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Clinton to testify to lawmakers on Benghazi probe
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify next week to Congress about the findings of an investigation into a deadly attack on a US mission in Libya, a senior US lawmaker said Wednesday. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said Clinton would appear before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on December 20…
Egyptian man arrested in connection with Benghazi attack
An Egyptian man and alleged terrorist cell leader was arrested in connection with the Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, NBC News reported Saturday. Mohammed Abu Jamal Ahmed was arrested in Cairo and accused of not only being involved with the attack that killed American ambassador…
Libyan security chief assassinated in Benghazi
Colonel Farag al-Dersi played key role in curbing militia power in wake of US ambassador Chris Stevens’ murder in September The Libyan security chief who led an anti-militia crackdown in the wake of the killing of the country’s US ambassador has been assassinated in Benghazi, raising questions about the government’s…
Report: White House ‘did not alter’ Benghazi memo
A “talking points” memo distributed to government officials about the deadly attack on the US consulate in Libya was altered by the intelligence community and not the White House, CNN reported. Armed militants stormed the US mission in Benghazi on September 11 in a coordinated assault at two different locations…
Rep. McKeon: U.S. intel chief plans to declassify Benghazi video
WASHINGTON — The head of US intelligence intends to declassify parts of a video showing the deadly attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya, according to a congressman briefed by him on Friday. Lawmakers in closed-door intelligence briefings this week saw a 45-minute video that included images from an…
Petraeus testimony fails to satisfy Republicans on Benghazi attack
David Petraeus, the scandal-hit former CIA chief, faced a Congressional grilling on Friday over conflicting accounts of the attack in September on the US consulate in Benghazi. Petraeus, in his first public outing since resigning from the CIA a week ago over an affair with his biographer, was smuggled into Congress for…
McCain: ‘Will do everything in my power’ to block Susan Rice appointment
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is vowing to block U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice from becoming the next secretary of state because he says that her early assessment of attacks in Benghazi, Libya make her “not qualified” for the job. “Susan Rice should have known better and if…
Scarborough repeatedly shouts ‘Benghazi!’ to block voter suppression talk
Conservative MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on Monday attempted to shut down any talk of voter suppression by shouting “Benghazi! Benghazi! Benghazi!” over and over again to change the subject to the September attacks on Americans in Libya, a topic that Republicans believe hurts President Barack Obama. During a discussion about…
Car blast rocks Benghazi while clashes rage in Libyan capital
Libya’s two largest cities were rocked by violence on Sunday with clashes between militias wounding five in the capital and a car blast hurting three policemen in Benghazi. Rival armed groups battled it out for more than 12 hours in a central residential area of Tripoli. The clashes centred around…
Congressman Peter King urges Obama to release Benghazi intel
A key US congressman has urged President Barack Obama to release the intelligence data that led US officials to describe the Benghazi, Libya attack as a spontaneous reaction to an anti-Islam film and not premeditated terrorism. Obama, battling a tight race for re-election, has come under fire from Republicans who…
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