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So Susan Rice got it right the first time. June 17, 2014 5:41 pm ER

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/17/benghazi-attack-suspect-had-been-living-defiantly-in-plain-sight/

On Oct. 18, 2012, the New York Times published an interview from “two leisurely hours” with Khattala, who declared he was not a member of Al Qaeda but said he’d be proud to be associated with the organization’s zeal for Islamic law. He also blamed the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, on the United States’ foreign policy.

Why is the United States always trying to impose its ideology on everyone else?” he asked. “Why is it always trying to use force to implement its agendas?”

Khattala — who spoke to the Times at a crowded luxury hotel while reportedly sipping a strawberry frappe on a patio — said at the time that no authority had ever questioned him about the attack, which led to intense criticism of the Obama administration for being unable to apprehend those responsible. He also said he had no plans to go into hiding.

Khattala told the newspaper that the attack had grown out of a peaceful protest against a video made in the United States that mocked the Prophet Muhammad and Islam.

Which, by the way, was exactly what she had been briefed to say by General Petraeus and the CIA. Not that it really matters.

In the meantime, Fox news commentators have come up with three separate theories why Khattala wasn’t captured until today.

1) It was timed to coincide with the Hillary book tour.

2) It is designed to distract our attention from the fighting in Iraq, Putin in the Ukraine, or the Bergdahl prisoner swap.

3) Its all part of a plot to derail the upcoming Congressional Benghazi investigation.

It also explains why the Right seems to be determined to have Khattala tried by a secret military tribunal in Gitmo, instead of in Federal Court, where his testimony would be in the public record.

Y’know? These people are really starting to piss me off.

  • Two defining traits of the Right. by bowser 2014-06-17 20:38:10
    • or.... by Jody 2014-06-17 19:53:04
      • You may have a point... by ER 2014-06-17 20:18:49

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