hatched even before the protests began in the middle east and north africa. in the days after the attack on september 11th, 2012, the defendant voiced concern and opposition to the presence of an american facility in benghazi. khatallah knew the people he was helping would attack the state department consulate and the cia an ex-on september 11th. >> the limited sort of place holder indictment that we've seen so far puts a lie to the administration's talking points about a spontaneous video and all the rest of it. i mean, this is 180 degrees from the administration's first talking points. >> on the strength of their case, the government prosecutor seemed to tip his hand today, stating there are novel legal issues to prosecuting the case here in washington. given the 2012 attack took place thousands of miles away in