cable? congressman, that cable did not come to my attention. i have made it very clear that the security cables did not come to my attention. megyn: so, pat, my question to you is, it does matter, does it not, whether we were attacked by terrorists, by al qaeda linked terrorists and whether the cia, the state department, and the white house had reason to believe that when they saw the attack unfold on 9/11. of course. of course it matters. it matters first of all for the truth. it matters because of the reality. and misleading the american people. look, we know what doug secretary of defense is we have discussed about the narrative. they needed to protect the politics of this. what were they doing? they didn t think, you know, it happens on september 11th, on 9/11, you don t think that has anything to do with terrorism? you the white house was so
and the fact that there was a terrorist attack within seven or eight weeks of the election on the anniversary of 9/11 was something that they politically could not stomach countenance or deal with. so the yya that you spoke of happened at all levels, the state department, the white house, and bottom line, we need to reinterview people. we need to ape the questions pat raised. we need to get to the bottom of it, megyn. megyn: you know, just to take the viewers back. they said that the smoking gun memo to the state department went out in august of 2012. that the memo went out. classified state department cable warning the offers of secretary clinton the consulate could not withstand a coordinated assault. could not. and that islamist militias 10 of them and a.q. training camps were within benghazi. that s the smoking gun memo. hillary clinton was asked about it when she testified before congress whether she knew about that cable. shear is what she said. were you aware of this cable
speaker boehner is wading into the issue today, saying he wants the white house to release more e-mails. your colleague in the united states senate, bob corker, told this to chuck todd yesterday on msnbc. i ve been able to read all the cables, i ve seen the films. i feel i feel like i know what happened in benghazi. i m fairly satisfied. but, look, the house wants to have hearings, i hope they re done in a respectful way and hopefully will shed some light on what happened. obviously that sound is from before the hearings yesterday. do you agree with speaker boehner that the white house should be more forth coming with information about benghazi? i think transparency is a very important here. and i think that the federal government can hide behind some cloak and should come forward. we don t know why these special forces were told to stand down where that order came from, i m very concerned about that. and as i raised with secretary clinton, they asked for additional assistance
point belong. jon: susan rice makes the statements on fox news sunday, and face the nation and meet the press. now she s talk tock the daily show. whatever. what about the classified cable in august that said the consulate continue sustain a coordinated attack. reporter: this cable first reported by fox news is described as a smoking gun warning. it was sent to secretary clinton s office one month before the attack. mrs. clinton testified in january that she never saw it. were aware of this cable, this august 16th cable? congressman, that cable did not come to my attention. i have made it very clear that the security cables did not come to my attention or above the assistant secretary level where the arb placed responsibility, where as i think ambassador pickering said the rubber hit the road. reporter: one ever the revelations of the panetta
about an august 16th classified cable first reported by fox news that summarized an emergency meeting where the staff on the ground in benghazi told her office that they could not defend against a coordinated attack. an emergency meeting was held and a cable sent out on august 16th by the ambassador himself warning what could happen. and this cable went unnoticed by your office. the august 16th cable stated that secretary requests for benghazi would be forth coming. the rso in benghazi submitted to tripoli a preliminary list of proposed secretary recommendations on august 23rd but no requests were submitted to washington before the attacks. that cable also told the office here in washington, d.c. that the islamists and the weapons were everywhere secretary clinton said, that she had not seen it nor could she say who in her office had reviewed it or even denied those requests, shep. shepard: what are you