wanted to see special intel reports. that s what they are saying that backed up their foreign policy decisions and their view of the world. we haven t seen any evidence of that yet. that s where this is going on the republican side. let s talk about the inspector general. when do we expect the results of his or her report? i don t think it will be any time soon. on top of looking at all the changes, what the inspector general has to do is look at what the intel was at the time. what was the cia saying? how is that different from what centcom was saying? were there significant differences? is there a pattern here? these documents are classified, which means they are harder to handle. do some of them have to be declassified if there is going to be a report made public? i don t anticipate getting an answer any time soon. then there is the practical matter of hindsight being 20/20. it seems more willfully ignorant to ignore perhaps signals that
wanted to see special intel reports. that s what they are saying that backed up their foreign policy decisions and their view of the world. we haven t seen any evidence of that yet. that s where this is going on the republican side. let s talk about the inspector general. when do we expect the results of his or her report? i don t think it will be any time soon. on top of looking at all the changes, what the inspector general has to do is look at what the intel was at the time. what was the cia saying? how is that different from what centcom was saying? were there significant differences? is there a pattern here? these documents are classified, which means they are harder to handle. do some of them have to be declassified if there is going to be a report made public? i don t anticipate getting an answer any time soon. then there is the practical matter of hindsight being 20/20. it seems more willfully ignorant to ignore perhaps signals that
and the american people will think it s relevant. clinton in her response said look, things changed. answer al sharia, the al qaeda-like group, retracted its claim of responsibility. i see you shaking your head. this is what she said. yes. she said the intel community analysis she said it was the fog of war. chris, that may have happened. but her public statement didn t change. they continued all the way through susan rice, five days later on five different tv shows said the same thing, it was a consequence of the individual crow. so things may have changed in intel reports may have changed but their public statements didn t. they knew the truth from the get-go and they didn t level with the american people and i think they didn t level with the american people because the libya was supposed to be their baby. this was supposed to be the shining success store stri for the clinton state department the obama white house and they couldn t have a terror attack here just 56 days
and the american people will think it s relevant. clinton in her response said look, things changed. answer al sharia, the al qaeda-like group, retracted its claim of responsibility. i see you shaking your head. this is what she said. yes. she said the intel community analysis she said it was the fog of war. chris, that may have happened. but her public statement didn t change. they continued all the way through susan rice, five days later on five different tv shows said the same thing, it was a consequence of the individual crow. so things may have changed in intel reports may have changed but their public statements didn t. they knew the truth from the get-go and they didn t level with the american people and i think they didn t level with the american people because the libya was supposed to be their baby. this was supposed to be the shining success store stri for the clinton state department the obama white house and they couldn t have a terror attack here just 56 days
released? well, gretchen, right now secretary kerry has not addressed the intel reports. we know he did call senator feinstein on the eve and asked for her to delay the release. she did not do so. a great deal of frustration is what i m hearing among those who i have spoken to at the pentagon. pentagon leaders are holding their breath feeling that they are on the frontlines and their personnel are at risk as a result of the reports released. defense secretary hagel ordered all u.s. military combantant commanders to face their forces on high alert across the middle east and elsewhere in the event there s a backlash in the wake of the findings. chuck hagel in baghdad today. what message did he have for the iraqi leaders? well, the iraqis greeted hagel with a request for more airpower and heavy weapons. hagel was noncommitmental. this is his first trip to baghdad since the war with isis began. in fact, it is the first time any defense secretary has been to baghdad since the iraq war