Obama administration covers up missile theft

[Demeter]

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Source: Pittsburg Post-Gazette

The Obama administration is covering up the theft of 400 surface to air missiles by "some very ugly people," the lawyer for a Benghazi whistleblower told WMAL Radio in Washington D.C. last week. Joe DiGenova, a former U.S. attorney, represents Mark Thompson, who was Deputy Coordinator for Operations in the State Department's Bureau of Counterterrorism.

He was referring to MANPADS (man portable air defense systems) such as the American Stinger or the Russian SA-24. They're now in the hands of al Qaida, Mr. DiGenova said. The theft was the reason why the administration shut down 22 diplomatic missions, he said.

"They were afraid that there was going to be a missile attack on one of the embassies," Mr. DiGenova said.

Fear that U.S. troops coming to the rescue might be shot down may also be why no help was sent during the seven hour siege of our consulate in Benghazi and its annex on 9/11/2012, he said.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/jack-kelly/obama-administration-covers-up-missile-theft-700500/

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The first plausible explanation for that Security Fire Drill we were treated to this month...from another whistleblower, you will note.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

1. Yay! Let's post more RW slander against our president!

It's all the rage!

http://www.post-gazette.com/more/opinion/kelly/

A "Benghazi whistleblower". *cough*bullshit*cough*

On edit:
And since when are opinion pieces considered LBN?

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. Posting an OPINION of a RIGHT WING columnist in LBN? Is there any depth of ODS too low???

This is an opinion column. It says it right there in the url.

Jack kelly is a right wing opinion columnist, to the right of Charles Krauthammer.

Disgusting. This is like posting the rantings of Ann Coulter as LBN. Get a hold of yourself.

[Summer Hathaway]

9. I see no point to your asking the question:

"Is there any depth of ODS too low???"

The answer to that query should be obvious to all by now.

No matter how low they sink today, it's never as low as they will sink tomorrow - and the next day, and the next.

[BeyondGeography]

3. Joe DiGenova...wtf?

You've got to be kidding.

[truthisfreedom]

4. I hope we get them back and kill those who stole them.

That's a lot of firepower.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

11. I doubt there were any missles stolen...

The ONLY news reports corroborating the story are RW "news" sites: Breitbart, Newsmax, The Blaze, Fox News, CNS, et al.

[Cooley Hurd]

5. I'll wait for a more unbiased source than Joe DiGenova

[rtracey]

6. Where

Where were they stolen from, who was in charge of these MANPADS... I need to see proof, because this Benghazi bullshit has been turned around too much, ending with the right wing faking emails to make Pres Obama look bad.

[The Second Stone]

7. Not exactly a credible source citing a credible source

I'd like to see what he is relying on to form this opinion.

[railsback]

8. LoL. FOX hasn't given up their 24 hour Benghazi meme

and now it shows up here. Good grief.

[silvershadow]

10. "Benghazi whistleblower"? Um, ok. I'm interested in any missile thefts, for sure, but leery of the

source and story. :/

[James48]

12. Joe diGenova is no newsman.

Who Are The Right-Wing Media's Benghazi Lawyers Victoria Toensing And Joseph diGenova?

Victoria Toensing and her husband and legal partner Joseph diGenova are pushing claims that anonymous State Department and CIA "whistleblowers" have been blocked and threatened by the Obama administration to prevent their testifying on the September 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya. Toensing and diGenova are longtime Republican activists, and Toensing has a history of pushing dubious claims and falsehoods into the media.
Toensing And diGenova Are Pushing Claims That Obama Administration Is Threatening Benghazi Witnesses In Cover-Up

Toensing And diGenova Are Pushing Claims In The Media That Obama Administration Is Issuing Threats To Witnesses About Benghazi. According to Fox News, Toensing is now representing one of the supposed whistleblowers in her role with diGenova & Toensing, where she and her husband are partners. [Media Matters, 4/30/13; Fox News, 4/29/13; Breitbart.com, 4/29/13]
Toensing And diGenova Are Longtime Republicans

Toensing And diGenova Both Identify As Republicans. [DiGenovaToensing.com, accessed 4/30/13; DiGenovaToensing.com, accessed 4/30/13]

Toensing Served As Reagan Deputy Assistant Attorney General. Toensing served as deputy assistant attorney general in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Justice Department during the Reagan administration and was Sen. Barry Goldwater's chief counsel. [DiGenovaToensing.com, accessed 4/30/13]

Toensing And diGenova Both Served As Advisers To Romney In 2008. The two previously supported and advised the campaign of Fred Thompson. [American Presidency Project, accessed 4/30/13]

Toensing Has Donated More Than $30,000 To GOP Candidates And Causes. According to Federal Election Commission data, Toensing has donated more than $30,000 to Republican causes, including $1,000 to Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign. Toensing contributed a total of $1,150 to Democratic candidates. [FEC.gov, accessed 4/30/13; Media Matters, 7/13/10] FEC.gov, accessed 4/30/13; Media Matters,7/13/10]

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http://mediamatters.org/research/2013/04/30/who-are-the-right-wing-medias-benghazi-lawyers/193842

[Control-Z]

13. I miss unrec (nt)

[dipsydoodle]

14. "project to supply missiles from Libyan armouries to Syrian rebels."

02 Aug 2013

CIA 'running arms smuggling team in Benghazi when consulate was attacked'

Up to 35 CIA operatives were working in the city during the attack last September on the US consulate that resulted in the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, according to CNN.

The circumstances of the attack are a subject of deep division in the US with some Congressional leaders pressing for a wide-ranging investigation into suspicions that the government has withheld details of its activities in the Libyan city.

The television network said that a CIA team was working in an annex near the consulate on a project to supply missiles from Libyan armouries to Syrian rebels.

Sources said that more Americans were hurt in the assault spearheaded by suspected Islamic radicals than had been previously reported. CIA chiefs were actively working to ensure the real nature of its operations in the city did not get out.

So only the losses suffered by the State Department in the city had been reported to Congress.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/10218288/CIA-running-arms-smuggling-team-in-Benghazi-when-consulate-was-attacked.html

Note - source is CNN. Telegraph is simply re-reporting as the media does.

[maddezmom]

15. Locking

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