Warns of ‘tragic consequences’ for those on the ground BY: Adam Kredo June 26, 2014 5:00 am U.S. diplomatic compounds overseas continue to be endangered by lax security measures and, in many cases, are highly vulnerable to potential attack, a fact that the State Department has failed to address for nearly 10 years, according to … Read more
Josh Siegel June 25, 2014 State Department officials hope the Foreign Affairs Security Training Center, proposed for land at Fort Pickett in Virginia, would help embassy security agents defend against terrorist attacks such as those on the consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Photo: UPI/Tariq AL-hun) With the deadly Benghazi attacks providing impetus and momentum, the State … Read more
In her interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer last week, Hillary Clinton said “I was not making security decisions” about Benghazi, claiming “it would be a mistake” for “a secretary of state” to “go through all 270 posts” and “decide what should be done.” And at a January 2013 Senate hearing, Mrs. Clinton said that security … Read more
By BRADLEY KLAPPER June 18, 2014 4:52 PM WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department promised Wednesday to cooperate with the House special committee looking into the deadly 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, expressing hope the new investigation is conducted in a fairer and more bipartisan manner than previous Republican-led probes. In a letter to the … Read more
By: Andrew C. McCarthy I’m out on the Left Coast to talk about Faithless Execution again today. But at theBenghazi Accountability Coalition, which I chair, we’re closely following the apprehension of Ahmed Abu Khatallah. Here is my statement on it: When it comes to the Benghazi Massacre, what the American people want is accountability. The long overdue … Read more
By: Mollie Hemingway Dana Milbank is a columnist for the Washington Post who serially exaggerates or distorts what he writes about. It’s just what he does. This has been established so many times by so many people that it’s disappointing to see he is still given prominent perch in his paper and that people who made it … Read more
In my earlier post, I pointed out that it could take months to exploit fully whatever useful intelligence Ahmed Abu Khatallah may be able to impart. That becomes even clearer when one looks at Tom Joscelyn’s report at the Long War Journal — which also makes one wonder why only Khatallah has been apprehended despite the fact that the Benghazi … Read more
A panel discussing the Benghazi terrorist attack assailed the media for failing to serve as watchdogs, letting the Obama administration avoid tough questions in the months following the events that left four Americans dead. “This story has been an abomination of journalism,” said radio host Chris Plante, who moderated Monday’s panel at The Heritage Foundation. … Read more
By: Frank Gaffney Jr. I had a ringside seat on Monday as a “mainstream media lapdog” performed for his masters in the Obama administration. What made it a man-bites-dog story, though, is that theWashington Post’s Dana Milbank was so abject in his submission that he was called out for it even by an organ of … Read more
By Michael Ingmire Published June 17, 2014 FoxNews.com Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Welcome to the Hillary Clinton soft focus “Hard Choices” book tour, tales of post-White House struggle soothed by $200,000 speaking fees, her dubious accomplishments seen and justified through rose-colored glasses. Isn’t the making of an American myth grand? We now have … Read more