white house did during the course of some very confusing and difficult days. there is no doubt in my mind that we did the best we could with the information that we had at the time. and if you would actually go back and read what i said that night i have. i was very careful in saying that some have sought to justify in fact the man that has been arrested as one of the ringleaders of what happened in benghazi, khattalah is reported to have said, it was the video that motivated him. none of us can speak to the individual motivations of those terrorists who overran our compound. and who attacked our cia annex. there were probably a number of different motivations. i think the intelligence community, which took the lead on trying to sort this out, as they should have, went through a
approximately one hour after you told the american people video you say to the family, two officers were killed today in benghazi by an al qaeda-like group. you tell, you tell the american people one thing. you tell your family an entirely different story. also. on the night of the attack, he had a call with the president of libya. here is what you said to him. ansar al-sharia is claiming responsibility. that is interesting. mr. khattalah, one of the guys arrested and charged actually belonged to that group. and finally, most significantly, the next day, within 24 hours, you had a conversation with the egyptian prime minister. you told him this. we know the attack in libya had nothing to do with the film. it was a planned attack, not a protest. let me read that one more time. we know, not we think, not it might be, we know that the
problem? many americans don t believe you told the truth on benghazi. i m going to let the americans decide that. thank you, all. reporter: a week after kennedy s testimony, clinton appears to have requested from sullivan and sullivan appears to have forwarded to clinton a copy of the benghazi talking points that sullivan and other officials at state, the white house and cia had labored over a month earlier when they painstakingly scrubbed the document intended for lawmakers consumption, of its initial references to terrorist involvement. the next day, october 18 clinton chief of staff cheryl mills forwarded an interview with a libyan militia commander who bragged about being present for the attacks and who two years later would be arrested and charged for his role in them. it was three months after she ready khattalah s mocking interview that she spun out to lawmakers a scenario that the benghazi attacks may have benefited from no premeditation at all. guys out for a walk one ni
today, and it is really not a high bar for them, that he should have continued detention until full trial resumes. they made the argument that he is accused of a violent crime, a crime of terrorism. they also allege that they have a significant body of evidence to back up those claims, statements from individuals on the ground, forensic evidence. as well as statements they say khattalah made once he was captured by u.s. authorities. on the flip side, the public defender who is representing him said, that what the government really offered for continued detention were really just their conclusions. that in fact the defense did not have access to any discovery or access to any information until very early this morning. what was provided to them was extremely limited in nature. if there was sort of a moment that was kind of light hearted in the hearing, the public defender, kind of made a mockery of the government s claim that khattalah was dangerous because he was carrying a firearm at t
reporter: a big deal ahead will be how the case is tried with attorney general eric holder making clear khattalah will face trial in a criminal court killing a person in a federal facility, attempting to conspire terrorists and death and using a firearm in a crime of violence. while legal analysts say the case is a slam-dunk since he was spotted at the consulate at the time of the attacks and later boasted about it. marco rubio said that is not the point, it is being sent to g guantanamo for other attacks. we re not talking a burglary of a 7-eleven here. the idea we re treating these now as traditional criminal charges not only misses the point but puts the country at risk. reporter: top officials are closing the door on the suspect