Intelligence Office Says It Got Libya Attack Wrong, Not White House -- McClatchy News
WASHINGTON — Extremists from groups linked to al Qaida struck the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in a “deliberate and organized terrorist attack,” the top U.S. intelligence agency said Friday, as it took responsibility for the Obama administration’s initial claims that the deadly assault grew from a spontaneous protest against an anti-Islam video.
The unusual statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence appeared to have two goals: updating the public on the latest findings of the investigation into the assault, and shielding the White House from a political backlash over its original accounts.
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My Comment: I call this "dumping bad news" in a late Friday public announcement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. But here is an easy prediction .... this announcement will not even going to come close to satisfying the critics who believe that the administration knew that the US consulate attacks was a terrorist attack .... but choose to spin a different story. As to what is my take .... what a "screw-up" .... and we still do not know who knew what was happening, who was informed, who pushed the "spontaneous riot" story (and why), and why was this spin continued for almost two weeks when everyone knew that this was a terrorist attack.
This has now become (officially) a major national security and intelligence failure .... and I do expect to see the Director of National Intelligence hauled in front of a Senate Committee by next week.