Benghazi Attack Under Microscope
The latest news, analysis and opinion about the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
Hillary's book woes continue: Clinton asked to sign 'Hard Choices' out to Christopher Stevens
By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's was asked on the street to sign a copy of her new book out to J. Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya who died in the 2012 Benghazi terror attack with three other Americans. Published June 19, 2014
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Benghazi attack mastermind 'wanted the U.S. out,' prosecutors say
Prosecutors urged jurors Thursday to convict the man accused of orchestrating the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, saying he directed his "hit squad" to storm the compound because he hated that Americans were operating a spy facility in his country.
Mustafa al-Imam, second suspect, faces charges for 2012 Benghazi attack
The second suspect arrested in connection with the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, made his first appearance in federal court Friday following his capture this week.
Witness in Benghazi trial admits he had concerns about local Libyan security team prior to attack
The defense team for Ahmed Abu Khattala sought to sow doubt that he was the mastermind behind the 2012 Benghazi attack, asking a diplomatic security officer about concerns and suspicions he had regarding the Libyan security team employed at the complex.
Scott Wickland testifies in Ahmed Abu Khattala trial
Militants armed with AK-47s and grenades banged the butts of their guns against the locked cage that stood between them and the safe room inside the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, where the three men hunkered down inside thought they were going to die.
Ahmed Abu Khatallah, Benghazi suspect, 'hates Americans with a vengeance,' prosecutors say
The criminal trial of the accused mastermind of the 2012 deadly attack on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, opened Monday with prosecutors alleging that Ahmed Abu Khatallah planned and encouraged the attack because he "hates Americans with a vengeance."
State Department ordered to search Clinton aides' emails for Benghazi messages
A federal judge has ordered the State Department to search its email systems for any messages sent to and from Hillary Clinton's top aides during her stint as secretary for any correspondence concerning the September 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya.
Hillary Clinton cleared of Benghazi lawsuit brought by victims' parents
A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by relatives of two Americans killed during the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya.
Final Benghazi report released by House committee
The House Select Committee on Benghazi recently filed its final report into the Congressional Record last week, ending the investigation into the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack that became intertwined with Hillary Clinton's legacy at the State Department.
Benghazi committee officially requests Hillary Clinton surrender her email server
The committee investigating Benghazi formally requested Friday that Hillary Rodham Clinton turn her email server over to an independent third party so it can be scrutinized to determine whether she and the Obama administration complied with open-records laws.
Benghazi committee meets with State, DOJ behind closed doors
Members of the House Select Committee tasked with investigating the 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, has met recently behind closed doors with the State and Justice departments but still plans to hold public hearings, the committee's chairman said Wednesday.
John Boehner reappoints Trey Gowdy to lead Benghazi probe
Saying there are still "far too many questions" unanswered, House Speaker John A. Boehner reappointed Rep. Trey Gowdy Monday to lead his chamber's inquiry into the Benghazi terrorist attack just a few days after a House committee cleared the CIA of most wrongdoing, in a move that signaled the GOP is not satisfied with those conclusions.
Benghazi: CIA detected no 'credible threat' before terror attacks
The CIA's main reason for setting up shop in Benghazi was to uncover the plans of al Qaeda-linked extremists, yet its officers there detected no sign that terrorists were set to launch the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission and the agency's own compound, a new House Intelligence Committee report shows.
Khattala's lawyers say government has presented 'lack of evidence' in Benghazi attack
Lawyers for Benghazi terrorist suspect Ahmed Abu Khattala said Wednesday their client is innocent of accusations that he helped lead the attack that killed four Americans, including a U.S. ambassador.
Indictment of suspect in Benghazi attack Ahmed Abu Khatallah debunks the Obama tale
The Obama administration's just-released criminal complaint against the alleged mastermind of the Benghazi terrorist attacks provides a final contradiction to its own evolving explanations for what happened that day.
House panel on Benghazi attack staffing up and briefing members
After a furious push to establish and appoint members to the House select committee on Benghazi, the panel's official proceedings have hit slow gear, and committee members say they don't expect to begin talking with witnesses until the fall.
