Benghazi committee releases investigation report
The select committee investigating the Benghazi attacks has released its report.
The report, which is more than 800 pages, details the events in 2011 and 2012 in which four Americans were killed during an attack on the American Embassy in Libya.
Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods were killed during the attack.
Hillary Clinton, who was serving as secretary of state during the attacks on Sept. 11, 2012, has come under fire for her actions in the days leading up to and after the attack.
Clinton, according to CNN, told the House Benghazi Committee during a marathon testimony session in 2015 that she knew of dangers in Libya, but "there was no actionable intelligence" of a planned attack.
- No military assets were sent to Benghazi and none were on the way to Libya when the last two Americans were killed about 8 hours after the attacks began. [pg 141]
- When Ambassador Stevens was missing, the White House held a meeting that focused on a YouTube video and action items that contained the phrases "if any deployment is made," "Libya must agree to any deployment," and "will not deploy until order comes to either Tripoli or Benghazi." [pg. 115]
- A Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team sat on a plane in Spain for three hours, changing in and out of their uniforms four times. [pg. 154]
- The Bureau of Diplomatic Security was excluded when the State Department extended its presence in Benghazi. [pg. 74]
- Clinton was being prepared for a trip to Libya scheduled for October 2012 [pg. 96]
- Ambassador Stevens had planned to travel to Benghazi in August 2012, but canceled the trip because of security reasons. [pg. 99]
Read the latest on the report here.
Clinton's campaign released a statement concerning the report, saying that the findings were partisan and that it is breaking from the precedent of other Congressional investigations, by releasing select parts of the report.
