What questions About Benghazi Does Jake Tapper Still Need Answered?

[erpowers]

Today, I watched a clip of CNN's Jake Tapper's interview with the mother of Sean Smith. Smith was one of the men who died during the attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, libya. At the end of the clip Jake Tapper said he was not surprised that Smith's mother had not had her questions about the Benghazi attack answered because he had not had his questions about the attack answered. Tapper's statement made me think what questions did Jake Tapper still have about the Benghazi attack. It seems that all of Tapper's questions have been answered.

Why was the request for 12 security personnel denied?

First, even though the security team was willing to stay in Libya their deployment ended in August. Second, the Republican lead House of Representatives cut more than $100 million from the State Department budget?

Why did the State Department cancel a DC-3 plane that had been in Libya?

When asked this question by congressional investigators Former Deputy Chief of Mission Gregory Hicks, who is speaking before the House Oversight Committee on May, 8, 2013, stated "My understanding was general, you know, it was a budget issue".

Why were four Special forces members told to "stand down"?

The special forces members and their commander was told they did not have the authority to go to Benghazi at that current time. However, even if the special forces members had been able to get on the Libyan plane leaving Tripoli their presence might not have made a difference. While the second attack started at 5:15 a.m. on September 12, 2012, the Libyan plane did not leave Tripoli until 6-6:30 a.m. Gregory Hicks has stated the plane arrived in Benghazi at about 7-7:30 a.m.

Why were fighter jets not deployed to Benghazi?

At a Senate hearing, Joint Chiefs chairman General Martin Dempsey told Senator Kelly Ayotte it would have taken "up to 20 hours" to get the f-16s from Italy to Benghazi. Dempsey also said f-16s were "the wrong tool for the job".

So, it seems to me that all of Jake Tapper's questions have been answered. I do not see what questions still need to be answered.

[a kennedy]

1. I know, I'm watching the hearing on C-SPIN3 now.....

edit to correct statement.

[sharp_stick]

2. Clearly they haven't been answered the

way they should be which would be the following:

Why was the request for 12 security personnel denied?

Hillary Clinton called us up when we asked them to stay and told us to fuck off.

Why did the State Department cancel a DC-3 plane that had been in Libya?

Because Hillary Clinton needed the plane to go from DC to NYC so she could do dinner and a show with Ambassador Susan Rice.

Why were four Special forces members told to "stand down"?

Because Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama agreed that they didn't like the way they kept their dress uniforms so they had to come home and learn to do it right.

Why were fighter jets not deployed to Benghazi?

Because President Obama wanted them to do a fly-by at his daughters school just for kicks.

[CJCRANE]

3. An interesting observation re. the third question (from another thread):

Bolton Unwittingly Puts Stake In Heart of Benghazi Ghouls' Scandalmongering

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022815449

"But it's precisely the fact that it was unclear that the embassy in Tripoli was safe that informed the decision over whether to send a second reinforcement team away from the embassy. NBC News reported that Department of Defense officials confirmed that a second unit was denied authorization to leave Tripoli for Benghazi during the night of the attack, in part because the security situation in Libya remained unclear . . . "

[DURHAM D]

4. They are both idiots.

ETA: Patricia Smith stated over six months ago that "President Obama murdered her son."