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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Obama administration will spend nearly $700 million in tax dollars to ADVERTISE Obamacare

That’s right! The Obama administration is gearing up to spend a staggering $680,000,000 just to advertise Obamacare. And who is paying for all of this? That’s right…you are.
from AP:

It will make you stronger. It will give you peace of mind and make you feel like a winner. Health insurance is what the whole country has been talking about, so don’t be left out.
Sound like a sales pitch? Get ready for a lot more. As President Barack Obama’s health care law moves from theory to reality in the coming months, its success may hinge on whether the best minds in advertising can reach one of the hardest-to-find parts of the population: people without health coverage.
The campaign won’t come cheap: The total amount to be spent nationally on publicity, marketing and advertising will be at least $684 million, according to data compiled The Associated Press from federal and state sources.
About 16 percent of Americans are uninsured, but despite years of political debate and media attention, more than three-quarters of them still know little about the law known as “Obamacare,” according to recent surveys.

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This is downright immoral, spending the better part of a BILLION dollars to advertise a welfare program and get more people hooked on the government dole.
It’s time for a full repeal, and until we get there, let’s defund the entire monstrosity, starting with this ridiculous marketing budget.

Benghazi Report: Hillary Approved Reduced Security Measures, Contradicting Previous Testimony

Guy Benson | Apr 24, 2013

This time, "what difference does it make?" isn't going to cut it. Despite the administration's nonchalant attitude and various efforts at suppression, the Benghazi outrage isn't going away. Via Erika Johnsen and CBS News:

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton left the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, vulnerable by approving lax security measures, a report released Tuesday by House Republicans concluded. The 46-page report accused Clinton — a possible White House contender in 2016 — of seeking to cover up failures by the State Department that could have contributed to the attack last year that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. The report, compiled by five House panels after a seven-month investigation, said Clinton approved reductions in security levels prior to the Sept. 11, 2012, attack, contradicting Clinton’s testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Jan. 23.

CBS News ticks down the three major findings of House Republicans' interim report (numerals mine):

(1) The committees' Republicans conclude that Clinton approved security reductions at the consulate, pointing to evidence such as an April 2012 State Department cable bearing her signature. The cable was a formal request from then-U.S. Ambassador to Libya Gene Cretz for more security. In her testimony before Congress in January, Clinton said, "With specific security requests they didn't come to me. I had no knowledge of them."
(2) The interim report also charges that White House and senior State Department officials attempted to protect the State Department from criticism by altering accurate talking points drafted by the intelligence community. For instance, the report says that, after a Sept. 15, 2012 meeting, administration officials removed references to the likely participation of Islamic extremists.
(3) The report also contradicts administration claims that the talking points were changed to protect classified information. None of the email exchanges reviewed ever mentioned a concern about classified information, according to the report.

The first item is the most damning, but let's work from the bottom up. Democrats and the White House have attempted hide behind "national security" and "classified information" to block the public from hearing details about what exactly happened on September 11, 2012. They used the same excuse to retool Susan Rice's ludicrous talking points before she appeared on five Sunday morning shows, spreading misinformation about the nature of the terrorist attack at every step. Internal documents obtained by House investigators also reveal that the administration's contemporaneous deliberations didn't mention these concerns; instead, they lay a trail of bread crumbs down the path of political ass-covering. The original talking points assembled by the intelligence community were accurate; they were altered by face-saving officials at State. And if they were so worried about sensitive information and documents getting into the wrong hands, why did they allow the compound to remain unsecured for weeks? Finally, Secretary Clinton wasn't truthful -- or at least wasn't accurate -- when she asserted that none of the requests for increased security measures in Benghazi reached her level. She personally signed a cable that bore at least one such request. The Hill has more:

“Repeated requests for additional security were denied at the highest levels of the State Department,” it said. “For example, an April 2012 State Department cable bearing Secretary Hillary Clinton’s signature acknowledged then-Ambassador [Gene] Cretz’s formal request for additional security assets but ordered the withdrawal of security elements to proceed as planned.”

