What’s news today?
This seems to be the obvious answer. Again. Or still.
The story changes yet again, from Yahoo
“Senior State Department officials on Tuesday revealed for the first time certain details of last month’s tragedy in the former Libyan rebel stronghold, such as the efforts of a quick reaction force that rushed onto the scene and led the evacuation in a fierce gun battle that continued into the streets. The briefing was provided a day before department officials were to testify to a House committee about the most serious attack on a U.S. diplomatic installation since al-Qaida bombed the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania 14 years ago.
The account answers some questions and leaves others unanswered. Chief among them is why for several days the Obama administration said the assault stemmed from a protest against an American-made Internet video ridiculing Islam, and whether the consulate had adequate security.”
Read more here
And it looks like security officials have decided they aren’t going under the bus for this failure by the Obama admin. From ABC
“ABC News has learned that Eric Nordstrom, the former Regional Security Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Libya, has told congressional investigators that security at the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, was “inappropriately low” – and believed that State Department officials stood in the way of his attempts to change that.
Nordstrom and the commander of a 16-member Security Support Team, Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Wood, heard that foreign fighters were flowing across the Egyptian border and were making their way across the border to the Libyan city of Derna – which is to the east of Benghazi — and from there were making their way to Benghazi. But State Department officials seemed oblivious to their Benghazi post’s vulnerability.”
Read more here
And WeaselZippers has some of the video of the testimony here
So now we know who the sacrificial Lamb will be via ForeignPolicyCable
“In an often heated congressional hearing Wednesday, lawmakers and witnesses alike pointed to State Department official Charlene Lamb as the person most directly responsible for rejecting multiple requests for increased security at the U.S. diplomatic missions in Libya prior to the Sept. 11 attack.
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) excoriated the State Department for rejecting requests from the U.S. Embassy in Libya for an extension of temporary security forces that were withdrawn in the months prior to the attack that killed Amb. Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
In a dramatic moment at the hearing, Issa released unclassified cablesfrom March and Julythat the State Department had refused to release, detailing those requests.”
Read more here
More video from WeaselZippers here
Meanwhile the mother of the Ambassador is just fed up with the lies, via the WeeklyStandard
“COOPER : we’re talking tonight with pat smith whose son sean smith was killed in the benghazi attack. today his son asked mitt romney to stop invoking her son’s name on the campaign trail. pat smith did not speak about anyone’s political agenda tonight. she is, however, bitter ly disappointed with the search for answers.who told you that they would give you information?
SMITH: you will love this. obama told me, hillary promised me. joe biden was a pressure and a real sweetheart. they all told me that — they promised me. i told them please, tell me what happened. just tell me what happened.”
“COOPER: so you, are still waiting to find out what happened to your son what they know, or even what they don’t know.
SMITH: right. officially yes. i told them don’t give me any bologna you can keep your political stuff, just tell me the truth. and i still don’t know. in fact, today i heard that he died of smoke inhalation.”
Read more, and the video from CNN, here
They’ve been lying from the start. This is a total failure of Obama’s supposedly great foreign policy skills. Meanwhile Hillary is MIA.
Wandering Views 
The Administration’s insistence (for at least a week after it happened) that the video caused the Benghazi attack seemed really stupid. Last night, John Bolton gave the best explanation: Despite known facts, that was the explanation that the President wanted to believe. He is now surrounded by “yes” people. He believed the video caused the attack like he believed he had won the debate when he walked off the stage.
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What I can’t believe is that our government rushed to arrest the guy who posted the video (or made it). Yes, I am aware that it was a violation of his parole, but still it smacked of caving to terrorists and suppressing the right to free speech.
I don’t have to agree with everything anyone says but I will defend their right to say it.
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Looking forward to Ryan v. Bozo tonight! I almost feel sorry for Joe…I also hope Ryan can keep from appearing overly aggressive…
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Update on yesterdays O’Keefe story. Yes, there’s more fraud from more of Obama’s Organizing for America.
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I see nothing in any press about the reaction of Libyans which is the measure of the foreign policy. On Benghazi, I’ll wait for the report of the review board before cmmenting on the incident.
Kim, I don’t think the arrest violates free speech. You don’t get a pass foe a parole violation using freedm of expression as an excuse.
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CB, Virginia is back in play, but if I win, what will I do with that Heisenhofer I was planning to send to you?
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Remember the old days when we were told dissent was the highest form of Patriotism?
Ya know, way back like 4 years ago. Nowadays, it’s so un-American, at least according to the hacktastic DWS.
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CB: I see nothing in any press about the reaction of Libyans which is the measure of the foreign policy.
The reaction of Libyans is one measure of foreign policy, though Libya is rent by conflict between militant al Qaeda/Salifast radicals and a decent quantum of moderate folk.
Another measure of foreign policy is its perceived integrity and effectiveness by the American people. Just now Obama, Clinton, and State are regarded by many as a bunch of weak, incompetent fools on the subject of the Benghazi fiasco.
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Sails,
This will sound elitist and I really don’t care. When a large portion of my fellow Americans cannot even accurately say what continent Canada is in, well color me unimpressed with domestic perceptions of foriegn policy, Unfotunately you do have a pint vis-a-vis the average voter who is impressed by vapid saber rattling.
Ricky
Hefeweissen. You know the stuff also makes for a great marinade for a chuck roast, so don’t feel as if you have wasted money!
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CB: Don’t kid yourself, though many Americans are ignorant of geography, not a few are knowledgeable about it and on the subject of the Benghazi fiasco well aware that Obama and State blew the security aspect and were involved in a crude attempt to cover it up.
I’m afraid that you are well wrapped in a protective Beltway cocoon. At this point, I should say that you are more naive than an elitist.
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Sails,
You have a number of not terribly well informed thoughts on what I think.
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Well, let us know your “informed” thoughts, even before some State Review outfit holds forth. All you’ve remarked so far is the vague point that the reaction of Libyans would be the measure of foreign policy.
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Sails
So you are unaware that Libyans have gone after the militants and that the nascent government is now wrking on disarmament? Guess that wasn’t on dailer caller.
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I’m well aware that some Libyan people and the government are fighting the militants. However, many Americans are questioning why the ambassador lacked security and why Obama and State tried to cover up the reality of the al Qaeda attack.
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The cover-up meme defies logic. If a group of folks are trying to cover something up, they don’t openly update with the news based on information they have.
On the investigation — Dana Milbank had a pretty good piece in the post yesterday that outlined why waiting for the investigation to be complete is a good thing and speculation is not so helpful.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-letting-us-in-on-a-secret/2012/10/10/ba3136ca-132b-11e2-ba83-a7a396e6b2a7_story.html
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I see on Drudge that Arlen Spector has died.
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