Friday, October 19, 2012

Now Benghazi Is the Intelligence Community's Fault?

The administration is now releasing top secret intelligence memos to demonstrate that Ambassador Rice’s  September 16 talk show statements were the result of bad intelligence (Early Uncertainty on Libya Account, WSJ, October 19). 

If our intelligence community could not debrief consulate personnel, interview eye witnesses, examine the surveillance camera and drone satellite tapes, talk with Libyan officials within five days after the attack, this in itself is a national scandal of huge proportions. 

The New York Times October 16 Election-Year Stakes Overshadow Nuances of Libya Investigation had already completed this work within a day of the attack (but chose not to share its results with its readers). 
We must ask why exculpatory secret intelligence information is being released now to aid the President’s campaign and why our intelligence community purports to have been asleep at the wheel, especially after one of their top officials had already testified under oath that this was clearly a terrorist attack. 

Why is the intelligence community falling on its sword to help the President get reelected?

2 comments:

  1. Is the NYT pulling a Candy Crowley for the next Monday (a preemptive to the Monday's debate)?

    "By Andrew Quinn
    WASHINGTON | Sat Oct 20, 2012 9:24pm EDT
    (Reuters) - The New York Times reported on Saturday that the United States and Iran have agreed in principle to hold one-on-one negotiations on Iran's nuclear program but the White House quickly denied that any talks had been set."
    http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/21/us-usa-iran-nuclear-whitehouse-idUSBRE89J0HE20121021

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  2. Monday might be a replay of Bush (R) & Dukakis (D) on some issues, especially, on defense:
    http://www.c-span.org/Events/Archival-Debates-on-Foreign-Policy-National-Security/10737435055-4/

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