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Final Benghazi Report Reveals Hillary Incompetent In Failure To Competently Realize Risks

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This Report shows Hillary to be criminally incompetent in my opinion. Bold and underlining mine to show important points. M

Republicans on the U.S. House Benghazi Committee released a report on Tuesday on the Benghazi terror attacks in 2012 that killed four Americans: Ambassador Chris Stevens, Information Officer Sean Smith, and two former Navy SEALs who were part of a CIA program, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods.

It reveals that the Obama administration and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton failed to protect the American diplomats. The 800-page report revealed that in the months leading up to the attack, there was worsening security in Libya, poor bureaucratic leadership and inadequate resources. The report showed Clinton and the State Department’s inadequacy to protect the Libyan diplomatic outpost. The report also revealed that the CIA missed the threat and wrote faulty intelligence after the attack,  (That makes me wonder if that information was contrived afterwards. M)

Clinton told the committee last year that she was aware of the dangers in Libya but “there was no actionable intelligence” indicating a planned terrorist attack. The report showed that intelligence was available, but Clinton and her top aide, Patrick Kennedy, failed to realize the risk of a potential attack.

The 800 page report,( Link to Select Committee's Report ) which took over 2 years to investigate and complete, has followed Hillary Clinton around during her presidential campaign. Clinton called the report a political vendetta since it is being released just a few months before the presidential election.

Panel members and House Representatives Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Mike Pompeo (R-Kansas) feel that the report did not go far enough and Clinton and the Obama administration should be held more liable for the death of four Americans during the attack. In their own additional report released today, they said Clinton “failed to lead” and the Obama administration “mis-led the public.”

The report said that they could not fully reveal what happened during the Benghazi attack in 2012 since the administration would not turn over all of the records to them. The report says that the by not turning over the documents, the delay for the records was coordinated and intentional.

Democrats rebutted the findings in the investigation on Monday by saying the report was only revealed now to damage Clinton’s campaign before the November election. They also said that the report came from political bias.

White House spokesman Eric Schultz said the report was a “Republican conspiracy theory in search of a conspiracy.”

“The essential facts surrounding the 2012 attacks in Benghazi have been known for some time,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner said in a statement.

The final report of the Benghazi attack criticizes Clinton’s use of a private email account during the attacks. It also offers why no DOD assets moved in to help the four Americans that were killed in the attack. Obama and then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta approved the military to do anything it could and move in around 8:30 at night, but the DOD failed to meet deployment times and no one was deployed for hours. The Defense Department said it could not have responded in time, but according to the panel, it should have tried because it didn’t know when the attack would end.

“What was disturbing from the evidence the Committee found was that at the time of the final lethal attack at the Annex, no asset ordered deployed by the Secretary had even left the ground,” the report read.

According to a committee staffer, the military did not deploy until Libyans stepped in to save the Americans and evacuate them to Tripoli. Even then, the military never went to Libya, and instead went to Tripoli.

The report showed that requests for additional security were denied several times even after there were multiple attacks on international targets in the city. The report, citing a cable from the U.S. embassy in Tripoli said that in August there were 34 security staff at the compound, but by the end of the month, there were only six.

According to the report, the State Department in 2011 and 2012 noted rising crime levels, high risk of militia violence after Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi was ousted from power and an increase in firearm ownership.

According to the report, there was inadequate security at the outpost. The security situation was worsening since there were multiple equipment failures, a lack of manpower, and the protection for the outpost was made up of local militia.

The final Benghazi report reveals more about the allegations that the United States was involved with the transfer of weapons to Libyan rebels. Multiple news reports have cited State and Intelligence officials saying the president approved an operation to ship weapons to Libyan rebels to oust Libyan dictator Muammar Qadhafi. Clinton supported the proposal, but the administration denies it.

“Over the course of nearly a dozen interviews with the State Department, the Defense Department and CIA personnel, witnesses consistently refused to answer questions related to certain allegations with respect to U.S. activity in Libya even though the House specifically gave the committee access to materials relating to intelligence sources and methods,” the report says. “Most of these questions related in some way to allegations regarding weapons.”

The report also revealed previously undisclosed details of the White House teleconference between multiple agencies and Hillary Clinton around 7:30 p.m. According to democrats, witnesses told investigators that the main focus of the call was the safety of U.S. personnel in Benghazi, but according to the committee resources, the report said a lot of the teleconference had to do with why the attack happened and not how to get Americans to safety during the attack. According to GOP sources, half of the items wrote down by those at the conference had to do with blaming the attack on the anti-Islamic You tube video.

Low-level CIA officials eventually came to meet with committee officials to admit that they made mistakes and that the word “protest” should not have been used because there was no evidence of a protest. A committee official told POLITICO that line analysts in the CIA used social media and news reports instead of what people on the ground were saying about the attacks. It was drawn up by administration officials and not from accounts of eyewitnesses or Americans under attack.

