October 26, 2012
— DrewM IÂ’m giving the podcast thing another try. The audio isnÂ’t perfect yet but itÂ’s better than last time.
I spoke with Robert Caruso (@robertcaruso), heÂ’s worked on physical, operational and crypological issues while serving in the Navy and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. HeÂ’s also worked for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), the office charged with preventing and uncovering waste, fraud and abuse in US reconstruction programs across Afghanistan. Robert has also consulted with the State Department on matters of diplomatic security.
The interview focuses on how an attack like this could happen and the role the culture and structure of the State Department may have played in the multiple failures leading up to the tragic death of four Americans on September 11, 2012 in Benghazi Libya.
Also note that interview was conducted on Wednesday afternoon before today's revelations.
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Posted by: B. Hussein Obama at October 26, 2012 01:51 PM (WolTZ)
Posted by: Kronos at October 26, 2012 01:53 PM (gD4/Q)
Posted by: Mary in LA at October 26, 2012 01:54 PM (9wOfB)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 26, 2012 01:55 PM (eRV2W)
You have to see this!
http://tinyurl.com/93oelyd
(Photos people reacting to scares in a haunted house).
Its the most amazing and funny thing I've seen in a while.
Posted by: Serious Cat at October 26, 2012 01:56 PM (UypUQ)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows the Obama regime has committed treason at October 26, 2012 01:57 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: Kronos
It still doesn't matter to the Hollywood/Manhattan fellow travellers of TFG. Remember how they blastsed Bush continually for troop deaths? Well not so much anymore. The deaths of 300+ Mexican citizens + our border agent Terry bothers them not. Four dead Americans in Benghazi with this Administration lying and covering their asses - meh.
These people & media stumping for TFJ should be shunned\ and run out of town on a rail. I will continue to be very selective of what I watch, listen to, read, etc.
Posted by: Cheri at October 26, 2012 01:57 PM (G+Wff)
You have to see this!
http://tinyurl.com/93oelyd
(Photos people reacting to scares in a haunted house).
Its the most amazing and funny thing I've seen in a while.
Posted by: Serious Cat at October 26, 2012 05:56 PM (UypUQ)
I like to think they are volunteers from OFA reacting to Obama's internal poll numbers.
Posted by: Serious Cat at October 26, 2012 01:59 PM (UypUQ)
BREAKING: Local Reporter Says Obama Refuses To Answer “Repeated Questions On Whether Requests For Help In Benghazi Were Denied”
Posted by: Evilpens at October 26, 2012 05:56 PM (ck76k)
GO THERE NOW
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 26, 2012 02:00 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Liberty Lover at October 26, 2012 02:02 PM (aTqVQ)
They're being shown p-shopped pics of a 2nd Obama swearing in.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 26, 2012 02:02 PM (eRV2W)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 26, 2012 02:03 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 26, 2012 02:03 PM (0CiTm)
There's one thing I'm happy about this whole Benghazi thing. The story hasn't died like the SCOAMT junta and the MFM wanted it to. It's become part of the election, to their horror.
Thank God for the new media.
Posted by: Soona at October 26, 2012 02:03 PM (emJ/1)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows the Obama regime has committed treason at October 26, 2012 02:04 PM (AZGON)
Shine box, pine box.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at October 26, 2012 02:04 PM (d6TfZ)
Obama is a coward. He didn't want to risk a rescue attempt, so he wrote off the four americans who were already under attack.
Good thing for Amnbassador Stevens that there werre some concerned Libyans there to take him to the hospital.
Posted by: garrett at October 26, 2012 02:05 PM (/G0Rd)
Just heard that Harry Reid has been hospitalized due to an automobile accident. His speeding gaggle of vip cars ran into something or something ran into his speeding gaggle of vip cars. Either way, just a bump in the road.
Why did I suddenly think of Patton?
Posted by: Doug Ess at October 26, 2012 02:05 PM (bGgEi)
(Photos people reacting to scares in a haunted house).
Its the most amazing and funny thing I've seen in a while.
Funny. Lesson -- don't go to a haunted house wearing your favorite shirt.
