mislead the public, the e-mails showcase a bureaucratic back and forth between various agencies. catch this. perhaps as a result of the afternoon teleconference, a number of agencies have been looped into the white house, cleared quickly, but state has major concerns. the bureau cleared with a few comments but asked the justice which would handle any criminal prosecution be brought in. all those government agencies. justice, state, the cia, wanted a piece of this conversation which was going to make it on meet the press that sunday. in other words, everyone wanted a role in crafting those talking points. the republican talk of a cover-up is just that. will they stop saying it s a cover-up? what do you think? michael crowley is deputy bureau chief for time. jonathan is national security and intelligence correspondent for the mcclatchey papers. when you look at this from a time magazine perspective. what is the benghazi scandal? is there one? no, i think in historical
and saudi arabia, uzbekistan, syria, greece, about a dozen attacks in total abroad during the bush years. this sort of thing happens a lot. then, of course, it was not the embassy, it was a diplomatic facility, a sort of diplomatic out post in benghazi, in libya that was attacked last september in which our ambassador and three other americans were killed. mcclatchey today published an account the general in charge of the african compound twice specifically for benghazi offered extra military security resources to ambassador stevens . he offered security to protect that outpost in benghazi that got attacked and the offer came a month before the attack there. twice the ambassador himself, the one who was killed in september turned down the offers of extra security from the u.s. military. that s according to the report from mcclatchy. we do not know why he may have
the u.s. military. that s according to this report today from mcclatchey. we don t know why he turned down the offers of extra security, we don t know how much of a risk at that facility is clear only in hindsight, but we do know that that is actually the real issue of the whole benghazi scandal. could the attack have been prevented, why wasn t it prevented, why wasn t there better security there, why did those four americans die? that remains the big issue. that was the conclusion that was the main issue of the official government report into what happened in benghazi that was completed in december. all of its recommendations have been accepted by the government and are currently being implemented now. instead of that being the issue, though, republicans have decided to make benghazi a scandal of some sort of white house directed conspiracy. the white house was covering up the attack to use it for some domestic political purpose. some purpose that remains mostly unclear but definitely
1998, just during the george w. bush administration, there was attacks in pakistan and saudi arabia, uzbekistan, syria, greece, about a dozen attacks in total abroad during the bush years. this sort of thing happens a lot. then, of course, it was not the embassy, it was a diplomatic outpost in benghazi, libya, that was attacked last september in which our ambassador and three other americans were killed. mcclatchey today published an account the general in charge of the african compound twice specifically for benghazi offered extra military security resources to ambassador stevens to protect that outpost in benghazi that got attacked and the offer came about a month before the attack there. twice the ambassador himself, the one who was killed in september, turned down those offers of extra facility from
arabia, uzbekistan, syria, greece, about a dozen attacks in total abroad during the bush years. this sort of thing happens a lot. then, of course, it was not the embassy, it was a diplomatic outpost in benghazi, libya, that was attacked last september in which our ambassador and three other americans were killed. mcclatchey today published an account the general in charge of the african compound twice specifically for benghazi offered extra military security resources to ambassador stevens to protect that outpost in benghazi that got attacked and the offer came about a month before the attack there. twice the ambassador himself, the one who was killed in september, turned down those offers of extra facility from the u.s. military. that s according to this report today from mcclatchey. we don t know why he turned down the offers of extra security, we don t know how much of a risk at