Pentagon: Benghazi suspect in U.S. custody
U.S. Special Forces captured one of the suspected ringleaders of the deadly terrorist attacks in Benghazi in a secret raid in Libya, Obama administration officials said Tuesday, prompting praise for the military operation and fueling a debate over the prisoner's legal status.
RNC Chairman Priebus: Hillary Clinton is politics 24/7, and Benghazi is no different
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Sunday that former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been the one playing politics with Benghazi.
House leaders nix bill that would give Obama power to kill Benghazi terrorists
The House Republican leadership has abolished an amendment that would have given President Obama the authority to kill the terrorists responsible for the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya, according to a legislative aide.
Allen West: Source told me 'the ground truth' on Benghazi; operations 'shrouded in a fog of lies'
Former GOP congressman and political commentator Allen B. West says he knows "the ground truth" about what really happened during the Benghazi attack.
John Kerry agrees to testify on Benghazi attack
Secretary of State John Kerry is willing to testify before the House Oversight panel investigating the deadly 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, an appearance that should make subsequent testimony before a newly formed select committee unnecessary, the State Department said Friday.
Anthony Weiner: Nancy Pelosi's Benghazi picks like 'carrying library books' to knife fight
Anthony Weiner, the former hard-charging Democratic congressman who's star fell from a sexting scandal, nonetheless jumped back into the daily political discourse to offer his opinion on House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's picks for the Benghazi committee: You could do better, he said.
Pelosi names five Democratic members to Benghazi panel
Despite not getting the Republican concessions she was seeking, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi appointed a full slate of Democrats to the House's new Benghazi investigative committee, giving the effort a bipartisan boost.
Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign to bring Benghazi attack, Russia reset, Boko Haram to the fore
Hillary Rodham Clinton brings a quarter-century of public service to her potential presidential campaign, but it's her most recent job as secretary of state — overseeing relations with Russia, handling the terrorist attack in Benghazi — that could come back to haunt her.
Susan Rice: 'Hard to imagine' what more will come from Benghazi panel
U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice said Wednesday she isn't aware of anything else the Obama administration has said or done in relation to the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, that hasn't been made public, and it's hard to imagine what will come of probing the issue further.
Bill Clinton defends Hillary on Benghazi
Ex-President Bill Clinton sprang to the defense of his wife Wednesday, insisting that former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton responded properly to the September 2012 Benghazi attack just as a select House committee has been charged with investigating what happened.
Rep. Steve King: Ambassador Stephens' autopsy should be made public
Rep. Steve King said Thursday that he hopes the public gets a glimpse of the autopsy report for J. Christopher Stephens, the late U.S. Ambassador to Libya, during the select committee investigation into the attacks on diplomatic posts in Benghazi.
John Boehner gives Benghazi committee broad powers
House Speaker John A. Boehner laid out details of his proposed Benghazi investigative committee Tuesday night, calling for a 7-5 split between Republicans and Democrats — drawing a stern response from Democrats who said that is unfair and taints the investigation from the start.
Pelosi demands Benghazi panel be equally divided
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that the House's new investigative committee looking into the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attacks must be equally divided between Democrats and Republicans — an aggressive demand that could dent the investigation before it even gets rolling.
Boehner taps rising star to lead Benghazi investigation
Rep. Trey Gowdy, a former federal prosecutor and up-and-coming member of the House GOP, will lead the new select investigative inquiry into the Benghazi attack, Speaker John A. Boehner said Monday.
Benghazi committee shifts focus off quest for justice: Rep. Schiff
Rep. Adam Schiff, California Democrat, said Monday that a committee to investigate the Benghazi attack is shifting focus from the most important goal: getting justice for the four Americans who died in the attack.
John Kerry subpoenaed by House on Benghazi
The House has subpoenaed Secretary of State John F. Kerry to force him to answer questions about how his department has handled questions about the Benghazi terrorist attack.
