there's been a New York Times investigation an extensive investigation
into the connection between Al Qaeda
and the ban guys the attacks on September 11 2012
that left ambassador and others dead and it turns out that as far as the New York
Times has been able to dig up
the connection that republicans have been claiming President Obama wants to
cover up
a connection to al Qaeda is non-existent
their is no evidence for it yet another whole Louis
in the conspiracy theories surrounding Ben Ghazi USA today reports that a
lengthy New York Times investigation of the deadly 2012 attack
on the US diplomatic compound in Benghazi Libya
found no involvement by al Qaeda
are other international terrorist groups and was excelerate in part
by anger at a US made a video denigrating Islam
so let's analyze that first is the video initially the video was cited as the
reason for the entire protest the entire raid
all the violence that was debunked I
Republican said the connection is al Qaeda that seems to have been debunked
here the video is cited as possibly an aggravating factor
but certainly not the costs this six-part report was written by david
Kerr Patrick it was pointed pointed
posted Sunday on the Times website it centers on extensive interviews with the
Libyans in Ben Ghazi
who according to the newspaper had direct knowledge of the attack
and its context the times concludes the attack it does not appear to have been
meticulously planned
but neither was it spontaneous or without warning signs
Louis even the republicans continue saying that this was an
a cover up but that was al Qaeda involved specifically planned attack
as with with many things in politics it seems the truth
is kinda somewhere in the middle it doesn't make for a very good TV
was the video responsible no to give it did the video play no role
no the video may have been kinda over slightly aggravating factor
was this a meticulously planned attack no
did it just spring up out of nowhere that's also not true it seems to have
been somewhere in the middle
shades of gray and nuance never lied
to interesting television you need to be polarizing
yeah the course makes for better TV but
what is this report mean her for hillary's
for hillary's run well it should mean
nothing I mean in other words it should mean that this is just not really a
factor
hillary clinton wants to be president what happened in Benghazi should not be
either
primary lens through which her potential to be a president
is analyzed the other thing that the time said Lewis
is that a central figure in the attack was in except eccentric malcontent
local militia leader named are med Abu Qatada
it says that US officials briefed on american criminal investigation into the
killings
are calling him a prime suspect the
biggest failure here is that against the wishes of the families
up the victims this has been turned into a political football now going into year
two
and that's the biggest disaster here it is a disaster and I still think this
spells disaster for Hillary this is
this is not the end at this David not by a long shot no but that's because
Republicans won't let it go
not because we haven't had hearings and reports and investigations and security
briefings you're right
ok but not don't know that's not real yager I know believe me I know
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