Posted by: eleven at October 26, 2012 02:05 PM (fsLdt)
Posted by: Bill Clinton, International Democrat Pervert Hero at October 26, 2012 02:05 PM (wAQA5)
Posted by: grease monkey at October 26, 2012 02:07 PM (VSWPU)
Posted by: RWC at October 26, 2012 02:07 PM (t+Sdx)
Posted by: Soona at October 26, 2012 06:03 PM (emJ/1)
I know people who are apolitical and get most of their news from the mfm and are shocked and disgusted by the whole affair. So the news is getting out.
Posted by: YIKES! at October 26, 2012 02:08 PM (PlCer)
How does this scandal not cost Obama the presidency?
Posted by: Kronos at October 26, 2012 05:53 PM (gD4/Q)
its not a scandal if the only people covering it is fox news
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 26, 2012 02:08 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Palandine at October 26, 2012 02:10 PM (g7D8V)
Thank God for the new media.
Posted by: Soona at October 26, 2012 06:03 PM (emJ/1)
I credit Debbie Washingmachine Putz pissing off Brett Baier in that interview.
Posted by: jwb7605 at October 26, 2012 02:11 PM (Qxe/p)
Posted by: Up with people! at October 26, 2012 02:12 PM (kzFo5)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 26, 2012 02:12 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 26, 2012 02:12 PM (eRV2W)
I'm noticing the expressions on the faces of the crowds, Romney's vs. Preezy's.
Quite a contrast.
Posted by: Soona at October 26, 2012 02:12 PM (emJ/1)
http://tinyurl.com/9p7ukbf
BREAKING: Local Reporter Says Obama Refuses To Answer “Repeated Questions On Whether Requests For Help In Benghazi Were Denied”
Posted by: Evilpens at October 26, 2012 05:56 PM (ck76k)
GO THERE NOW
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 26, 2012 06:00 PM (ovpNn)
Wow... he is just thinking he can deny this until the election... Bastard
Posted by: The Jackhole at October 26, 2012 02:13 PM (nTgAI)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular! With Full Stomping Power! at October 26, 2012 02:13 PM (eMjRH)
Why was the ambassador there on the 11th of September?
We still don't even have that information, do we?
Posted by: garrett at October 26, 2012 02:14 PM (/G0Rd)
I tweeted Clark earlier today (when he solicited questions) and asked him if he was going to be an accessory to the coverup or if he was going to be a journalist. I guess we'll have to find out.
Posted by: Country Singer, who's livid about Benghazi at October 26, 2012 02:15 PM (meVGV)
CIA spox: "No one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate. ”
Posted by: Tami at October 26, 2012 02:16 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 26, 2012 02:16 PM (0CiTm)
We still don't even have that information, do we?
Posted by: garrett at October 26, 2012 06:14 PM (/G0Rd)
Officially, he was there to celebrate the opening of an English Speaking school in honor of the farmer that rescued the pilot shot down during the air support we were giving the Libyan rebels.
I heard that on Laura Ingraham's radio program this morning.
Posted by: jwb7605 at October 26, 2012 02:16 PM (Qxe/p)
We still don't even have that information, do we?
Posted by: garrett at October 26, 2012 06:14 PM (/G0Rd)
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Nope. But what we do know is that Stevens knew he was being dropped into a snake pit.
Posted by: Soona at October 26, 2012 02:17 PM (emJ/1)
I tweeted Clark earlier today (when he solicited questions) and asked him if he was going to be an accessory to the coverup or if he was going to be a journalist. I guess we'll have to find out.
Posted by: Country Singer, who's livid about Benghazi at October 26, 2012 06:15 PM (meVGV)
good on you...let us know when the video goes out
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 26, 2012 02:17 PM (ovpNn)
Because it is Friday, I will be watching the PBS NewsHour to watch them list the names of those Americans killed in Libya, Afghanistan and the United States while serving their country and the names of the Mexicans whose blood formed red pools in the streets of Mexico as a result of Fast and Furious. I am sure that crack journalists like them will not miss this.
Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at October 26, 2012 02:18 PM (qwK3S)
Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna not greg/gerg at October 26, 2012 02:18 PM (9+ccr)
>>I heard that on Laura Ingraham's radio program this morning.
Thanks. First I have heard of this.