Cretz's successor, Chris Stevens, pleaded for more resources, too, including on the day of his murder. It's important to remember that the administration didn't merely deny "repeated" appeals for more protection, they actually reduced our security footprint on the ground, for reasons that remain a mystery. We still don't know why the consulate's protection was so breathtakingly insufficient (despite the administration's insulting suggestions to the contrary). The report -- which remains incomplete -- also does not explain why numerous urgent requests for immediate help went unheeded during the hours-long raid itself. We still don't know where the President of the United States was during the bloodbath, nor is there an explanation for why zero forces or assets were deployed to help our people. Men died because of this unjustifiable inaction. Perhaps the "multiple" new whistle-blowers can help answer some of these critical, unanswered inquiries. People like Patricia Smith and Charlie Woods deserve the truth.

Rep. Michael Turner Criticizes Holding of Political Prisoners in Georgia

Warns of ‘negative impact’ on U.S.-Georgia relations

Rep. Mike Turner / AP

BY: Daniel Wiser
July 24, 2013 6:15 pm
Rep. Michael Turner (R., Ohio) reiterated concerns about the ongoing crackdown on Georgia’s political opposition in a statement Wednesday after meeting with Tedo Japaridze, chairman of the Georgian Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee. Turner put forward an amendment last month that subsequently passed the House and warned of the “negative impact” the crackdown could have on U.S.-Georgian relations.
The amendment decried “democratic backsliding” in the country and criminal charges against more than 100 government officials since Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, a close Kremlin ally, was elected in October 2012.
“Georgia has many allies in Congress who expect the newly elected government to function as a strong democracy. The incidents of persecutions, abuse, and violence are very troubling,” he said.
The Ivanishvili government’s arrests have netted dozens President Mikhail Saakashvili’s allies, include the former Prime Minister Ivane Merabishvili. who was previously expected to be a leading opposition candidate in Presidential elections this fall. Saakashvili has close ties to Washington and had sent troops to support US operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Ivanishvili’s government recently enlisted Washington firm Patton Boggs LLP to dissuade lawmakers from withdrawing economic and military support and to push back on press reports that Ivanishvili was allowing Georgia to become a safe haven for Iranian money and interests.
Victoria Nuland, the Obama administration’s nominee for assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs, also expressed unease about the alleged political motivations of the arrests at her nomination hearing.
“Nobody wants to see Georgia slide backward,” she said.

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Report: Two Americans Enrolled in Food Stamps for Every Job Obama 'Created'

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The White House has been touting the success of its economic agenda recently, claiming to have created 7.2 million jobs. But a look at the growing rolls of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) shows that for every job the administration says it created, two Americans have been added to the food stamp rolls.

In January of 2009, 32,204,859 Americans received SNAP aid, but as of April 2013, there were 47,548,694 Americans taking food stamps.
"That means that more than two Americans have been added to the food stamp rolls for every one job the administration says it has created," CNSNews reports.
Fifteen million more Americans have gone on food stamps since Obama took office in 2008.
Under Obama, 1.6 million more Americans are now collecting disability insurance, while 9.5 million workers have dropped out of the labor force altogether.

Darrell Issa: Energy Department Whistleblowers Gagged

Whistleblowers warned against cooperating with congressional investigators

Rep. Darrell Issa / AP

BY: Lachlan Markay
July 24, 2013 1:40 pm
Energy Department officials prohibited subordinates from speaking with congressional investigators about their probe into illicit hiring practices and related whistleblower retaliation allegations, according to the lead investigator.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, revealed in a letter obtained by the Washington Free Beacon that the deputy secretary of energy issued the gag order following a scathing inspector general report last week.
The report revealed that the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a division of the Department of Energy (DOE), had violated DOE hiring guidelines in ways that disadvantaged military veterans.
BPA employees who cooperated with the IG’s investigation, the report found, were fired, suspended, or otherwise sanctioned.
Issa revealed in a Wednesday, July 17, letter that Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman “verbally instructed Elliot Mainzer, the individual [Poneman] chose to serve as acting administrator of BPA, that no BPA employees were to talk with anyone regarding these allegations, including congressional investigators.”
Issa suggested that such a gag order could be illegal.
“Obstructing a congressional investigation is a crime,” he noted. “Additionally, denying or interfering with employees’ rights to furnish information to Congress is against the law.”
Transparency advocates raised similar concerns.
“Any attempt to ‘gag’ employees from communicating with Congress would be a gross violation of law,” said Stephen M. Kohn, executive director of the National Whistleblower Center, in an email.
“It is highly illegal for any federal agency to attempt to prevent employees or contractors from communicating whistleblower concerns with Members of Congress or an Inspector General,” Kohn said. “If true, this conduct by government officials would be intolerable.”
Oversight Committee spokesman Ali Ahmad told the Oregonian that a senior BPA official had informed the committee of Poneman’s gag order.
Issa requested a response from Poneman by noon on Wednesday. The committee could not confirm whether it had received a response by press time.
“BPA employees have the right to talk with Congress and to provide Congress information free from interference by the Department of Energy,” he wrote. “These employees also have a right to be free from fear of retaliation for sharing information with Congress.”
A BPA spokesman referred questions to DOE’s press office, which did not respond to a request for comment.

