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Acknowledgment, american commandos were now boots on the ground. >> carol, the pentagon subsequently released video from the come pckpit of the air stri they sent in after they left the compou compound. the air strike that destroyed the remaining isis facility, hoping to target whatever militants remained inside and make it unusable going forwards. it is rare that you see this kind of detail, this kind of footage. acknowledged by american officials to be genuine of american special forces in act...

>> he had the fax number of the state department. >> did e he have your home address? >> no, i dont think any ambassador has ever asked me for that. >> did he ever stop by your house? >> no, he did not. >>. mr. blumenthal had had those. this man who provided you so much information on libya had access in ways that senior diplomat had to you and your person. i had a picture up here. you didnt recognize who he was. were you briefed that he was present at the compound the night that ambassador stev...

Stormed the u.s. diplomatic compound in benghazi. then a separate cia annex. this time there were no outbursts during the course of the hearing. no banging on the table like we saw in 2013. but the session in the first three and a half hours did end on a very, very acrimonious note. watch this. >> would the gentleman yield? >> you need to make sure -- >> thats exactly what i want to do. >> then go ahead. >> im about to tell you. i move we put into. the record the entire transcript of sydney blum...

Plrly residents. the diplomatic security officers were able to get both chris and shawn into that safe room. of course, the idea behind the safe room, why security experts advocated for them was to protect our civilians, our diplomats from attacks like the one that was occurring. the attackers used diesel fuel to set the compound on fire. and the safe room was anything but safe. im sure the committee members know that neither chris stevens more shawn smith died from injuries directly inflicted b...

He weighed in on whether or not the compound should stay open. but id like to direct your attention to and e-mail thats at tab 4 dated december 15th from chris stevens. . i might add for the record we still do this day have all of his e-mails. we dont have the universe of the e-mails. but he e-mailed to a reporting officer who we know was in benghazi still. he wrote, interesting, has security improved in benghazi in recent weeks? also curious what you guys decided to do regarding future of the c...

How is that possible? >> well, congresswoman, one of the great attributes that chris stevens had was a good sense of humor. i see him smiling as hes typing this because it is clearly in response to the e-mail down below talking about pick up a few, quote, fire sale items from the brits. >> those fire side items, by the way, are barricades. >> thats right. >> they are additional request for security for the compound. thats what the fire sale was because we werent providing enough physical securit...

To threats and then we took him out. we did not close the embassy at that time. so he had returned to finish out his time and we were in the process of moving him to another indictment and fom nating chris stevens to replace him. >> you didnt talk to chris stevens? >> while i was in libya, i dont recall. of course, we consulted with him as to who we would meet with, what we would ask for. we were trying hard to get the people in positions of authority at that time in libya to let us work with th...

Investigation is all about? you let the facts lead you. >> ideally an investigation you know what your object is in the sense you want to know what you want to find out. is this about determining whether there was gun running or a stand down order or whether there were interferences of security. . what are we going to be looking for? whats the scope? they could never say. thats the kwint sensual definition of a fishing expedition. >> i dont think anybody heard the fact that the secretary had e-m...

There were protests at the consulate of the diplomatic facility and the assessment of the intelligence agencies thereafter until we got the video from the compound itself was there was a protest. if you look at the secretarys comments to the prime minister, at the time she made those, that was the intel she received. if you look at later when she knew more, she was able to say more. but that just tracked the flow of intelligence as we were getting it and the secretary was getting it. >> thank yo...

To happen next. the fact that we targeted his compound to take out what was perceived to be a command of control, he should be getting uneasy now. hopefully, we have a diplomatic line to convince him to leave. >> very quickly. the president and military officials said we are taking the lead in days, not weeks. our role is going to be pulled back. can they guarantee that to the american people? do we have assurances at all? >> i think thats their intent. remember, the enmy has a vote. the first t...