Posted by: garrett at October 26, 2012 02:18 PM (/G0Rd)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular! With Full Stomping Power! at October 26, 2012 02:18 PM (eMjRH)
Posted by: kawfytawk at October 26, 2012 02:19 PM (JWLqy)
CIA spox: "No one at any level in the CIA told
anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply
inaccurate. ”
Posted by: Tami at October 26, 2012 06:16 PM (X6akg)
According to the chick on foc when asked by Brett How credible are her sources, she said they were on the ground in the action and her sources are as good as they get.
SHTISTORMISTAN
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 26, 2012 02:19 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 26, 2012 02:19 PM (Dnbau)
Officially, he was there to celebrate the opening of an English Speaking school in honor of the farmer that rescued the pilot shot down during the air support we were giving the Libyan rebels.
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Ah, yes. "Officially". Well. That should clear everything up.
Posted by: Soona at October 26, 2012 02:20 PM (emJ/1)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 26, 2012 02:20 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Country Singer, who's livid about Benghazi at October 26, 2012 02:21 PM (meVGV)
When Bret Baier asked Jennifer Griffin about her sources on the story and how confident she was in them, she said very strongly, 'those on the ground in Benghazi.' I take that to mean the CIA.
Posted by: Tami at October 26, 2012 02:21 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 26, 2012 02:21 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Lefty Hussein McMoonbat at October 26, 2012 02:22 PM (2jQGY)
Posted by: Soona at October 26, 2012 06:20 PM (emJ/1)
Exactly.
I also believe the CIA when they said they didn't give the order to stand down.
Somebody with military authority did that, and that wouldn't have been a CIA rep.
Posted by: jwb7605 at October 26, 2012 02:22 PM (Qxe/p)
Posted by: garrett at October 26, 2012 06:05 PM (/G0Rd)
do you really believe that?
Posted by: Thunderb at October 26, 2012 06:20 PM (Dnbau)
Yeah, good thing they pulled his pants off before dragging him through the streets so that he could breath better too
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 26, 2012 02:23 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 26, 2012 02:23 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: kawfytawk at October 26, 2012 02:24 PM (JWLqy)
Because no one in the CIA ever lies...
It's quite possible he's being truthful. That doesn't mean someone outside the CIA didn't give the order to stand down. The military doesn't answer to the CIA.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at October 26, 2012 02:24 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 26, 2012 02:25 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 26, 2012 02:26 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: kawfytawk at October 26, 2012 02:26 PM (JWLqy)
Posted by: Lefty Hussein McMoonbat at October 26, 2012 06:22 PM (2jQGY)
The MSM delta farce team had to fight the romney gaffe heroically.
The gaffe almost over manned the narrative. But after huge sacrifices , the narrative was saved.
Posted by: Temper Tantrum at October 26, 2012 02:26 PM (AWmfW)
Posted by: ET at October 26, 2012 02:27 PM (s72/N)
do you really believe that?
Posted by: Thunderb at October 26, 2012 06:20 PM (Dnbau)
I'm not sure I like your tone.
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at October 26, 2012 02:27 PM (/G0Rd)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 26, 2012 06:23 PM (ovpNn)
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Has anyone seen any hint or any info at all on the autopsy report?
Posted by: Soona at October 26, 2012 02:27 PM (emJ/1)
Posted by: kawfytawk at October 26, 2012 02:28 PM (JWLqy)
And even that assumes the rebels weren't themselves Al Qaeda in the first place.
Posted by: Methos at October 26, 2012 02:29 PM (hO9ad)
>>Has anyone seen any hint or any info at all on the autopsy report?
Yeah, sorry about that.
We had a rogue shredder at state. You have my assurance that it has been unplugged.
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at October 26, 2012 02:29 PM (/G0Rd)
Posted by: ET at October 26, 2012 06:27 PM (s72/N)
Don't think he's throwing anyone under the bus. I think they're calling Fox a liar...
Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna not greg/gerg at October 26, 2012 02:30 PM (9+ccr)
I want Obama impeached. I don't care if he's in office or not when this is done...by in office, I mean the next 2 months, just to be clear.
And I want every political type of Obama's strip painted with the impeachment brush. Hillary should face charges, Joey, Leon...the works. And their enablers should have a mark put on them so we'll always know who they are and what they did.
I want this to be taken care of now so my grandkids won't have these types around when they become adults.