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Jesse Jackson Busted for Looting in London Riots

By Mark Donahue

Jesse Jackson appears in court

LONDON – Because of his scandalous displays of civil disobedience during this city’s destructive riots, Reverend Jesse Jackson was arrested and charged with looting yesterday by London police. He was taken to central booking and charged with theft, destruction of public property, aggravated assault and impersonating a clergyman. Prime Minister David Cameron issued a statement condemning Reverend Jackson’s actions and former Prime Minister Tony Blair told reporters he’d suspected Jackson of stealing before.
“When Reverend Jackson visits, one is apt to keep an eye on the silverware,” Blair told reporters. “We allowed him to attend several social functions when I was in office and his presence always coincided with the puzzling disappearance of light bulbs and lavatory soap. At the last reception he attended we assigned a security detail to keep an eye on him but he outsmarted them by slipping out a lavatory window with a shower curtain and several hand towels.”
Lawyers for Reverend Jackson argue that he is being persecuted by a conservative legal system that frowns upon dissent and muffles the cries of the disenfranchised. Although multiple security cameras recorded Reverend Jackson breaking store windows, looting merchandise and assaulting an elderly woman, his lawyers claim that he was sound asleep in his hotel room the night of the alleged crimes. When a reporter pointed out that the new sneakers Reverend Jackson was wearing at the time of his arrest were the same brand a security video shows him looting from a boutique, the lawyers said that Jackson had purchased his sneakers from a blind street vendor in Calcutta where he’d recently traveled to donate a swing-set to a grade school for lepers.
The courtroom was packed with spectators when a disheveled and irritated Jesse Jackson appeared before the magistrate. When asked to respond to the charges against him, Jackson sneered and spat on the floor. That sparked rambunctious cheers and whistles from the gallery, forcing the judge to angrily pound his gavel and demand silence. When the magistrate sternly cautioned the accused against spitting in the court room, Reverend Jackson grabbed his crotch and sneered, “I got your warning right here, Sir!”
Freelance reporter Dayle “Scoop” Curtis was covering the hearing for the Huffington Post.
“When Jesse grabbed his crotch and told the Judge what he could do with his reprimand, the courtroom erupted into mayhem. It was an amazing display of defiance. The crowd began chanting Jesse! Jesse! Jesse! as guards dragged Reverend Jackson away. It was just like a 60′s protest or something.”

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Reports that Jesse Jackson bit off the ear of one of the guards has not been substantiated, but his lawyer has confirmed that Jackson has taken a lover in jail.
“Reverend Jackson has needs. He makes no excuses and offers no apologies.”
Reverend Al Sharpton penned an op-ed piece in the NY Times following news of Jackson’s arrest in London:
“I stand by Reverend Jackson and I walk by him and adhere to him. I want it known without any equivocation and self doubt that if Reverend Jackson is not treated fairly that I will march. I demand Reverend Jackson get a swift trial and restitution. I offer my services to gently care for his mistresses and make sure his illegitimate children get their monthly paychecks. Jesse Jackson’s arrest and detainment is a travesty of the heinous and it will not go unheeded. I will march for a full congressional hearing and I demand that Reverend Jackson be exercised and immediately released on his own reconnaissance.”
Security camera videos appear to show Reverend Jackson at the head of a group of masked teenagers as they shatter store windows and steal merchandise. One video plainly shows Reverend Jackson wrestling what looks like a lava lamp out of the hands of an elderly woman. For several minutes the woman puts up an impressive fight before Jackson breaks her grip on the lamp by thrashing her over the head with a large toaster. Several of the teenagers arrested said that Jackson was determined to find stores that carried Giuseppe Zanotti sneakers. An anonymous source inside Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition said Jesse Jackson desperately wanted a pair of $700 Giuseppe Zanotti sneakers, but was not willing to pay the retail price.

