Benghazi: We will NOT forget

  As two-year anniversary of Benghazi marked, answers remain elusive

Video: Ahmed Abu Khattala captured - all politics all the time

According to The Washington Post:

[...] The capture of Abu Khattala is being taken as a big victory for the United States. One official told The Post that the arrest was “a reminder that when the United States says it’s going to hold someone accountable and he will face justice, this is what we mean.”

As every day passes, I find it really, REALLY hard not to put on my cynic's hat when watching the shenanigans emanating from The White House. 

Everybody remembers the horror of Benghazi - despite the shameful efforts of Obama, Clinton, Rice etc etc to spin the murders of four Americans as spontaneous demonstrations against an obscure YouTube that nobody had ever heard of.

 

As with most of their inept foreign policy debacles, the Obama administration seemed genuinely surprised that nobody was buying their spin on this disgraceful event.  The usual spin rinse repeat was trotted out, as BHO muttered his usual 'we will not rest .....' blah blah blah...

In the wake of the most recent scandals: Bergdahl and the GITMO 5, IRS lost emails, Syria, Lybia, Ukraine, Nigeria...on and on ad nauseum, I suppose the mental midgets in 1600 figured that THIS at least would earn them political points and be a *good news* story, designed to show:

The United States has an unwavering commitment to bring to justice those responsible for harming Americans. Since the deadly attacks on our facilities in Benghazi, I have made it a priority to find and bring to justice those responsible for the deaths of four brave Americans. I recently authorized an operation in Libya to detain an individual charged for his role in these attacks, Ahmed Abu Khatallah. The fact that he is now in U.S. custody is a testament to the painstaking efforts of our military, law enforcement, and intelligence personnel. Because of their courage and professionalism, this individual will now face the full weight of the American justice system....

[...]

With this operation, the United States has once again demonstrated that we will do whatever it takes to see that justice is done when people harm Americans. We will continue our efforts to bring to justice those who were responsible for the Benghazi attacks. We will remain vigilant against all acts of terrorism, and we will continue to prioritize the protection of our service-members and civilians overseas. We will also sustain our support for the Libyan people, as they work to overcome years of tyranny and do the difficult work of building a democracy.

There is more in the same vein, over at the White House site.

Sounds good, right, and in theory elicits warm and fuzzies to hear that the capture of Ahmed Abu Khattalawas POTUS "....made it a priority to find and bring to justice those responsible for the deaths of four brave Americans...."

I guess "priority" means different things to different folks. Apparently it was such a priority for MIC et al, according to Ahmed Abu Khattala's own words, he was never interviewed in the direct aftermath, even as he went about his normal daily business, including picking up kids from school.

 The Washington Post:

Meet Ahmed Abu Khattala, an alleged ringleader of the Benghazi attack

 17 June 2014 

Ahmed Abu Khattala is one of the most notorious Islamist commanders in Libya, a leader in the Ansar al-Sharia militia. To most Americans, he is best known for his alleged involvement in one key event: The 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi that left Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens dead. [...] Attempts to capture Abu Khattala or others suspected of involvement stalled, however, and became a source of frustration. “He’s as free as a bird,” a U.S. intelligence official told The Post's Adam Goldman and Sari Horwitz in 2013. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said then that the United States had not "adequately resourced or operationally planned to remove Khattala or those involved in the Libyan 9/11 attacks." Abu Khattala appeared to revel in his freedom, giving numerous interviews to American reporters. “He seemed to be confident,” CNN reporter Arwa Damon said after interviewing him last year. “His demeanor most certainly [was] not that of a man who believed he was going to be detained or targeted anytime soon.” ...

Much more here - and watch the video -  where he describes his life as an Islamist terrorist, never in fear of being captured by the US.

I am not suggesting that this capture is not a good thing.  However, the cynic in me is reminded of that old cliche, 'timing is all.'    It will be interesting to watch the MIC admin trying to gain maximum political leverage prior to November 2014.

Pay attention!

