Benghazi Hearings Live Thread (with video link)

Today's Benghazi hearings are now underway. Live feeds are at CSPAN3 and online here:

Watch Live: Hearing on Benghazi Attack on Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. ET
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/05/benghazi-hearing.html

Observations and comments here...

 

Chairman Darrell Issa making opening remarks...

The following individuals will be testifying:

- Greg Hicks, Ambassador Stevens’ no.2 man who took over after Stevens’ disappearance and death
- Mark Thompson, deputy coordinator for operations in the State Department’s Counterterrorism Bureau
- Eric Nordstrom, a State Department regional diplomatic security officer

 

www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/11/02/State-Dept-Officials-Denied...

State Dept Denied Foreign Emergency Support Team for Benghazi. Print Article Send a Tip. ... The unit is known as a Foreign Emergency Support Team (FEST) ...

Reports indicate a breakdown in communication within the Obama administration during the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi on September 11, 2012.

Counter-terrorism officials who were cut out of the communications loop on the night of September 11th argue that the FEST team could have helped the FBI gain access to the Benghazi consulate much sooner than the 24 days it ultimately took.

Why is this information now being exposed after nearly 8 months?
Gen. Carter Ham's name mentioned related to the evening of the attack? However no reason given for the reason he was relieved of duty within minutes of speaking to the Pentagon..

 

Look for tonight's MSM News leads to be- The Cleveland Abductions, or the verdict in that murderess case, or something cute that Michele Obama said.

 

The Obama admin didn't want a Blackhawk Down battle that might have got a lot of Muslims killed. Those trapped Americans were left to die by Obama, Panetta, and Hillary. 30-40 dead Americans was judgeed to be better than hundreds of dead Muslims.

 

I had to step away from the desk during the hearing .... so I'll need to get my cliff-notes from the Lamestream media ...

I did catch Graham this morning on the Shmoe laughing and grinning saying something to the effect that this is about Hillary upholding the conservative principles and core convictions of waging battle & war on everything it sees until it's a vast neocon wasteland ..

When she becomes Prez in 2016.

 

You don't even make sense?

 

Lindsey Graham was basically trying to laugh his way out of a congressional hearing to nowhere.

 

Yesterday, Rush said it was because Barry and Co. didn't want anything to detract from his, "Al Qaeda is on the run" narrative lest it negatively impact his second coronation.

 

That's more of a reason for the "mob" cover-up. Withholding aid on that night was out of a concern for collateral damage. We are lucky we didn't have 30-40 Americans murdered by Al Qaeda.



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Anyone watching on c-span, who was the jackass Democrat that said "death is a part of life"? Having a heart attack and dying is a part of life. Dying in a car accident is a part of life. Contracting Cancer and dying is a part of life. Being attacked with machine guns and mortars after having your security REDUCED AFTER two previous attacks AND other diplomats being withdrawn, then with help ready to go, the help was stopped. Resulting in 4 Americans being horribly murdered while the Government you work for sits idly by allowing you to die? Sorry Congressman, that's not part of any normal life and death cycle.

It's 2016 and Hillary's running for President. The ad opens with images of the 4 Americans from Benghazi alive, then fades into scenes from during and after the attack, then to Hillary testifying in front of congress followed by testimony from the whistle blowers, at the end the question is posed, if we can't trust Hillary's decision making with the state dept, how can we trust her with the whole country.

 

Elijah Cummings

 

So Obama and his sycophants are hoping...

 

Is this a Banana Republic? Who is the Obama admin to interfere with a congressional investigation?

 

Cummings put on quite a performance. He should be doing two shows a night in Vegas...

 

His master is in trouble.

 

And he did his desperate best to head off the testimony that he hadn't even heard yet.

Like I said, he put on quite a performance...

 

The Media meme is already shaping up.That this hearing was a lead balloon.
That from MSNBC.Even though they covered only scantily.
That it's a canard to consider what Obama and Hilllary did for up to
10 days after { blame on a YouTube Mohammad Video }.Meaning don't
listen to what is actually said.Proving Hillary did Perjure herself.
Proving it was a HUGE mitigated Lie { It was on account of the YouTube video. }
And then you got Dimocrat assklown Elijah Cummings downplaying the
seriousness of 4 dead Americans by saying Death is a Reality in Life.
Er some such poppycock.

 

For Republicans, and the Benghazi Channel (FOX), the "Benghazi Hearings" are absolutely nothing more than a silly waste of time; effort; and taxpayer money. President Obama and his mischievous and bubbly Democrats don't give a flip what is said at the hearings. The vast majority of Americans have never heard of the Benghazi incident and are tuning it out. Obama can do no wrong. Even the family survivors of the Benghazi victims have forgiven him.

The impact of the Benghazi incident on America will be somewhat similar to the 1993 Black Hawk Down incident where Somalian war lords trapped, tortured, mutilated, scalped and murdered 18 U.S. Army Rangers, who to no avail, had desperately begged then-Democrat President Clinton to authorize reinforcements. Clinton later chuckled privately about how the boys in "costumes" (not uniforms), had a bad "hair" day.

So give it up Republicans. America does not, and cannot hear you, and doesn't even know what you're talking about.

 

That was disappointing. I want any mistakes corrected to help ensure that nothing like this happens again, but can we please get the ultra-partisan conspiracy garbage now? It's getting so old now.

 

Notice how the Democrats seem all interested in using this as a way of
Improving future Embassy's from whatever incompetence occurred.
I got a really bright Idea'r.Let's hold those responsible NOW.
What's all this ... well next time jazz.
This State Dept. are criminally negligent and it cost the lives of
4 americans who were left to hang out and dry.
Not only did this State Dept. Neglect necessary warnings and pleas for added
security,they then Changed the talking points to mitigate the seriousness of
what they are duty bound to manage.

 

He's progressive filth and nothing more.

 

Poor Mr Hicks, having to listen to the lies being spread by Rice on all those talk shows.

Clearly, form the testimony today, our government knew from the beginning what happened at Benghazi. It was a terrorist attack, the government knew it, there was no conflicting intel, no chaos or confusion as they would have led us to believe -- just pure ideological blindness or political expediency for the negative impact of a terrorist attack on OWEblamer's candidacy...especially after he had just claimed "mission completed" and having terrorist on the run.


Really sick stuff.

 

What conspiracy? The bogus video narrative the administration tried to sell us?