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“Last month Reverend Jackson attempted to extort the Giuseppe Zanotti company but his threats of a boycott fell on deaf ears. He was really disappointed. But when he heard about the riots in London he saw an opportunity to get some free sneakers while fighting for the underprivileged at the same time. He said it was divine intervention because God wanted him to have those sneakers.”
Many of the teenagers who conspired with Jackson feel the experience was valuable.
“Smashing store windows and looting with Jesse Jackson is something I’ll carry with me for the rest of my life,” one of the teenagers remarked. “Now I know how Rosa Parks must have felt.”

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ANOTHER OBAMA SCANDAL: DOE Secretary illegally prohibited employees from speaking to Congress

Posted by The Right Scoop on July 24th, 2013 in Politics | 23 Comments

This administration is corrupt from top to bottom. In this instance, the DOE Secretary prohibited employees from speaking to Congress after a ‘scathing’ inspector general report revealed that a division of the DOE “violated DOE hiring guidelines in ways that disadvantaged military veterans.”
Not only that, but employees who participated in the IG report were “fired, suspended, or otherwise sanctioned.”
FREE BEACON – Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, revealed in a letter obtained by the Washington Free Beacon that the deputy secretary of energy issued the gag order following a scathing inspector general report last week.
The report revealed that the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a division of the Department of Energy (DOE), had violated DOE hiring guidelines in ways that disadvantaged military veterans.
BPA employees who cooperated with the IG’s investigation, the report found, were fired, suspended, or otherwise sanctioned.
Issa revealed in a Wednesday, July 17, letter that Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman “verbally instructed Elliot Mainzer, the individual [Poneman] chose to serve as acting administrator of BPA, that no BPA employees were to talk with anyone regarding these allegations, including congressional investigators.”
Issa suggested that such a gag order could be illegal.
“Obstructing a congressional investigation is a crime,” he noted. “Additionally, denying or interfering with employees’ rights to furnish information to Congress is against the law.”

EXPOSED: Dem Party Submits Different Obama Birth Certificate To Alabama Supreme Court Than One He Released At White House Press Conference

Apr 30, 2013 60 Comments Jake Hammer

Would the guy who’s in the middle of a Benghazi coverup bigger than Watergate and who dummied up a deportation document for a Saudi really produce a forged birth certificate? Is that of character and modus operandi for someone like that? Nah! Crazy talk in Crazy Town!
Related – Breitbart: Saudi’s Deportation Record Altered

Excerpted from Free Republic: In an unusual rare move, the Alabama Democratic Party has submitted a amicus brief in the McInnish Goode v Chapman Appeal case. The reason being is most likely because the Alabama Supreme Court has Chief Justice Roy Moore presiding over it. He supported Lt. Col. Terry Lakin during his court martial. Another worry for them is another justice named Tom Parker. He once opined in a prior McInnish case:
“McInnish has attached certain documentation to his mandamus petition, which, if presented to the appropriate forum as part of a proper evidentiary presentation, would raise serious questions about the authenticity of both the “short form” and the “long form” birth certificates of President Barack Hussein Obama that have been made public.”
This has reasons for the Alabama Democratic Party to be alarmed. In the amicus brief, the Alabama Democratic Party attacked the merits of the appeal, calling the evidence submitted by McInnish “inadmissible and not worthy of belief” and stated:
“A county sheriff from Arizona is not an “official source” of anything in Alabama.”
One thing that stands out in the amicus brief filed, specifically on page 33 is something new. It’s a Barack Obama long form birth certificate that has a different backing, something not seen before. It’s not the normal security paper backing that the Hawaii Dept. Of Health has been using. It is raising a lot of questions that even has Obama supporters baffled. Click on the link and scroll to page 33 of the brief to see the birth certificate.
Here is the Dem party’s amicus brief. For details on the non-matching birth certificate they submitted, see the story below it.

