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WCLK
April 18, 2018
He did point to the current diplomatic efforts and said he has "read the CIA histories of previous negotiations with the North Koreans, and am confident ... perhaps best known as an outspoken critic of Hillary Clinton and the way she handled the attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya,Ãâà...
Politico
April 17, 2018
Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) raised the issue in an interview, and said that although he didn't support Pompeo for CIA, he would hold off on taking a position on his State Department nomination until they met in person. "I want to meet with him first, but I'm concerned about what he did at the Benghazi hearings,”Ãâà...
New York Times
April 16, 2018
On that September night, Mr. Obeidi was on duty at the base of his militia, an armed group called Libya Shield, that was the most powerful in Benghazi at the time. At around 1 a.m., a few hours after the attacks began, an American rescue team of military special operators and a C.I.A. officer landed atÃâà...
The Australian Financial Review
April 16, 2018
Pulverised buildings daubed with the names of fallen fighters line the ghostly seafront in Benghazi, Libya's second largest city. ... He has allowed the CIA to establish a base in Benghazi – a low-key US return to the city after Ambassador Christopher Stevens was killed there in 2012 – and a handful of USÃâà...
Vox
April 15, 2018
He's known for his hawkish stance on Iran and his grilling of Hillary Clinton over Benghazi. Trump has grown to like him as director of the CIA, and they've developed a close relationship over Pompeo's daily intelligence briefings. Vox's Alex Ward, who has a complete explainer on Pompeo and hisÃâà...
New York Times
April 13, 2018
Khalifa Hifter, the military strongman whose forces routed the last Islamist militias from Benghazi in December. ... He has already allowed the C.I.A. to establish a base in Benghazi — a low-key American return to the city after Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens was killed there in 2012 — and a handful ofÃâà...
Libyan Express
April 13, 2018
Libya eastern warlord Khalifa Haftar has already allowed the C.I.A. to establish a base in Benghazi — a low-key American return to the city after Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens was killed there in 2012 — and a handful of American Special Forces operators are present at an air base near the city,Ãâà...
The Morning Journal
April 12, 2018
WASHINGTON >> Mike Pompeo, the hard-charging CIA director picked to be the next secretary of state, will tell the Senate on Thursday that years of soft ... to all eight living former secretaries — including Hillary Clinton, whom he famously criticized over the 2012 attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya.
Newsaegis
April 12, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mike Pompeo, the congressman-turned-CIA director who's now been chosen to be secretary of state, promised Thursday to make the ... to all eight living former secretaries - including Hillary Clinton, whom he famously criticized over the 2012 attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya.
The Oakland Press
April 12, 2018
Outgoing CIA Director Pompeo will tell senators weighing his confirmation as secretary of state that years of soft U.S. policy toward Russia are “now over. ... to all eight living former secretaries — including Hillary Clinton, whom he famously criticized over the 2012 attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya.
KUSI
April 12, 2018
But many diplomats have privately voiced apprehension about Pompeo's history of sometimes hostile comments toward the gay community and Islam and his fierce criticism of the Obama administration's handling of the aftermath of the Benghazi attacks. Pompeo, who was confirmed for the CIA job by aÃâà...
Foreign Policy (blog)
April 11, 2018
As Pompeo prepares to lead the State Department after being nominated by President Donald Trump, it is important to recall his role in the Benghazi investigation and the ... And now that he has some experience as CIA director, perhaps he has new appreciation for the importance of strong diplomacy.
AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
April 4, 2018
Later, he joined the CIA's Global Response Staff, conducting low-profile security in high-threat environments – his job at the time of the attack on the US diplomatic compound in Benghazi. Greatly outnumbered, Tig and his fellow security personnel held off repeated terrorist attacks on the compound for 13Ãâà...
Minot Daily News
March 3, 2018
... a Grammy-winning gospel singer; and Kris “Tanto” Paronto, former U.S. Army Ranger and CIA security contractor who was part of the CIA annex security team during the 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Ambassador to Libya and the CIA compound in Benghazi.. A news release for A Magic City ChristmasÃâà...
Conservative Review
March 2, 2018
—Benghazi: In addition to the scandalous betrayal and deaths of our people, Obama and his cohorts concocted and disseminated the lie that the ... They knew, because the CIA made it clear, that the attack was not the result of a spontaneous protest of an anti-Muslim video but preplanned by al-Qaida.
The Western Journal
March 2, 2018
In 2012, Attkisson's work computer was hacked while she was reporting on the Benghazi scandal for CBS. ... “(A) sophisticated entity that used commercial, nonattributable spyware that's proprietary to a government agency: either the CIA, FBI, the Defense Intelligence Agency or the National SecurityÃâà...
Mediaite
February 28, 2018
... to blame for the Parkland, Florida shooting, just like in “Benghazi.” During a segment with veteran Kris Paronto, who was part of the CIA's security team during the 2012 infamous attack in Libya, Stinchfield likened the recent school shooting that resulted in the death of 17 people to the Benghazi incident.
CBS News
February 22, 2018
There's a real question about the relationship between the CIA and the State Department, how they coexist in some of these locations and support each other." Brennan was also asked why Stevens was in Benghazi during the incident, which happened on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Tablet Magazine
February 9, 2018
11, 2012 attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi. Two years later, the New York Times reported that Clinton had used a private email server during her entire tenure as secretary of state. Had she mishandled classified intelligence by exposing it to possible hacking on an unsecure server?
Salt Lake Tribune
February 5, 2018
Back in October 2012, in the early days of what would ultimately be known as “Benghazi!!!,” our own Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz managed to blow the cover on a secret CIA operation headquartered at the Benghazi consulate compound during a hearing of the House Government Oversight Committee.
The Daily Dot
February 1, 2018
Issa, Gowdy, and Chaffetz all entered Congress at different times, but they coalesced around a singular idea: Hillary Clinton's guilt in the Benghazi attack. For those who have forgotten the attack in Libya and the ensuing five years of drama, on Sept. 11, 2o12, a U.S. diplomatic mission and CIA compoundÃâà...
NBCNews.com
November 28, 2017
"A federal jury convicted Ahmed Abu Khatallah for the terror he inflicted upon the patriotic men and women — from the State Department and CIA — in Benghazi, Libya, on the night of September 11, 2012," Pompeo said. "It took intelligence to find him, soldiers to assist in capturing him, law enforcement toÃâà...
Politico
October 10, 2017
Testifying under unusual secrecy measures—including wearing what the judge described as "light disguise"—the CIA officers told a federal jury at the Washington trial of a Benghazi militia leader about how they flew in from Tripoli on the night of the assault on the U.S. diplomatic compound in BenghaziÃâà...
KITV Honolulu
December 31, 1999
Last month, President Donald Trump nominated Pompeo, then his CIA director, to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Pompeo will face a confirmation hearing later ... While in Congress, Pompeo questioned Clinton regarding her private email server and the Benghazi attacks. Though the House SelectÃâà...
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