WHY THE SUCCESSFUL TERRORIST ATTACK

WHY THE SUCCESFUL TERRORIST ATTACK
The relentless pursuit of the truth - cinops be gone - Sat. Sept. 22, 2012

Ref. Wall Street Journal, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 - A Front Page Report -
“Miscues Before Libyan Assault”, Limited Security in Benghazi, Secrecy over Safe House, Contributed to Tragedy

“A large-scale attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, surprised personnel at the compound on Sept. 11. Militants overwhelmed the guards & set fire to the structure before the occupants could escape or reinforcements arrived. Ambassador Stevens three others were killed in the … violence…

“The State Department chose to maintain only limited security in Benghazi, Libya, despite months of sporadic attacks there on the U.S. and other Western missions…The U.S. didn’t seriously consider sending in the military during the attack. It summoned rapid-response teams of Marines only after the U.S. ambassador was dead… The Pentagon waited for guidance from the State, which is responsible for diplomatic security, a senior military official said.

“Adding a new dimension to the chain of events, the siege also engulfed what officials now describe a secret safe house used by American officials and security personnel involved kin sensitive government programs after last year’s Libyan revolution.

“Even when that building, also known as the “annex” cam under attack, the U.S. officials were reluctant to divulge the existence and the secrecy complicated the Libyan response and the eventual American evacuation, according to Libyan security officials…

“Though intelligence officials are investigating indications of al Quaeda’s North African affiliate had connections with militants who mounted the attack,… After a classified briefing to lawmakers by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Thursday, Senator Susan Collins (R. Maine) called the security, “woefully inadequate, given the security-threat environment.”…

“The apparent lapses extended to firefighting equipment. Rescue attempts at the main building were thwarted in part by the absence of smoke protection masks & fire extinguishers, said Libyan guards.

“Current and former officials said the security choices in Benghazi reflected efforts by Mr. Stevens to maintain low-profile security posture and show faith in Libya’s new leaders, despite questions about their ability to rein in heavily armed bands of militants. Officials say Mr. Stevens personally advised against having Marines posted at the embassy in Tripoli, apparently to avoid U.S. presence…

“Alarm bells about security in Benghazi started sounding this spring… On June 11, a rocket-propelled grenade hit a convoy in the Benghazi carrying Britain’s ambassador to Libya, injuring two bodyguards. Britain closed its consulate. …

“In Libya, embassy personnel conducted a security review right before the anniversary. (9-11) It determined there was no reason to think an attack was planned or the consulate in Benghazi was “insufficiently postured,” said a senior administration official. Across the border in Egypt, red flags appeared on Sept. 8, after a radical Egyptian cleric aired on television portions of an anti-Islam video believed made in the U.S. …Ethan Chorin, an American development economist working with U.S. and Libyan officials, said he spoke by phone to Mr. Stevens an hour before the assault, and the ambassador told him there was “no indication of trouble” following protest in Egypt…

“As the U.S. and Libyan reinforcement team arrived from the airport, fighting broke out at the annex. That assault, using rocket propelled grenades, and mortars, was described in the U.S. and Libyan accounts as more sophisticated than the earlier attack on the consulate and it appeared to involve militants with possible links to al Qaeda…

George H. Kubeck - Are we going to lie to ourselves and say this was not a successful terrorist attack? Obama lied for Dr. Nidal Hasan’s terrorist massacre which killed 14 of our soldiers. In the Pentagon report, he whitewashed Hasan & called him “a gunman” random perpetrator of homicide.