Senate Intelligence Committee Finds Benghazi Attack Was Preventable

At the New York Times, "Senate Report Finds Benghazi Attack Was Preventable":

WASHINGTON — A stinging report by the Senate Intelligence Committee released Wednesday concluded that the attack 16 months ago that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, could have been prevented, and blames both American diplomats and the C.I.A. for poor communication and lax security during the weeks leading up to the deadly episode.

The report is broadly consistent with the findings of previous inquiries into the September 2012 attack, which has become the subject of a fiercely partisan debate, with Republicans charging that Obama administration officials made misleading statements about connections between the attackers and Al Qaeda.

The report, at first blush, does not break significant new ground on this issue. But it is unsparing in its criticism of the State Department for failing to provide adequate security at the diplomatic compound in Benghazi, first American facility to be attacked that night and where J. Christopher Stevens, the American ambassador, died.

“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 U.S. Mission,” the Senate committee said in a press release.

More at that top link. And again, this is the New York Times debunking its own covering fire for Hillary. Like I said when I first saw that, it's sometimes impossible to know what to believe these days.

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