Boehner: Kerry must answer for concealing key Benghazi email
House Speaker John A. Boehner on Thursday demanded that Secretary of State John F. Kerry testify to Congress about why his department hid a key email that seems to show the White House tainted the talking points following the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack.
General: White House should have known Benghazi was terrorist attack
An Air Force brigadier general who was running intelligence at the U.S. African command the night of the Benghazi attacks said Thursday they knew immediately that the assault was not a response to an anti-Islamic video, and said that the White House either wasn't in the know or else was distorting that information.
House GOP: Obama withholding Benghazi email is 'criminal'
House Republicans accused the Obama administration Thursday of "perhaps criminal" behavior for having withheld for months key email that sheds light on how the administration framed its post-Benghazi talking points, potentially violating a congressional subpoena.
Ex-CIA leader Morell denies role in Benghazi 'cover-up' during heated Hill hearing
The CIA's former deputy director disclosed Wednesday that Obama administration officials were alerted the day before they went on national television that a key tenet of their original Benghazi storyline might be inaccurate.
Court orders Google to remove 'Innocence of Muslims' film from YouTube
A U.S. appeals court in San Francisco has ordered Google to remove from YouTube "Innocence of Muslims," the anti-Islam film the Obama administration initially blamed for the 2012 killing of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya.
CURL: The drip, drip, drip of Benghazi
Another day, another revelation on Benghazi. The "bipartisan" Senate Select Committee on Intelligence last week put out a scathing report on the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on U.S. diplomatic outposts in Libya, citing "systematic failures" that led to the death of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
LYONS: Benghazi demands a select committee in Congress
Reports released recently by both the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee and the House Armed Services Committee have mostly discredited the Dec. 28 article on Benghazi by David Kirkpatrick in The New York Times. Both reports and the newspaper article have served the purpose of refocusing America's attention on this tragedy.
Michele Bachmann: Benghazi report a 'very grim picture for America'
Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, gives Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Obama tough questions to answer after the new Benghazi report.
EDITORIAL: Benghazi murders were preventable, the White House coverup shameful
The incompetence and irresponsibility at Benghazi turns out to be even worse than everyone in Washington thought it was. A bipartisan Senate intelligence committee finds the murder of the American ambassador and three other Americans was preventable, and the explanations the White House first gave for the debacle were lies.
CURL: For liars like Obama and Clinton, ends justify means on Benghazi
In the world of philosophy, there are two prime schools of thought about action and consequence.
State Department chose flight over fight in Benghazi, Senate report says
Armed State Department security agents retreated rather than fire on terrorists who were invading the U.S. mission in Benghazi, says a Senate Intelligence Committee report.
BENGHAZI WAS PREVENTABLE: Hillary Clinton cited for major security lapses
The 2012 terrorist assault on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, involved attackers from several major international terrorist networks, according to a Senate report that blames the intelligence community and the State Department — and Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens himself — for lapses.
KENDALL: Justice for the Benghazi victims
It's been 16 months since Muslim extremists sacked the American diplomatic mission and CIA annex in Benghazi on the 11th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, resulting in the brutal deaths of four brave Americans, including our ambassador.
Former Gitmo detainee with ties to al Qaeda implicated in Benghazi attack
U.S. officials believe that former Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu Sufian bin Qumu, who was released in 2007 and sent to Libya, played a role in the Sept. 11, 2012 terror attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
Intel community: NY Times wrong, al Qaeda links in Benghazi are clear
Current and former U.S. officials, congressional sources and outside analysts briefed on the attack told The Washington Times on Monday that the U.S. intelligence community's assessment about al Qaeda's links to the Benghazi tragedy has not changed.
'Stand down': CIA Benghazi team clash led to controversial order
CIA officers revealed a clash over how quickly they should go help the besieged U.S. ambassador during the 2012 attack on an outpost in Libya, and a standing order for them to avoid violent encounters, according to a congressman and others who heard their private congressional testimony or were briefed on it.
Sen. John Cornyn: Obama & Co. has 'taken lying to a new level'
President Obama and his administrative heads have been covering up details about the attacks that took place on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, leaving four Americans dead, one key senator said this week.