After reading that report, would you really want someone who is so incompetent to become President ? I believe she wants it so she can push forward with her and the Elites agendas even if it totally compromises the safety of America and americans world wide.

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Select Committee on Benghazi Releases Proposed Report

Report from House of Representatives Website; t81 New Witnesses, 75,000 New Pages of Documents Reveal Significant New Information,
Fundamentally Changes the Public’s Understanding of the 2012 Terrorist Attacks that Killed Four Americans
Washington, D.C. – Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy (SC-04) released the following statement after the committee’s Majority released a mark of its investigative report:
“Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods were heroes who gave their lives in service to our country. Their bravery and the courageous actions of so many others on the ground that night should be honored.
“When the Select Committee was formed, I promised to conduct this investigation in a manner worthy of the American people’s respect, and worthy of the memory of those who died. That is exactly what my colleagues and I have done.
“Now, I simply ask the American people to read this report for themselves, look at the evidence we have collected, and reach their own conclusions. You can read this report in less time than our fellow citizens were taking fire and fighting for their lives on the rooftops and in the streets of Benghazi.”

The committee’s proposed report is just over 800 pages long and is comprised of five primary sections and 12 appendices. It details relevant events in 2011 and 2012.

The following facts are among the many new revelations in Part I:
  • Despite President Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s clear orders to deploy military assets, nothing was sent to Benghazi, and nothing was en route to Libya at the time the last two Americans were killed almost 8 hours after the attacks began. [pg. 141]
  • With Ambassador Stevens missing, the White House convened a roughly two-hour meeting at 7:30 PM, which resulted in action items focused on a YouTube video, and others containing the phrases “[i]f any deployment is made,” and “Libya must agree to any deployment,” and “[w]ill not deploy until order comes to go to either Tripoli or Benghazi.” [pg. 115]
  • The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff typically would have participated in the White House meeting, but did not attend because he went home to host a dinner party for foreign dignitaries. [pg. 107]
  • A Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST) sat on a plane in Rota, Spain, for three hours, and changed in and out of their uniforms four times. [pg. 154]
  • None of the relevant military forces met their required deployment timelines. [pg. 150]
  • The Libyan forces that evacuated Americans from the CIA Annex to the Benghazi airport was not affiliated with any of the militias the CIA or State Department had developed a relationship with during the prior 18 months. Instead, it was comprised of former Qadhafi loyalists who the U.S. had helped remove from power during the Libyan revolution. [pg. 144]
Rep. Mike Pompeo (KS-04) released the following statement regarding these findings:
“We expect our government to make every effort to save the lives of Americans who serve in harm’s way. That did not happen in Benghazi. Politics were put ahead of the lives of Americans, and while the administration had made excuses and blamed the challenges posed by time and distance, the truth is that they did not try.”
Rep. Martha Roby (AL-02) released the following statement regarding these findings:
“Our committee’s insistence on additional information about the military’s response to the Benghazi attacks was met with strong opposition from the Defense Department, and now we know why. Instead of attempting to hide deficiencies in our posture and performance, it’s my hope our report will help ensure we fix what went wrong so that a tragedy like this never happens again.” 

