we learned subsequently and that is that there wasn t, in fact a protest. secretary panetta testified he knew benghazi was preplanned terrorism even before rice s appearance on those sunday talk shows, september 16. when this was going on, we weren t sure what was taking place there, but when i later found out that you had rpg s and mortars and there was an attack on that facility, there was no question in my mind it was a terrorist attack. the senate intelligence committee released these records. the president s pick to lead the c.i.a. and virtually every question on the administration s handling, brennan refers to classified material, which is not public. bill: but he is talk being one thing and that s the idea of a new drone court. what is he saying about that? brennan is saying the drone court is an idea worth considering, though he warns there are logistical and time problems. brennan says, quote, this
pulling out of consideration for secretary of state, ambassador rice suggests he is a victim blaming the spun out of control comment op intelligence community. they provided talking points i used and they were wrong in one respect we learned subsequently. secretary panetta now testified he knew benghazi preplanned terrorism before rice s appearance on the sunday talk show september 16. found out that you had rpg and mortar and attack on the second facility. no question in my mind. to decon terrific the statement and timing. it sounds like those are questions for ambassador rice and the pentagon. not for state department. the president vigorously denies he tried to the [ inaudible ] the tv aperiences including the view september 25 under cut statement. hillary clinton said it was act of terrorism. is it? what do you say? we are still doing an
indirect fire. military movement involved in it. this was a well-planned, well-targeted event. no doubt about it. in this exchange before the house committee, mrs. clinton seemed to leave the impression she did not have real-time access to events as they unfolded. at any time, did you see the initial attack on a monitor? or the president. congressman there was no monitor. there was no real-time. we got the surveillance videos, some weeks later. in october, is charlene lamb, told the oversight committee the senior state staff were monitoring open phone lines to agent on the ground. you note that in your testimony, that you are in the diplomatic security command center and then you make a statement, i could follow what was happening almost in real-time. correct. while clinton offered this explanation for why ambassador susan rice took her place in five national media appearances on september 16 i have to confess here in
was a precalculated, preplanned attack that was carried out specifically to attack the united states consulate. as we now know from everything i have read at least, the libyan president told the truth. contrast that with the statement by ambassador rice to the united nations. it forces one to wonder whether libya s intelligence but that much better than america s on september 16 or whether libyan leaders were that much more willing to be can dit or avoid misstatement misstatements. secretary clinton what evidence was there that was so compelling it caused the white house through ambassador susan rice to make the representations about spontaneous protest, anti-muslim videos and the like, despite evidence and statements of libya s own president to the contrary? she makes the statement on affirmative act on her part, where was the compelling evidence and what was it?
c mon guys. we were eight hours in before we got this was congressman, young congres congressman hold on. random thoughts. when she said what difference does it make? made my head spin. crocodile tears that never came out. listen, let me qualify it as this. i think she is fantastic secretary of state with the exception of this one instance, this is a mark on her kimberly: should it matter, then? eric: i never saw the request for more security, she said. really? going on sunday show not my favorite thing? really. i wasn t consulted regarding ambassador susan rice on september 16. really? earlier on she claimed she was involved in every detail of benghazi and those things she had no idea about. honestly, a lot of four minutes of you have been great, thank you for your service. madam secretary. one quick question. oops, i m out of time. bob: why didn t she read the cables? i was deputy assistant