Is This New Information?

[JiminyJominy]

I've not been following the Libya story much but I just came across this article on MSN.

[link]:http://www.nbcnews.com/id/49528284/|[/link]


Hopefully this is old information that should not matter for the election?

[mucifer]

1. what are you talking about?

[JiminyJominy]

2. Sorry

It was not letting me post the link...but its there now. Please for the love of God tell me this is not a big deal or has already been covered.

[mucifer]

3. oh thanks

[jezebel]

4. It was established during the 2nd debate that Obama referred to it as an "act of terror" the morning

after.
So what is the implication here?

[courseofhistory]

5. It is new information as far as I know and

supposedly was sent to the WH but I'm sure the WH had not verified the information well enough to know if it was true or not. And we don't know exactly what was in the emails. Apparently a group linked to al Qaeda was taking credit for the attack, but at the same time, it needed to be verified before being announced and maybe it was determined later on it was a false claim. I don't think it will become a big deal. They can't announce who is supposedly responsible until they investigate and as far as I know, they still aren't certain if it was this group or just a bunch of wannabes.

From the link: (they DID mention possible involvement of extremists--but that all gets overlooked in the hyperbole and hyperventilating reporting)

Administration spokesmen, including White House spokesman Jay Carney, citing an unclassified assessment prepared by the CIA, maintained for days that the attacks likely were a spontaneous protest against an anti-Muslim film.

While officials did mention the possible involvement of "extremists," they did not lay blame on any specific militant groups or possible links to al Qaeda or its affiliates until intelligence officials publicly alleged that on September 28.

[lexx21]

9. Isn't it interesting...

that these groups like to "take credit" for awful crap that goes on. Also not realizing just how stupid it is to actually take credit of an act where one of our officials is killed, as our track record of late has been to hunt them down and kill them? It's obvious that we are not dealing with rocket scientists here.......

[patrice]

10. Yes it is! And couldn't it also be a feint of somesort to get us to attack someone else???

[JiminyJominy]

6. I don't know

like I said, I have not been following the Libya storyline that much so I don't know what out there already and whats not. so far no other news outlets have picked the story up so I'm assuming its not that biga deal?

[Doctor Jack]

7. Obama called it a terrorist act about 12 hours after it happened

So no big deal. That story that he was slow in his response has been dead ever since Romney's epic fuck up at the 2nd debate.

[patrice]

8. So, get any offers from 3rd world countries to engage in fantastic deals for a fortune lately?

Word of advice: don't believe everyone communicating through the internet IS whoever they claim they are or have done what they claim they have done.

A responsible leader checks things out before going off half-cocked and I believe that the words "act of terror" would very likely have been based upon this and other information, which STILL left the question, especially in a place as chaotic as Libya, of exactly WHO.

Some people just don't try to pin things on ANYONE in order to "prove" stuff to other people for political purposes.