Sen. Lindsey Graham: Blocking nominees over Benghazi is not 'over the top'
Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, said Sunday that his threat to block all presidential nominees until Congress can speak with survivors of the Benghazi attack is warranted.
No more Obama nominees until White House relents on Benghazi: Graham
Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday he will "hold" every future Obama nominee, creating a hurdle for them to reach the Senate floor, until President Obama and the State Department allow Congress to hear from those who were on the ground during last year's Benghazi terrorist attack.
Poll finds strong support for deeper Benghazi probe
A bipartisan poll finds that most Americans now support a special congressional committee to investigate events surrounding the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya.
State Department security still lacking a year after Benghazi: OIG report
A year after the Benghazi attack, the State Department still doesn't have a good handle on managing security risks at foreign diplomatic missions, the department's internal auditor said in a report being released Wednesday.
Benghazi investigators gave Hillary Clinton heads-up on findings
The leaders of the State Department's Benghazi probe defended their inquiry into the 2012 attack, but they acknowledged to Congress on Thursday that their mission was limited in scope and faced questions over why they gave Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton an advance look at their findings.
State Dept.: FBI can't get into Benghazi to arrest suspects
Libya will allow reporters in but won't let the FBI into Benghazi to try to arrest those responsible for last year's attacks because the security situation is too tenuous, a senior State Department official told Congress on Wednesday.
Hillary Clinton heckled on Benghazi during award ceremony
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fielded hecklers who hounded her on Benghazi at the tail end of an award acceptance speech she delivered at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Tuesday evening.
Explosion rocks Libya’s Foreign Ministry building in Benghazi on 9/11 attack anniversary
An early Wednesday morning blast has rocked Libya's Foreign Ministry building, located in the middle of Benghazi — a one-year reminder of the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate down the road.
Allen West: ‘Let us never forget’ the Benghazi 4 who died in Libya
A coalition of conservatives have joined together for a social media campaign with one clear goal — to compel the White House and Congress to investigate and reveal the events of Sept. 11, 2012, that left four Americans dead in Benghazi, Libya.
4 sent back to work after missteps on Benghazi
Secretary of State John F. Kerry has reinstated four employees implicated in security lapses from last year's terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, drawing sharp rebukes Tuesday from leading Republicans who said the moves mean nobody has been fired or held accountable.
Illinois lawmaker: Hillary Clinton screamed in closed-door session on Benghazi at terrorism label
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a congressman from Illinois, said he was shocked when the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton actually screamed at one of his congressional colleagues during a closed-door session to discuss Benghazi, Libya, just days after the terrorist attack.
Filmmaker blamed for Benghazi attack speaks in first TV interview since release
In his first television interview following his supervised release from prison, filmmaker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, who produced "Innocence of Muslims" blamed for inciting the Sept. 11 attacks in Benghazi, urged the White House to be more careful in its assessments in the future, National Review Online reported.
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GAFFNEY: Obama administration failing Benghazigate smell test
In Washington, when the official line seems improbable, people often say, "It doesn't pass the smell test." There's a lot that stinks at the moment about the Benghazigate affair, including now the circumstances involving the forced resignation of a man in the middle of it: President Obama's CIA Director and former four-star Army General David Petraeus.
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GEDRICH: What we can learn from Obama's Benghazi failure
It took nearly four years into his presidency to know what Barack Obama would do when confronted with an unexpected international crisis demanding immediate action to save American lives.
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EDITORIAL: Benghazigate and the secret cable
The latest twist in the Benghazigate saga is a newly discovered, secret diplomatic cable. The document, sent two weeks before the Sept. 11 murder of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans, warned that the consulate building in Benghazi could not withstand a "coordinated attack."
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MCCAIN, GRAHAM, AYOTTE AND JOHNSON: Five unanswered questions about Benghazi attack
Nearly two months after the murder of four American citizens in Benghazi, Libya, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, there remain many more questions surrounding this tragedy than credible answers provided by the Obama administration.
