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Ichingcarpenter

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7. Here's some links with info

Thu Oct 22, 2015, 12:05 PM

Oct 2015

And according to Paula Broadwell, the mistress of David Petraeus when he was CIA director, the CIA may have provided an impetus for the attack by holding prisoners: "Now I don't know if a lot of you heard this, but the CIA annex had taken a couple of Libyan militia members prisoner and they think that the attack on the consulate was an effort to try to get these prisoners back."

'At its heart a CIA operation'
In November The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. mission in Benghazi "was at its heart a CIA operation."

much more

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-secret-cia-mission-in-benghazi-2013-5?IR=T

Petraeus' Role In Drafting Benghazi Talking Points Raises Questions

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/david-petraeus-benghazi/

Maybe Petraeus’ Plea Deal Is More Interesting to the Benghazi Report than Hillary’s Emails?

https://www.emptywheel.net/2015/03/05/maybe-petraeus-plea-deal-is-more-interesting-to-the-benghazi-report-than-hillarys-emails/

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ONE simple fact: Benghazi was a covert CIA op under direction of Gen. Petraeus. [View all] blm Oct 2015 OP

I agree sandyshoes17 Oct 2015 #1

Is there a way for Hillary to trip them up and make them reveal that it was a CIA op that went bad? kelliekat44 Oct 2015 #28

at the very beginning The Tortoise revealed that there was a CIA presence there Angry Dragon Oct 2015 #32

Yet NONE of that comes out at these bullshit 'hearings'. blm Oct 2015 #55

I think it possible that both sides could be trying to lay that bait blm Oct 2015 #42

This isn't your fault but I hate it when a link directs me to an article behind a paywall tularetom Oct 2015 #2

Sorry - it wasn't behind a paywall when I posted it previously. blm Oct 2015 #3

There's a simple way to get around the WSJ paywall starroute Oct 2015 #5

Daily Mail picked up on WSJ report: blm Oct 2015 #6

Here's some links with info Ichingcarpenter Oct 2015 #7

Notice the absence of broadcast 'news' networks who ignored these facts blm Oct 2015 #8

I called it a CIA clustefuck from the beginning Ichingcarpenter Oct 2015 #9

Remember to thank our BFEE overlords for over 5 decades of Mideast madness. blm Oct 2015 #11

Yep. H2O Man Oct 2015 #12

And also know State cannot publicly admit it concedes to CIA on these matters blm Oct 2015 #13

Right. H2O Man Oct 2015 #14

+1 mmonk Oct 2015 #26

Aren't most State Department operations really just fronts? erronis Oct 2015 #25

Truth being that all 4 men killed knew they were acting with/for CIA. blm Oct 2015 #33

YEY YES YES SoLeftIAmRight Oct 2015 #4

Recommended. H2O Man Oct 2015 #10

Well, assuming it was a big gun-running operation, did the State Dept. know about it? TwilightGardener Oct 2015 #15

I'm with David Talbot - No prez has crossed 'Deep State' since Kennedy. blm Oct 2015 #16

I'd like a REAL investigation. Because something illegal/unethical may have occurred. TwilightGardener Oct 2015 #17

"This is blowback from CIA Bullshit run from a backwater embassy." bvar22 Oct 2015 #18

That secret CIA operation is the real Benghazi scandal. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #19

Yes - further proof that GOP has NO INTEREST in the truth about Benghazi. blm Oct 2015 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #20

They keep repeating that it was an "embassy" too. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #22

consulate with an annex being used by CIA just doesn't fit the GOP's storyline blm Oct 2015 #23

It was the size of a mini-mall too. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #29

Gowdy wants America to believe that Blumenthal is more relevant than Petraeus' blm Oct 2015 #34

He wants to prove there was a political motive to cover it up prior to the election.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #39

LOLOLOLOL!!!! blm Oct 2015 #41

Petraeus' game was to make more war a go-go. Octafish Oct 2015 #24

Salute blm Oct 2015 #38

It was more of a CIA operation than a State Department operation... kentuck Oct 2015 #27

They are, but, they have to make the narrative they adopted for political reasons blm Oct 2015 #31

Yep. kentuck Oct 2015 #49

hey, old buddy�. blm Oct 2015 #52

That is EXACTLY what this is about, actually. joshcryer Oct 2015 #30

Dems are always at a disadvantage as they won't out CIA operatives while Republican blm Oct 2015 #36

Yup. K&R! nt riderinthestorm Oct 2015 #35

Perhaps some crowdsourcing action on the side too .. MinM Oct 2015 #37

They were running guns to al nusra in Syria AngryAmish Oct 2015 #40

Call me stupid, but if that's the case (and I believe it is) ... Myrina Oct 2015 #43

They know that DEEP STATE CIA answers to no president. Making it an issue would blm Oct 2015 #44

Saving link, thanks! Myrina Oct 2015 #45

Once its understood it can never be un-understood. blm Oct 2015 #47

Good article. ronnie624 Oct 2015 #58

Abso-fvcking-lutely!!!!! blm Oct 2015 #62

K & R !!! WillyT Oct 2015 #46

On Benghazi, just as Seymour Hersh wrote in 2014 seafan Oct 2015 #48

Hey, seaman��. long time. blm Oct 2015 #63

But why won't the administration jamzrockz Oct 2015 #50

LOLOL - You think a President Rand Paul would throw CIA under the bus on a matter blm Oct 2015 #51

President Paul jamzrockz Oct 2015 #53

Baloney on Paul - the entire point of Deep State is that no prez actually controls blm Oct 2015 #57

Pm Kick!! nt riderinthestorm Oct 2015 #54

kick for people to wake up and smell the capuccino librechik Oct 2015 #56

i assume this is why petraeus hasn't been called in front of this committee. spanone Oct 2015 #59

Exactly, their vote-getting storyline would be shot to pieces. blm Oct 2015 #61

.. which happened to take place on 9/11. ucrdem Oct 2015 #60

k&r nt Electric Monk Oct 2015 #64