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In reply to the discussion: CIA: We Didn’t Ask for Help During Benghazi Attack [View all]Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)31. I don't know if Stevens was at "a CIA torture prison," but...
...there are certainly lots of unanswered questions here that have little to do with pointing fingers over the Sept 11 attack.
Why did the CIA have a large base in Benghazi?
What were those CIA guys up to in Benghazi?
Were there Libyans being held by the CIA there, as Paula Broadwell let slip?
Was the CIA setting up gun-running operations to the Syrian rebels?
The fact that Republicans are attempting to make political hay over the attack should not distract us from trying to figure out just exactly what the hell our government is up to over there.
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yeah, we need to move forward with the impeachment of President Obama and his crimes against America
Victor_c3
Nov 2012
#25
“Assistance from the U.S. military was critical, and we got what we requested,”
CJCRANE
Nov 2012
#12
A security officer from the diplomatic compound called the embassy in Tripoli,
amandabeech
Nov 2012
#59
EXACTLY correct! Faux News will say the WH pressured the CIA to testify as it did.
valerief
Nov 2012
#26
I doubt it. They already played their impeachment card and the public will see them
politicaljunkie41910
Nov 2012
#34