it never conclude that the consulate attack in libya stemmed from protests over an american-made video, and in fact, they invoked a certain act of terror warnings at the very beginning, so they could do that. on the other hand, i have to say, that the the director of national intelligence, james clapper, originally said and i have to quote here, in the immediate aftermath, there was information that ledsitous assess that the attack began spontaneously, following protests earlier that day at our embassy, we provided that the executive branch officials. on the question of we were not told, maybe biden wasn t told, maybe obama wasn t told, but in a hearing yesterday, it was made clear repeatedly that the state department was asked repeatedly by security officials on the ground for more security. and one regional security person who was withdrawn from libya said, i was so frustraided, more with the state department that i came to foal i was dealing with
maybe obama wasn t told, but in a hearing yesterday, it was made clear repeatedly that the state department was asked repeatedly more more forces on the ground. and one security official who had withdrawn said i was more frustrated with the state department that i came to feel i was dealing with the taliban inside the state department. no question that whether biden knew or not, the top state department officials knew that officials on the ground felt there was a security breach and a very dangerous situation, for our diplomats in libiasm. yeah. right, chris. you are exactly right. we reported that intelligence officials privately other than saying they knew within 24 hours about the terrorist attack, despite what we heard from state this week. chris wallace, thank you. megyn jim mussina is saying, asked about joe biden s smiling and laughing, he is a happy,
we weren t told they wanted more security there. we did not upon know they wanted more security. now, there are two issues there. the first one is that he claims, biden claims it was the intelligence community that told them it was a spontaneous protest. there are two sides to this story. the state department says that it never concluded that the consulate attack in libya stemmed from protests over an american-made video. and in fact, they invoke aid certain act of terror warnings at the very beginning, so they could do that. on the other hand, i have to say that the director of national intelligence, james clapper, originally said i have to quote here, in the immediate aftermath, there was information that led us to assess that the attack began spontaneously, following protests earlier that day at our embassy. we provided that initial assessment to the executive branch officials. so biden has backup there. on the question of we were not told, maybe biden wasn t told,
we weren t told they wanted more security there. we did not upon know they wanted more security. now, there are two issues there. the first one is that he claims, biden claims it was the intelligence community that told them it was spontaneous protest. there are two sides to this story. the state department says that it never concluded that the consulate attack in libya stemmed from protests over an american-made video. and in fact, they invoke aid certain act of terror warnings at the very beginning, so they could do that. on the other hand, i have to say that the director of national intelligence, james clapper, originally said i have to quote here, in the immediate aftermath, there was information that led us to assess that the attack began spontaneously, following protests earlier that day at our embassy. we provided that initial assessment to the executive branch officials. so biden has backup there. on the question of we were not told, maybe biden wasn t told,
maybe obama wasn t told, but in a hearing yesterday, it was made clear repeatedly that the state department was asked repeatedly more more forces on the ground. and one security official who had withdrawn said i was more frustrated with the state department that i came to feel i was dealing with the taliban inside the state department. no question that whether biden knew or not, the top state department officials knew that officials on the ground felt there was a security breach and a very dangerous situation, for our diplomats in libiasm. yeah. right, chris. you are exactly right. we reported that intelligence officials privately other than saying they knew within 24 hours about the terrorist attack, despite what we heard from state this week. chris wallace, thank you. megyn jim mussina is saying, asked about joe biden s smiling and laughing, he is a happy,