SCOAL 2013-04-24 McInnish|Goode v Chapman APPEAL – ADP Amicus Brief by Jack Ryan

Excerpted from OBAMA RELEASE YOUR RECORDS
Eligibility case in Alabama has Barack Obama Long Form
Birth Certificate filed with the court with new problems arising
The three different copies obtained are:
1. The PDF copy posted by the obot Jack Ryan (Fogbow) shows a completely different background with a diamond pattern (pg 33) and it opens up with hundreds of layers. This poses numerous problems to be discussed later however the issue of greatest significance is the fact that the document is not secure and can be altered by anybody.

SCOAL 2013-04-24 McInnish|Goode v Chapman APPEAL – ADP Amicus Brief by Jack Ryan

We asked Adobe expert Mara Zebest for her opinion on the Fogbow version and here is her response:
“The fact that the document displays another permutation of the Obama birth certificate should come as no surprise. In fact, this recent variation actually proves the argument that the layers displayed in the White House PDF released as Obama’s “official” birth certificate file — are in fact — a big F***ing deal (to quote Joe Biden). This variation not only proves the point that manipulation occurred to create Obama’s PDF, but is further proof that – due to the layers — it is easy for manipulation to continue to occur.” — This here is for Obot eyes.

Additionally, the Fogbow copy does not have a raised seal which is required to be official.

Obama Birth Certificate No Seal – Alabama Supreme Court – Fogbow Upload – 4/24/2013 by ObamaRelease YourRecords

2. The PDF copy e-filed by the Alabama Democratic Party with the Alabama Supreme Court was obtained by Birther Report. The diamond pattern is not found on this e-filing. Pixel Patriot analysis reveals the security paper background extended on the right side farther than the visible area of the PDF copy (clipped/masked version) posted on the White House servers on April 27th, 2011.

McInnish v Chapman – Amicus Curiae Brief Obtained From Alabama Democratic Party – 4/23/2013 by ObamaRelease YourRecords

McInnish v Chapman - Obama Birth Certificate - Alabama Democratic Party Amicus Brief - Pg33 - ExhibitB - 4-23-2013 -bdr

The significance is that there can’t be more from a copy than an original.
3. Pixel Patriot has obtained a certified copy from the Alabama Supreme Court of the Amicus Curiae brief filed by the Alabama Democratic Party. More to come…
Embedded below is the actual e-filing obtained from the Alabama Democratic Party’s attorney:
FLASHBACK: AL Supreme Court: Serious Questions About Authenticity of Obama’s Birth Certificates – DETAILS HERE.

McInnish v Chapman – Amicus Curiae Brief Obtained From Alabama Democratic Party – 4/23/2013

2006: Obama In Kenya: I Am So Proud To Come Back Home - VIDEO HERE.
2007: Michelle Obama Declares Obama Is Kenyan And America Is Mean - VIDEO HERE.
2008: Michelle Obama Declares Barack Obama’s Home Country Is Kenya - VIDEO HERE.
FLASHBACK: Obama Is The Original Birther! Obama In 1991 Stated In His Own Bio He Was Born In Kenya. DETAILS HERE.

AZ Sheriff Arpaio: Obama Birth Cert & Draft Reg Card Are Forged! – Wash Times Natl Wkly – 12 Mar 2012 -…

The Washington Post’s “Eric Holder Resignation Date” Contest

The Washington Post’s “Eric Holder Resignation Date” Contest…

by Ulsterman on July 23, 2013 with 1 Comments in News

Hmmm…at least some at the Washington Post seem inclined to believe that Eric Holder is actually on his way out. So much so in fact that they have turned the speculation into a contest…

( Leaving so soon Eric? Really? )
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Here is the Washington Post contest story:

Guess Eric Holder’s departure date : a Loop contest

Wednesday is the final day to enter the Loop’s contest to predict exactly when Attorney General Eric Holder will resign.

Trayvon's FATHER BELONGED TO A GANG...the CRIPS. The side of the story that has been covered up!

by Yo'Adrienne..AFCL Posted July 14, 2013

Trayvon Martin.....following in his father's footsteps. {His TATTOO after the change]
Praying hands....how nice.,
Considering the ubiquity of gang signs even outside the ghetto and the rest of
the hood signage, it may not mean all that much except that Trayvon Martin’s
family background was not particularly conducive to not acting like a thug.
Why did Trayvon Martin's father change the TATTOO on his neck...between March 22 and March 26th, 2012?

