Criminal Negligence by the Obama Administration in Libya (with video report)
In one of the worst incidents in history in our government’s failure to protect our diplomats abroad, the United States Department of State withdrew U.S. security personnel from Libya. This act of criminal neglect was done in spite of repeated warnings from our embassy that the anarchic Libyan government was not able to protect our diplomats.
On October 1, 2012 Eric Nordstrom, the embassy’s former security chief, wrote an email stating that there were 230 security incidents in Libya June 2011 and July 2012. Nordstrom’s list of serious incidents included near-daily bombings and shootings by Islamic terrorists and militias. On June 6, 2012 Islamic terrorists detonated an improvised explosive device blew a hole in the wall of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.
Our U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens wrote in his diary that he was fearful that al Qaida was going to killed him. His repeated requests from more security were denied by the Department of State. He protested when the Department of State withdrew a Special Security Team of 16 U.S. special forces out of Tripoli in August 2012. This team was also training Libyan security forces which could have been infiltrated by terrorists as it happens in Afghanistan.
On September 11, 2012 about 120 terrorists attacked our Consulate in Benghazi with rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons killing ambassador Stevens, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, former Navy SEALS, and Sean Smith, computer specialist. President Obama could have saved them by ordering our air force stationed in a U.S. base in Sicily to respond to the attack. Our airplanes would have arrived in minutes. However, Obama was too busy campaigning and he is not receiving most of the intelligence briefings. After the death of our people in Benghazi, president Obama campaigned in Las Vegas and returned to the capital for another fundraising event.
In order to protect himself, Obama sent his United Nations ambassador Susan Rice to lie on five television networks stating that the attack in Libya had been a spontaneous attack to an anti-Muslim movie trailer done in California. The Libyan government said from the beginning that it was a pre-planned attack and our intelligence agencies agreed. Nevertheless, the White House ordered a failed cover up to protect the enormous criminal negligence and incompetence of his administration for the preventable death of our officials in Libya. This terrible incident clearly shows that we need a new commander-in-chief in the White House.
The chairman of the House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee Darrell Issa, Republican from California has begun an investigation and his committee will soon begin to hold hearings. Congressman Issa said in a statement that the email indicated: “a clear disconnect between what security officials on the ground felt they needed and what officials in Washington would approve.” Issa was very concerned that: “Reports that senior State Department officials told security personnel in Libya not to even make certain security requests are especially troubling. It is important to determine if the State Department is taking appropriate steps to address systemic deficiencies.”
Governor Romney has criticized president Obama for first calling the attack a spontaneous reaction to an anti-Islamic video on the Internet before admitting that it was a terrorist attack. After the congressional investigation it will be quite clear that Barack Obama has failed in the most important task of any president which is to protect our national security.
It is for this reason and for many others that we must elect Mitt Romney as our next president on November 6, 2012.
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REPORT FROM GLENN BECK ON THE BENGHAZI COVERUP:
