generally blamed the attack on a demonstration an anti-Muslim video that got out of control. On September 14, White House press secretary Jay Carney asserted that " we have no information to suggest that it was a preplanned attack." Only later would the Obama administration say the attack was planned.

White House officials maintained that the emails don't contradict what the White House believed at that point, based on the intelligence community's assessment of the attack. The views of the intelligence community are valued far more than Facebook and twitter claims, officials said, describing that email as an unclassified ops alert email, not a vetted intelligence assessment. It was not definitive, but rather the act of flagging open source reporting referencing a Facebook post, and - officials noted - on September 17, Ansar al-Sharia denied responsibility for the attack.

Carney today told reporters that there were emails about all sorts of information that was coming available in the aftermath of the attack. "There was a variety of information coming in," Carney said. "The whole point of an intelligence community and what they do is to assess strands of information and make judgments about what happened and who was responsible."

Moreover, officials said, the intelligence community still believes there wasn't a tremendous amount of planning before the attack. A terrorist group carrying it out doesn't mean it wasn't an opportunistic attack, officials said.

The first email , with a subject line of "U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Benghazi Under Attack," sent about 25 minutes after the attack began, states: "Regional Security Officer reports the diplomatic mission is under attack. Embassy Tripoli reports approximately 20 armed people fired shots; explosions have been heard as well. Ambassador Stevens, who is currently in Benghazi, and four COM (Chief of Mission) personnel are in the compound safe haven. The 17th of February militia is providing security support."

The next email sent at 4:54 PM states that the shooting has stopped and the compound was cleared, adding that a response team was "onsite attempting to locate COM personnel."

-Jake Tapper and John Parkinson

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/white-house-responds-release-real-time-emails-benghazi-151141456--abc-news-politics.html

[Vertnut]

this shit is really starting to piss me off now. This is a HUGE fucking scandal people. He lied to America because of his fucking political campaign.

They had teams within an hour of the embassy. The siege went on for 7 hours, with the last two Americans dying at the end. Somebody watched the entire assault on a live feed. No less than 400 staff members got the emails sent to them within two hours.
No efforts were made to help our countrymen while they were being attacked.

[GhostTX]

Glen beck piece

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/glenn-beck-connects-the-dots-in-benghazi-attack-this-is-fast-and-furious-times-1000/

[Geor!]

Believe me, if she's going to be the scapegoat in this, she'll be throwing motherfuckers under the bus. Watch for other things to begin leaking out.

The thing is, none of the websites I scour have anything about this. A couple of them even having her pushing back on the white house.

I don't think so. Just watch and see what else leaks out in the next couple of weeks. The alliance is not strong there.

That guy sure knows what he's talking about!