“These
brave people in Libya are friends of America,” he (John McCain) said in a statement.
“They want our help and need our help. And we must continue to provide
it to them, which is exactly what Chris Stevens would have wanted.”" (end of article)
9/18/13, "FBI barred from making Benghazi arrests in Libya," by CNN Foreign Affairs Reporter Elise Labott
Federal authorities have filed charges against suspects in connection with the September 11 attack on the mission and nearby CIA annex that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans....
"Not one terrorist perpetrator has been captured or killed, despite the president saying that this was his highest priority," said Rep. Ed Royce, the panel's Republican chairman.
Rep. Ted Poe added that CNN's Arwa Damon interviewed Ahmed Khattalah in broad daylight. Khattalah is the leader of a Libyan militia officials believe was involved in the assault and has been charged by federal prosecutors.
"After a year, we can't find these people but yet a CNN reporter can go to Benghazi at a hotel, at a coffee shop and have coffee with the suspected ringleader of (of this group) indicted by our government," Poe said. "Maybe the FBI ought to just ask the CNN reporter `how did you get a hold of this guy?'"
Undersecretary for Management Patrick Kennedy told the committee the security situation is too dangerous for U.S. authorities to enter Benghazi. While he said the United States was "working with the Libyan government," he did not offer specifics.
"Benghazi has taken, even since the events of 9/11, a serious turn for the worse. Yes, they will let journalists in, but they are not letting U.S. law enforcement in to arrest people there because the government of Libya is not in control to that degree," Kennedy said."...
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“These brave people in Libya are friends of America,” he (John McCain) said in a statement. “They want our help and need our help. And we must continue to provide it to them, which is exactly what Chris Stevens would have wanted.”" (end of article)
9/21/12, "Libyan throngs angry at killing of U.S. ambassador demand disarming of militias, seize headquarters of some," NY Times via Dallas Morning News
Stevens and the others were killed in mayhem that was ostensibly provoked by anger over an anti-Islamic video made in the United States that has been roiling the Muslim world for nearly two weeks. But officials have said there are indications that the killings were coordinated and planned.
The Obama administration, which has been careful about assigning blame in the death of Stevens and the others, has begun to call the killings a “terrorist attack.” The change in language came as Republicans in Congress have criticized the administration over what they have called its failure to anticipate the problems in Libya. Some Republican lawmakers have moved to cut off aid to Libya as a result.
But one powerful Republican, Sen. John McCain, counseled against such a move, citing the pro-U.S. demonstration in Benghazi on Friday.
“These brave people in Libya are friends of America,” he said in a statement. “They want our help and need our help. And we must continue to provide it to them, which is exactly what Chris Stevens would have wanted.”" (end of article) image above: "Libyans pass by a demonstration by Ansar al-Shariah and other Islamic militias (background) as they march against the militias in Benghazi, Libya. Hundreds of protesters stormed the compound of one of Libya's strongest armed Islamic extremist groups Friday, evicting militiamen and setting fire to their building as the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans sparked a public backlash against armed groups," ap
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The day after the Benghazi attack it was already being reported that it was a planned Islamic terror attack. This reporting was downplayed or ignored. Overwhelming media coverage and Obama focused on the video as the main problem:
9/12/12, "U.S. officials: Attack on consulate in Libya may have been planned," Washington Post, by
"U.S. officials and Middle East analysts said Wednesday that an attack that killed four Americans at a U.S. Consulate in eastern Libya may have been planned by extremists and inspired by al-Qaeda."...
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