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                           Official Pentagon Statement

Video: Benghazi - One Year Later

One year on, and STILL No truth.  One year later, and STILL just lies.

From Secure America Now:

Secure America Now Launches Benghazi Video to Mark Troublesome Anniversary

As we commemorate the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens, Information Officer Sean Smith, and embassy security personnel, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods, Americans are still waiting for answers to why their killers are still free, why the survivors are being hidden from the public, why the Administration is not being held accountable for failing to secure the compound in Benghazi, why they refused to acknowledge the terrorist attack, and why no one has been held accountable for these deadly failings.


Allen Roth, President of Secure America Now, explains, "With Syria in the headlines, we feel it is important to keep Benghazi in the public eye. That is why we produced this video. We will market it far and wide and continue our campaign to get the Congress to appoint a Select Committee to get answers to the many unanswered questions."


We pray for all those innocents who lost their lives on 9/11. America must never forget their sacrifices. God Bless America.

Benghazi - One Year Later -- Demand that Congress Takes Action

Entrenched Complacency Ensures Enslavement of Americans

A VERY important column from War On Terror News:

06/13/2013

Entrenched Complacency Ensures Enslavement of Americans

It does not surprise me that the most powerful politicians and their appointees feel impervious to the constraints of the Constitution.  Those that seek power, ferociously guard the power they've attained, while seeking more to obtain.  They'll do whatever they can get away with to obtain and retain power.  It's as a natural a characteristic as a lion eating a gazelle.  In recognition of that, the Founders constrained the government and politicians, and emplaced protections and rights for the People.
What astounds me is that the American People are not outraged by the abuses of power exposed in recent weeks and months.  It has been one scandal after another, each more comprehensive and abusive than the one before it.  It is more surprising that some of the media has condemned some of the scandals than that they've worked overtime to condone the scandals.  

This cycle began with Benghazi, and an obvious lie by the Administration that it was 'just a protest turned violent.'  It took months, but Congress was beginning to get to the heart of the matter, that the Administration wasn't just asleep at the wheel, but willfully turned the lights and phones off.  It ignored months' worth of pleas from diplomats for more security, including on the day of the attack.  It ordered re-inforcements to not assist.  Those who work for the State Department should have been upset.  Those with a military background are and were angry.

More recently, we learned that the IRS was targeting the  ruling party's opponents.  The IRS has become a tool and force to paralyze the effectiveness of groups that support the US Constitution, and call for smaller government.  Supporters of the party in power were less apt to be upset than those that were affected by the un-Constitutional targeting by an arm of the Government.

Then we learned that the Justice Department had seized the phone records of AP employees and a Fox news journalist.  The MSM was finally mad.  True Americans of every stripe condemned the seizures as unlawful, and against the 4th Amendment.

More recently, we learned that a Judge had ordered Verizon to provide the data of every single one of it's customers to the NSA.  The information collected is so enormous that the data is updated every single day.  Then we learned the NSA was also collecting information via Google, Facebook, and other web based programs, with a program called "Prism."  The internet giants deny they accepted their role in it, but that doesn't mean much.  The government may have worked with or without the permission of the corporations.  Nor can we reasonably expect honesty from those corporations, particularly since they are already snooping on their users.

The worst part about that is not that leaders of both parties knew about it, and defend it, but that so few Americans find anything wrong with it.  The Politician in Chief has confirmed that the programs exist, and defends the "necessity" of it.  The Speaker of the House defends the program.  The Senate Minority Leader condemns not the program, but the individual that leaked evidence of it.  There's no one truly denying that the government is spying on every single American, on either side of the aisle, and very few that say there's anything wrong with it.

Sure, there are a few Americans out there screaming bloody murder about the obvious and serious abuses of the Bill of Rights by the government, and they are the same ones that have been trying to wake up Americans for years.  At a time like this, those that have been noting the abuses for years, should be sitting back and thanking newcomers to reality.  The public outrage should be deafening.

So, why isn't it?...

MUCH MORE of this MUST READ column here.

Wake UP America!!!