Did father of Trayvon Martin cover up a gang tattoo after becoming famous?
CaT, Crips all the Time; yes the criminal gang the Crips. That tattoo was replaced with praying hands shortly before Obama made his statement, "if I had a son, he would look like Trayvon," Trayvon's Dad had to clean up his image.
Trayvon was heavily tattoed himself; minors can't get tattoos without parental consent.
It appears to say “CaT” in scrolled tattoo script.

Change of Behavior or Defiant Behavior – In the 2011-2012 school year Trayvon Martin was suspended from school three times. In addition in June of 2011 he was using his social media platforms to reflect a severe anti-social personality.

Grades Drop / Truancy – in the 2011/2012 school year
from August to February Trayvon had been absent 53 days from school.
Generally that would be considered excessive by any standard.

Unexplained Money / Jewelry – The second suspension from school was for having unknown jewelry in his posession and what was called by school administrators as “a burgalry tool”.

Slang – One only needs to look at his twitter feed, and Facebook pages to rapidly identify almost another language with profanity and well-versed slang use.
(not posting any examples here.)
Graffitti on Books and Walls – Again part of the 2nd school suspension for writing vulgarities with permanent marker on school lockers.

According to the report,
on Oct. 21 staffers monitoring a security camera at Dr. Michael M. Krop
Senior High School spotted Trayvon and two other students writing
“W.T.F.,” an acronym for “What the f—,” on a hallway locker, according
to schools police. The security employee, who knew Trayvon, confronted
the teen and looked through his bag for the graffiti marker.

Trayvon’s backpack contained 12 pieces of jewelry, in
addition to a watch and a large flathead screwdriver, according to the
report, which described the screwdriver as a burglary tool.

Nicknames and Streetnames – “NO_LIMIT_NIGGA” was his twitter handle, and “Trey” was his common albeit strangely spelled nickname amid his social circle.
Evidence of Drug Use - School suspension for Marijuana and also widely reported by us in former posts on the subject.

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New details emerge from Benghazi

Murdered in Benghazi

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The UK's Daily Mail reveals that a CNN camera crew has dug up some new details on the attack on Benghazi and the death of Ambassador Stevens, including a film of the ambassador being carried from the compound to the hospital. They talked to eyewitnesses and the attending doctor, who pronounced Stevens dead.
Stevens and three others were killed in a six hour attack that included members of the Islamist militia Ansar al-Sharia. Ansar al-Sharia has denied that they planned the attack but did not dispute that some of their members were involved. There has been speculation that former president Morsi of Egypt was involved, but it has never been confirmed.
CNN spoke with a man who filmed the ambassador being carried from the compound. CNN reporter Amwa Damon spoke to the man who told the reporter, 'I thought it was a driver or a security guy. He had a pulse and his eyes were moving. His mouth was black from all the smoke.'
That's consistant with what the doctor, Dr Ziad Abu Zei, told the same CNN crew, 'I began resuscitating him but after 45 minutes the patient gave no signs of life.'
Stevens body was then taken by the protesters who shouted, "Allah Akbar, as they drug his body through the streets.
The attacked spawned criricism of both President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for not providing the ambassador with proper security. Eric Nordstrom testified in front of congress that he and Ambassador Stevens had made multiple requests for more security, but that all such requests were denied.
One such request was denied directly by Ms. Clinton, which is contrary to the testimony she gave to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Jan. 23. The incident is detailed in a report by several committees with access to White House correspondance. The report outlined three major details:
(1) The committees' Republicans conclude that Clinton approved security reductions at the consulate, pointing to evidence such as an April 2012 State Department cable bearing her signature. The cable was a formal request from then-U.S. Ambassador to Libya Gene Cretz for more security. In her testimony before Congress in January, Clinton said, "With specific security requests they didn't come to me. I had no knowledge of them."
(2) The interim report also charges that White House and senior State Department officials attempted to protect the State Department from criticism by altering accurate talking points drafted by the intelligence community. For instance, the report says that, after a Sept. 15, 2012 meeting, administration officials removed references to the likely participation of Islamic extremists.
(3) The report also contradicts administration claims that the talking points were changed to protect classified information. None of the email exchanges reviewed ever mentioned a concern about classified information, according to the report.
Veteran CNN reporter Damon said, 'It's still stunning to see how little protection the compound had.' Her report also details facts about the rise of the Islamic extremists in Libya.
The extremists are making it difficult for the fledgling government of Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf to transition from 42 years of dictatorship.