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Mike Baker & Bill Daly on what role the election is playing inLibya terrorist attack investigation
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Yeah actually make money kind of follow on two would Mike was saying that it actually it's after the event you know I would like to know.
Why didn't we have a couple helicopters full Marines with the -- all for the weapons landing and surrounding the compound to -- to.
And instead we have all kinds of people walking through the from the -- and others picking up would ever more information they have from the ground.
There's sure there was probably documents and other things they would need to preserve if not the actual sovereign ground of the United States and protect.
And to this point we're still waiting for the FBI really get in there and earnest they didn't.
Been given the authority to go in and investigate this much like they did in 1990 investigating the bombings of the NBC's.
In in Africa.
And and they are still waiting to who and why don't we just send you don't want troops -- is surrounded -- our territory let's put our arms around this amnesty into an earnest.
In the opium concerned about it as we go further risk as captain -- do in this political season.
Is that we politicize this further.
And almost like we sore after the the bombings of the embassies in 98 we had the administration time Clinton restoration -- a couple of cruise missiles into.
Afghanistan and elsewhere is kind of this volley of let's say.
Retaliation without really knowing the players are and -- big concern as we get further in closer to Election Day that this is it to his political momentum.
Is that someone -- need to feel it and do something to demonstrate they're being.
Giving strong administrations is gonna do something without really knowing that the people aren't getting the people responsible for political full political games and that's Michael.
Concern -- -- -- -- -- us and our and our art our our ambassadors and other people but I'm certainly concerned that we do something kind of -- it.
-- nothingness and then there's a lot of people who suspect that.
One way to salvage the situation may be too have a strike.
-- have a success in terms of either taking -- a target.
Somewhere does necessarily have to be in Libya but that would be nice and and they could point to that say look we are real strong in this in this area.
But.
Again I mean I think you need -- I seem like -- I'm beating a dead horse sometimes they keep coming back around as an example to.
You know how old inefficient.
Washington seems to be and follow through in doing any of this is outraged and there's a demand for action and -- nothing happens the White House Intel lakes are perfect example of that oh my god we spent days and -- right well nothing has been nothing is moving and that was that's a critical issue but they said the site.
I'm sure this unfortunately this is going to play out the same way you know it and particularly with the election forty or forty days away.
And and we may not get to the point but I think again.
That work where sometimes we we need -- the big point.
Because we want to get down here in the weeds in the big point is.
That consulate.
Was put up there and then Ghazi in -- -- war zone in an area that we knew foreign fighters existed in in numbers significant numbers.
The big guys in eastern Tripoli sent a lot of foreign fighters into Iraq over the years.
We knew there was significant heavy weaponry up there we know that answer all three -- them is is is operational out there.
All of that -- -- 9/11 was coming up.
But months and months and months ago when the State Department failed to provide a secure facility here.
-- their personnel.
That's where the failure is so all this other thing that this has been about did we miss something well as you said it's self evident of course we miss something.
We should -- a marine security guard had a dozen skeletons in my head is that.
-- -- -- -- -- It's not just -- fighters is not easy access to weapons that we we know knew it was pretty -- deep into the casual user who was available but we have some people.
-- now coming out of though the government knew it we're good.
-- quantum -- you know.
Detainees people who earn their street cred so -- -- -- having gone to Guantanamo Guantanamo and they're out there in the mix and suggestion is now and that's what we need to have a full report that suggestion is.
Is that those people were complicit if not driving forward this attack -- -- -- Well there were half a dozen.
Attacks on western targets in Benghazi in the six months leading up.
To this particular fatal one on 9/11.
And in fact one of them was an IED -- just outside the thing Ghazi compound wall and I consulate and we had Ayman zawahiri the number one for al-Qaeda.
-- out there significantly below 9/11 right -- exhorting his followers al-Qaeda to go out there and -- to death about Libby -- -- tapped out.
And then.
It the united in -- -- and we want to somehow.
You know portray this as just a spontaneous.
You know incidents in and again I see no other example that did the administration can't be so stupid as to believe.
That line of thinking so you have to assume it's a political issue and it I think your your point earlier that.
You know there's a political wilderness but also I think you and I look at him somewhat -- -- -- This is a national security issue and all only this continuum of leaks and information.
We this disregard for the way that we can't leave some of these issues regarding -- protection of property information along the way.
Criticize a political season I'm concerned that this is really a detriment to national security -- -- goes unchecked.
-- -- -- -- How silly it is Susan Rice the ambassador -- United Nations now look when you know but we -- in three days ago issues out on all the talk shows and and she you know she eats it it's the video you know it's the protests getting -- Even Chris Wallace on FOX News Sunday look at -- and CEO believe that you nobody did even that up through there under the bus.
It's been that yeah they -- and they -- you know as she was complicit in the whole thing but they.
They they made that decision to -- -- under the bus -- feel -- from her -- Mike Baker bill Daley could receive both thanks so much.
