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I think in any way Wyatt and top ranking official -- Obama administration -- straightforward like emphatically.
Assert.
Statements that are utterly untrue and they had no.
Were untrue.
Well I certainly can't channel and bass that are rice but my sense is from the outside is that they're circling the wagons they were circling the wagons to protect.
President Obama is national security credentials which -- essentially basing on his.
Counterterrorism operations including the killing of Osama bin Laden so I think they would didn't want to -- to be a terror attack.
Even though they had a sense that it might be I mean a week ago.
On this side of this network I said that it sounded like as sophisticated.
Terror attack against the -- guys the against -- -- -- consulate so I think it did they were trying to protect their flank there and not allowed to be called a terrorist attack in just a matter of spontaneity and based on -- an innocuous.
Well I'm not well known fell.
I think also if if it is -- terrorist attack it raises all kinds of pesky questions like.
Why wasn't there more security this was 9/11 this was an anniversary.
Why was this American installation so poorly defended the administration doesn't want to answer those questions right now.
The individual by the way is Rivera's reporting.
Reported earlier on Fox News Channel.
-- -- Ibrahim -- One.
Those associated.
With our Qaeda.
He may well well have actually -- this attack he was released from gitmo Peter.
And to be put into custody released by the Qaddafi government in 2008.
As a gesture to reconciliation with the islamists.
Are and what we're finding out all of this information and certainly the administration must have everything that we are now reading I'm sitting here looking.
At the assessment.
From -- all right here.
If this.
This makes no sense on it in -- -- -- closing the flanks are protecting your flag.
One of the surest way to figure shot -- god is to did Stewart's been exposed as liars.
Well this -- This is certainly going to be difficult for them and in nick in the coming days as more information comes out.
Based on this breaking news.
That Catherine -- shared with us I just a few few hours ago I mean this is -- and and in the waning days of a very close a presidential race.
And I I imagine that that the administration hope that this would not be investigated to the extent that it that it should be -- -- we needed investigation unfortunately.
It seems to me that congress is reassessing.
Soon for the -- for the elections and these things will not be you know we're not be looked -- may be for for quite some time I think -- need to be looked at now so we can be ensured that the security of our diplomatic missions overseas -- our personnel are protected and what were up against the we up against a major al-Qaeda threat.
In places like Libya and other places in North Africa.
I want to turn just through senator Lieberman asking they had.
Of the center for counterterrorism.
Director is of the terrorist attack he said without any hesitation or provocation.
It was a terrorist attack.
Again.
What in the world is going on with the government of the United States when you have.
Statements that are made for a week we we have been saying here that the president of Bolivia called on the terrorist attack.
Eyewitnesses called -- a terrorist attack.
Into an intelligence source told Fox News -- and a terrorist attack we have been saying it on this broadcast from the very first date.
What it's gonna.
Well I guess mr.
Olson didn't get the memo or upon what the message was look.
This man came from gitmo.
Then the other question that have to be raised his.
Do we really want to shut down this facility is President Obama has pledged to do and won't do this this isn't embarrassing issue for them.
This man may have come from either the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group or one of the other groups with which Qaddafi was trying to do business.
Thank you very much period thank you view -- thank you thank you.
