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Edited by Diplomat:
1/16/2014 9:13:20 PM
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Senate Intelligence Committee: Benghazi was likely preventable
[url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/15/politics/senate-benghazi-report/]Recent findings from[/url] the Senate Intelligence Committee found that the attack on Benghazi (I'm assuming that this meant the outcome, not physical attack) could have been prevented had the U.S. government taken more precautions. The report partly blamed the State Department, stating that it should have increased its security measures due to warnings that U.S. personnel were at risk. It then went onto to say that the Intelligence Community provided "ample strategic warning" that U.S. facilities were at risk. But condemned them for being able to do more. Had they done "extremist-affiliated social media analysis", then information pointing towards a potential attack against the compound might have been found.
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2 RepliesEdited by Mags: 1/16/2014 10:34:13 PMThe report was rather good and it finally closes the book on several key things in the whole situation. 1: The State. Dept, the IC, and the current administration are all to blame. 2: The edits to the "CIA talking points" seemed to have changed whenever new information came in. 3. Members of al-Qaeda did, in fact, take part in the attack. 4. A response team from a few undisclosed locations simply would not have made it in time. 5. There were no protests at Benghazi. 6. The attack fed off of animosity from Cairo demonstrations and not so much a "spontaneous" thing. and the last is what the title of this thread says.