The following facts are among the many new revelations in Part II:
  • Five of the 10 action items from the 7:30 PM White House meeting referenced the video, but no direct link or solid evidence existed connecting the attacks in Benghazi and the video at the time the meeting took place. The State Department senior officials at the meeting had access to eyewitness accounts to the attack in real time. The Diplomatic Security Command Center was in direct contact with the Diplomatic Security Agents on the ground in Benghazi and sent out multiple updates about the situation, including a “Terrorism Event Notification.” The State Department Watch Center had also notified Jake Sullivan and Cheryl Mills that it had set up a direct telephone line to Tripoli. There was no mention of the video from the agents on the ground. Greg Hicks—one of the last people to talk to Chris Stevens before he died—said there was virtually no discussion about the video in Libya leading up to the attacks. [pg. 28]
  • The morning after the attacks, the National Security Council’s Deputy Spokesperson sent an email to nearly two dozen people from the White House, Defense Department, State Department, and intelligence community, stating: “Both the President and Secretary Clinton released statements this morning. … Please refer to those for any comments for the time being. To ensure we are all in sync on messaging for the rest of the day, Ben Rhodes will host a conference call for USG communicators on this chain at 9:15 ET today.” [pg. 39]
  • Minutes before the President delivered his speech in the Rose Garden, Jake Sullivan wrote in an email to Ben Rhodes and others: “There was not really much violence in Egypt. And we are not saying that the violence in Libya erupted ‘over inflammatory videos.’” [pg. 44]
  • According to Susan Rice, both Ben Rhodes and David Plouffe prepared her for her appearances on the Sunday morning talk shows following the attacks. Nobody from the FBI, Department of Defense, or CIA participated in her prep call. While Rhodes testified Plouffe would “normally” appear on the Sunday show prep calls, Rice testified she did not recall Plouffe being on prior calls and did not understand why he was on the call in this instance. [pg.98]
  • On the Sunday shows, Susan Rice stated the FBI had “already begun looking at all sorts of evidence” and “FBI has a lead in this investigation.” But on Monday, the Deputy Director, Office of Maghreb Affairs sent an email stating: “McDonough apparently told the SVTS [Secure Video Teleconference] group today that everyone was required to ‘shut their pieholes’ about the Benghazi attack in light of the FBI investigation, due to start tomorrow.” [pg. 135]
  • After Susan Rice’s Sunday show appearances, Jake Sullivan assured the Secretary of the State that Rice “wasn’t asked about whether we had any intel. But she did make clear our view that this started spontaneously and then evolved.” [pg. 128]
  • Susan Rice’s comments on the Sunday talk shows were met with shock and disbelief by State Department employees in Washington. The Senior Libya Desk Officer, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, State Department, wrote: “I think Rice was off the reservation on this one.” The Deputy Director, Office of Press and Public Diplomacy, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, State Department, responded: “Off the reservation on five networks!” The Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications, Bureau of Near East Affairs, State Department, wrote: “WH [White House] very worried about the politics. This was all their doing.” [pg. 132]
  • The CIA’s September 13, 2012, intelligence assessment was rife with errors. On the first page, there is a single mention of “the early stages of the protest” buried in one of the bullet points. The article cited to support the mention of a protest in this instance was actually from September 4. In other words, the analysts used an article from a full week before the attacks to support the premise that a protest had occurred just prior to the attack on September 11. [pg. 47]
  • A headline on the following page of the CIA’s September 13 intelligence assessment stated “Extremists Capitalized on Benghazi Protests,” but nothing in the actual text box supports that title. As it turns out, the title of the text box was supposed to be “Extremists Capitalized on Cairo Protests.” That small but vital difference—from Cairo to Benghazi—had major implications in how people in the administration were able to message the attacks. [pg. 52]
Rep. Jim Jordan (OH-04) released the following statement regarding these findings:
“Obama Administration officials, including the Secretary of State, learned almost in real time that the attack in Benghazi was a terrorist attack. Rather than tell the American people the truth, the administration told one story privately and a different story publicly.”
Rep. Peter Roskam (IL-06) released the following statement regarding these findings:
“In the days and weeks after the attacks, the White House worked to pin all of the blame for their misleading and incorrect statements on officials within the intelligence community, but in reality, political operatives like Ben Rhodes and David Plouffe were spinning the false narrative and prepping Susan Rice for her interviews.”
The following facts are among the many new revelations in Part III:
  • During deliberations within the State Department about whether and how to intervene in Libya in March 2011, Jake Sullivan listed the first goal as “avoid[ing] a failed state, particularly one in which al-Qaeda and other extremists might take safe haven.” [pg. 9]
  • The administration’s policy of no boots on the ground shaped the type of military assistance provided to State Department personnel in Libya. The Executive Secretariats for both the Defense Department and State Department exchanged communications outlining the diplomatic capacity in which the Defense Department SST security team members would serve, which included wearing civilian clothes so as not to offend the Libyans. [pg. 60]
  • When the State Department’s presence in Benghazi was extended in December 2012, senior officials from the Bureau of Diplomatic Security were excluded from the discussion. [pg. 74]
  • In February 2012, the lead Diplomatic Security Agent at Embassy Tripoli informed his counterpart in Benghazi that more DS agents would not be provided by decision makers, because “substantive reporting” was not Benghazi’s purpose. [pg. 77]
  • Emails indicate senior State Department officials, including Cheryl Mills, Jake Sullivan, and Huma Abedin were preparing for a trip by the Secretary of State to Libya in October 2012. According to testimony, Chris Stevens wanted to have a “deliverable” for the Secretary for her trip to Libya, and that “deliverable” would be making the Mission in Benghazi a permanent Consulate. [pg. 96]
  • In August 2012—roughly a month before the Benghazi attacks—security on the ground worsened significantly. Ambassador Stevens initially planned to travel to Benghazi in early August, but cancelled the trip “primarily for Ramadan/security reasons.” [pg. 99]
  • Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta bluntly told the committee “an intelligence failure” occurred with respect to Benghazi. Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell also acknowledged multiple times an intelligence failure did in fact occur prior to the Benghazi attacks. [pg. 129]
Rep. Susan Brooks (IN-05) released the following statement regarding these findings:
“President Obama has said his worst mistake was ‘failing to plan for the day after … intervening in Libya.’ As a result of this ‘lead from behind’ foreign policy, the Libyan people were forced to make the dismal trade of the tyranny of Qadhafi for the terror of ISIS, Al-Qaeda and others. Although the State Department considered Libya a grave risk to American diplomats in 2011 and 2012, our people remained in a largely unprotected, unofficial facility that one diplomatic security agent the committee interviewed characterized as ‘a suicide mission.’”
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (GA-03) released the following statement regarding these findings:
“One of the most concerning parts of the State Department’s policy in Libya was its reliance upon the militias of an unstable nation to protect our men and women in Benghazi. These were by no means forces that could adequately protect Americans on the ground, and the State Department knew it. But the appearance of no boots on the ground was more important to the administration.”
Part IV of the report reveals new information about the Select Committee’s requests and subpoenas seeking documents and witnesses regarding Benghazi and Libya, and details what the Obama administration provided to Congress, what it is still withholding, and how its serial delays hindered the committee’s efforts to uncover the truth.
Part V proposes 25 recommendations for the Pentagon, State Department, Intelligence Community, and Congress aimed at strengthening security for American personnel serving abroad and doing everything possible to ensure something like Benghazi never happens again, and if it does, that we are better prepared to respond.
The Select Committee intends to convene a bipartisan markup to discuss and vote on the proposed report on July 8, 2016. All members of the committee will have the opportunity to offer changes in a manner consistent with the rules of the House.
Letter from Chairman Trey Gowdy to Speaker Paul Ryan
FACT SHEET: The Benghazi Committee's Investigation - By the Numbers
Below is the full report with links to PDF files of each section.
Report of the Select Committee on
the Events Surrounding the 2012
Terrorist Attack in Benghazi 
Illustrations
 
I. Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Facilities in Benghazi
 
II. Internal and Public Government Communications about the Terrorist
Attacks in Benghazi
 
III. Events Leading to the Terrorist Attacks in Benghazi
 
IV. Compliance with Congressional Investigations
 
V. Recommendations
 
Appendix A: Resolution Establishing the Select Committee on the
Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi
 
Appendix B: Significant Persons and Organizations
 
Appendix C: Questions for the President
 
Appendix D: Significant Events in Libya Prior to the Attacks
 
Appendix E: Security Incidents in Libya
 
Appendix F: Deterioration of Benghazi Mission Compound Security
 
Appendix G: Timelines of the Attacks
 
Appendix H: The September 12 Situation Report and the President’s
Daily Brief
 
Appendix I: Witness Interview Summaries
 
Appendix J: Requests and Subpoenas for Documents
 
Appendix K: Analysis of Accountability Review Board, House Armed
Services Committee and House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee
Reports
 
Appendix L: Glen A. Doherty, Sean P. Smith, J. Christopher Stevens,
and Tyrone S. Woods
 
Additional Views by Rep. Jordan and Rep. Pompeo

Rebuttal Statement on Democrats' So-Called 'Report'June 27, 2016 


Press ReleaseWashington, D.C. – Select Committee on Benghazi Press Secretary Matt Wolking released the following statement regarding Committee Democrats' so-called "report":
 
“Benghazi Committee Democrats’ obsession with the former Secretary of State is on full display. For over two years they refused to participate in the Majority’s serious, fact-centered investigation. The dishonest Democrats on this committee falsely claimed everything had been ‘asked and answered.’ They said the committee had found ‘absolutely nothing new.’ If that’s changed, they should come clean and admit it. If not, everyone can ignore their rehashed, partisan talking points defending their endorsed candidate for president.
 
“As Chairman Gowdy has said, this is not about one person. This investigation is about the four brave Americans we lost in Libya: Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty. That is how the Majority has conducted its thorough investigation, and we look forward to revealing the new information we have uncovered to the families and the American people.”
 
A quick Ctrl+F search of the Democrats’ 339-page “report” reveals these telling facts:
 
339 – Total pages
 
334 – Number of times “Clinton” appears
 
200 – Number of times “Republicans” appears
 
85 – Number of times “Stevens” appears
 
55 – Number of times “Blumenthal” appears
 
36 – Number of times “Smith” appears
 
23 – Number of times “Trump” appears - ?????
 
15 – Number of times “Doherty” appears
 
12 – Number of times “Brock” appears
 
8 – Number of times “Correct the Record” appears
 
6 – Number of times “Woods” appears

Further information at; http://conservativetribune.com/benghazi-committee-final-report/  and https://www.facebook.com/RepTreyGowdy/videos/1164562866933695/

You can read the report in full at; http://benghazi.house.gov/

Basically it says that Hillary,Obama, and the State Department LIED and Covered Up .

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