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unhappycamper

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Thu Jan 16, 2014, 07:27 AM Jan 2014

Benghazi attack could have been prevented, according to Senate report

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/15/benghazi-attack-could-have-been-prevented-according-to-senate-report/



Benghazi attack could have been prevented, according to Senate report
By Agence France-Presse
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 15:20 EST

The US government could have prevented deadly attacks on its mission in the Libyan city of Benghazi by fixing “known security shortfalls,” a damning Senate report concluded Wednesday.

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The report said the State Department had failed to heed warnings to reinforce protection at the sites despite the rapidly deteriorating security environment in Libya.

And it blamed intelligence agencies for not notifying US military officials in the US Africa command that a CIA annex even existed near the Benghazi diplomatic mission.

“The committee found the attacks were preventable, based on extensive intelligence reporting on the terrorist activity in Libya — to include prior threats and attacks against Western targets — and given the known security shortfalls at the US mission,” the panel said in a statement.



unhappycamper comment: Didn't Republicans kill or dumbdown funding for Marines at US Embassies?
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Benghazi attack could have been prevented, according to Senate report (Original Post) unhappycamper Jan 2014 OP
Same Senate report that was Convinced of the existence of orpupilofnature57 Jan 2014 #1
And 9/11? GeorgeGist Jan 2014 #2
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