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Attacks on embassies in Libya and Egypt raise questions about chain of intelligence, security and readiness
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The day of deep mourning for all of us for four Americans including our ambassador cruelly murdered in Libya and their bodies arriving home in the United States today.
President Obama and -- of state Hillary Clinton taking part in a somber ceremony for US ambassador Chris Stevens and his three colleagues.
Meanwhile Americans are under attack across the globe protests against United States breaking out in Libya.
Egypt and Tunisia Morocco.
Nigeria.
Sudan and movie needs to Yemen -- -- Israel Jarden Iraq Kuwait.
Iran got our Afghanistan and Pakistan.
And the protests continued further east to India Bangladesh.
Malaysia.
Indonesia.
And even in London where protesters burned American and Israeli flags.
Now this is getting worse today CIA director David Petraeus briefing members of the House Intelligence Committee.
-- international crisis congressman -- troopers -- the ranking Democrat.
On that committee he joins us I see is senator Harry -- -- -- here -- let me ask you about the ambassador.
Stephens in the race.
Do you know if he US targeted if they were trying to kill him what he was just you know -- says these are the accidental victim by obviously you have murder but -- two issues here at number one.
The actual protests started as a result of the cleric who had -- the film that -- that.
Attack the Muslim religion and then the person has started in the Asian.
When it then got -- to Libya.
Things changed.
Libya in value Bangladesh where this occurred is very primitive -- very primitive area.
So where we're not sure whether the protest when borrow and whether an extremist group like al-Qaeda.
Realize there was a protest they got their guns and weapons and it took advantage of the situation -- -- was pre planned.
That the -- we haven't determine the facts that they could go either way as far as I'm concerned.
December just -- when talking to director of the CIA today India in the sense that we are.
You know this is so much information we don't know -- the sense that we really know what happened he -- -- -- on the path to get those people know I.
Think number one for the first priority by the way is to make sure all Americans wherever they are throughout the workers safe and what we're doing is making sure that we contact.
The heads of all countries that there that it's part of the international -- That when you have an embassy in another country today provide protection.
Now we provide our protection believe me we want -- -- Americans and that's what we're doing so that's that's the first thing but.
Whether where where we're going with this at this point we still have to -- -- the -- that and it's been three days right now.
Is it me that there's been some rumors that the United States had some sort of tip off for some -- -- something was gonna you know something was happy now -- -- -- did this happen on nine elevenths so it has you know at a significant -- It -- and it was there any sort of idea any notification -- to put us on alert.
It's my understanding that information was given to the embassy in Cairo about the film and that there could be a backlash as a result -- that that's all I know at this time.
I then -- get back to questions so the film seems service cover for someone to go and and kill -- -- in Libya that's it seems are pretext of some sort.
-- there's a lesson Intel -- -- have been dealing without -- for at least since nine elevenths.
And al-Qaeda would take advantage of any situation and they'll take credit for most situations.
There are dangers there well organized.
They -- this and ready for this -- -- many once a protest broke out and in that Egypt.
If this is al-Qaeda in Libya.
They were ready to move very quickly well I think they were already in -- remembered -- let's -- this -- -- -- where -- Libya -- like those -- wild west was.
And United States years ago.
They're they're people that have trust open trucks and machine guns and weapons on them all the time so it would be very easy for people who were and where he's.
Fighting for the government at one time.
And then Qaddafi.
And they would and they all have weapons and that's part of the -- -- -- it's -- of a young government.
Starting out and there's not -- -- -- police.
And their and their.
Not trained they just are not trained to do what they did you do to protect people.
Let me address this question give a sense in that the -- said.
Let's you know let's just go and that won't kill who has ever there or -- get the sense that you know let's go in there and let's kill the.
Ambassador.
I think it there once they realize the protesters there as -- people or sophisticated enough and it with the ammunition that they had that they were -- to -- -- who was ever in there and they remembered -- the -- died of smoke inhalation because of the fire.
That whether they knew he wasn't tortured well not know about that from my understanding he wasn't tortured.
That that's what we know it at this point -- -- but I I think whether or not they knew he was in there.
But then we now have to look at why -- her occurred to have bodyguards there we do know visited -- area there it was it was.
Primitive and -- -- -- that was because the government has just had just been set up.
This is in my -- would not have happened in the embassy triple.
Can't just have as we look at the four pictures of victims -- feel like it's like you know them Nike video of them it's terrible and we have to.
Do whatever we can to bring the people who cult killed these four Americans to justice who we need to put whatever we have whatever -- -- intelligence our military.
But right now we have to we have to find out.
First -- where where we're going with respect this investigation what are the facts and more importantly we have to watch was going on every day now we we look at that.
Friday is when they fit the -- a lot of the Muslim community had to prayers and these different countries and they came together.
We hope after this.
Friday that things will start to come out but just social media started a lot of things that would happen -- and that's was happening -- -- -- is just -- up.
But we we have some of our best troops are Marines or special.
Marines are going to have to protect our people and our embassies in that has to be done that's the first priority right now fasten your days --
