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Later. these guys are saying we weren t even told to respond. no one newt ambassador was dead until 10 hours later. how come we weren t told to go and at the very least stairnlg. so far only one has had the courage to step in front of a camera. many of them flatly say they are still scared to talk. they are afraid the repercussions. bill: we ll see how often that comes up today. alisyn: let s dive further into this. is there a national security coverup on benghazi. let s debate this. alan colmes is host of the alan colmes show, tucker carlson from the daily caller. tucker, let me start with you. you heard adam housley s report. that special op sprks force believes they could have made it ....
This as a terrorist attack to this rather kind of nancy full idea that it s a demonstration that got out of hand because of a youtube video. whoever conjured up that idea is a person who really took an additional step beyond just editing to secure intelligence information. bill: when it comes to the cia and the intelligence community it s not their job to draft talking points, to draft messages, to frame it or shape it in aeu that suits their purposes. they have to deal in facts to be successful. their job is merely to say, you can t say this because it s going to jeopardize something. it s not to give you an alternative narrative that will explain away a problem or give you a more attractive type of talking point. bill: we will see where the hearings take the story today. when they start in less than an hour. michael chertoff, thank you for your time. good to he some you again. good to see you too bill. alisyn: thanks so much. weep are keeping an eye on capitol hill of course wher ....
There in time or could have at least tried. do you think there is gross negligence that they are trying to cover up here? mistakes happen. but there is certainly an awful lot pea don t know and it s not clear why we don t not. victoria tensing is representing one of the self-described whistleblowers. she has not been able to get a security clearance to talk to her client about what he knows about again yazy. she has had about benghazi. she has had security clearances in the past. why don t we know what the president was doing during the hours when this attack was in progress. is there another explanation other than a political one? alisyn: why didn t they try to move more assets to help our guys. tom as pickering who is co-chair with the accountability review board with the joint ....
they didn t have all the information. it was kay to the i can. as you know, information comes in, you change what you know as new information becomes available. there is no willful desire to lie about this. to say this is a broadside in the 2016 election is silly. hillary clinton has been unscathed so far. susan rice who had nothing do with this, just as a proxy for the administration went on the morning shows and repeated these dishonest talking points destroyed her career over it. alisyn: one thing you said about the accountability review board. they are under scrutiny as well. many people say they didn t do as comprehensive a job. the two witnesses that we are going to hear from today, the so-called whistleblowers say they were regived about it arb. thomas pickering said that was not the hicks will say have much what ....
Have a full case to bring forth against them. alisyn: police have their work cut out for them. thanks for the update. bill: for the first time in a decade, amanda berry spoke with family members in tennessee, including her grandmother. . i m glad that you are back. i thought were gone. no, i m here. we have been here for you. thank you so much. is the little girl your baby? she is my daughter. i love you, honey,. i love you, too. i thought about you all the time. i never forgot you. the last time they talked amanda was 16 years old. she was a day away from turning 17. the family making plans for a ....