Posted by: Tantorius Maximus at October 26, 2012 02:31 PM (UvYoj)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 26, 2012 02:32 PM (eRV2W)
On Drudge ... Petraeus Throws the JEF under his own bus.... BOOM
Posted by: ET at October 26, 2012 06:27 PM (s72/N)
Don't think he's throwing anyone under the bus. I think they're calling Fox a liar...
Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna not greg/gerg at October 26, 2012 06:30 PM (9+ccr)
Seemed like careful wording to me
Posted by: The Jackhole at October 26, 2012 02:32 PM (nTgAI)
Breaking news on Benghazi: the CIA spokesman, presumably at the direction of CIA director David Petraeus, has put out this statement: "No one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate. ”
So who in the government did tell “anybody” not to help those in need? Someone decided not to send in military assets to help those Agency operators. Would the secretary of defense make such a decision on his own? No.
http://tinyurl.com/94opw7g
Posted by: Tami at October 26, 2012 02:32 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Country Singer, who's livid about Benghazi at October 26, 2012 06:21 PM (meVGV)
meh turned out to be a pussy interview
he tried to push him but Barky gave one o his sleep inducing 5 minute answers after another stuffing in every campaign cliche.
in the end he made people tune out
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 26, 2012 02:32 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 26, 2012 02:34 PM (tOkJB)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 26, 2012 02:34 PM (0CiTm)
It would have been a presidential decision. There was presumably a rationale for such a decision. What was it? When and why—and based on whose counsel obtained in what meetings or conversations—did President Obama decide against sending in military assets to help the Americans in need?
Posted by: Tami at October 26, 2012 02:35 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 26, 2012 06:34 PM (tOkJB)
It was the crashed or downed f15.
Posted by: Temper Tantrum at October 26, 2012 02:35 PM (AWmfW)
anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply
inaccurate
seems correct, weren't doherty and woods on the roof ?
What i'd believed I'd read was the Cia tried to help , THEY asked 3 times? but were told to stand down? outside of Cia/"
Posted by: willow at October 26, 2012 02:35 PM (hX8cq)
Posted by: ET at October 26, 2012 06:27 PM (s72/N)
No, they'll claim that the report of the multiple requests for support is a fiction of a Fox reporter.
Posted by: rabidfox at October 26, 2012 02:36 PM (oQ19b)
No, they'll claim that the report of the multiple requests for support is a fiction of a Fox reporter.
Posted by: rabidfox at October 26, 2012 06:36 PM (oQ19b)
7 hours.
Posted by: Temper Tantrum at October 26, 2012 02:37 PM (AWmfW)
anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply
inaccurate
seems correct, weren't doherty and woods on the roof ?
What i'd believed I'd read was the Cia tried to help , THEY asked 3 times? but were told to stand down? outside of Cia/"
Posted by: willow at October 26, 2012 06:35 PM (hX8cq)
Who can tell the cia to stand down and transmit that message downstream?
Who can tell the cia to stand down and transmit that message downstream?
Who can tell the cia to stand down and transmit that message downstream?
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 26, 2012 02:37 PM (ovpNn)
otherwise the media is gonna go all in with fox fabricating benghazi facts to hurt obama
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 26, 2012 02:38 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: willow at October 26, 2012 06:38 PM (hX8cq)\
pretty sure the CIA doesnt answer to the military
so.....
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 26, 2012 02:39 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 26, 2012 02:39 PM (SAA1o)
Posted by: rabidfox at October 26, 2012 02:41 PM (oQ19b)
though she blew it with the video shit.
so
Posted by: willow at October 26, 2012 02:41 PM (hX8cq)
And I want every political type of Obama's strip painted with the impeachment brush. Hillary should face charges, Joey, Leon...the works. And their enablers should have a mark put on them so we'll always know who they are and what they did.
I want this to be taken care of now so my grandkids won't have these types around when they become adults.
Posted by: Tantorius Maximus at October 26, 2012 06:31 PM (UvYoj)
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What's really sad about all of this is that no one involved in this is going to see any courtrooms or spend one day in jail. Might as well get ready for that fact.
Posted by: Soona at October 26, 2012 02:52 PM (emJ/1)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 26, 2012 06:05 PM (bxiXv)
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