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stevens. that was two and a half weeks ago. two and a half weeks that have seen the administration first describe this as a spontaneous outburst even though our reporting revealed that officials knew within 24 hours that it was not. only much later did they back away from that assessment. today, the director of national intelligence, james clapper, put out a statement explaining that early evidence supported that theory so thats why they told the white house and congress. clapper says ...

officials knew within 24 hours it was not. today the director of national intelligence, james clapper, explained early evidence supported that theory, so thats why they told the white house and congress. clapper says throughout the investigation, his agency made it clear that the assessment was preliminary and could change. neither his statement nor our source have a time frame. law enforcement officials knew within 24 hours this was a terror attack. reporting reveals that even though ...

intelligence, james clapper, explained early evidence supported that theory, so thats why they told the white house and congress. clapper says throughout the investigation, his agency made it clear that the assessment was preliminary and could change. neither his statement nor our source have a time frame. law enforcement officials knew within 24 hours this was a terror attack. reporting reveals that even though the administration says the investigation is going smoothly, the fbi has h...

intelligence, james clapper, explained early evidence supported that theory, so thats why they told the white house and congress. clapper says throughout the investigation, his agency made it clear that the assessment was preliminary and could change. neither his statement nor our source have a time frame. law enforcement officials knew within 24 hours this was a terror attack. reporting reveals that even though the administration says the investigation is going smoothing, the fbi has ...

visited libya with mcandrews & forbes. and former fbi assistant dictor tom pointes who has extensive experience in investigating attacks overseas. so there was military protection to go into benghazi, why didnt they get it? >> the answer to the question is not really clear. so its not unusual, when you want to set up a security perimeter, you may look to the host country. if the host country is unable or unwilling to provide it, we dont know what the answer to that is, you may ask if y...

visited libya with mcandrews & forbes. and former fbi assistant director tom pointes who has extensive experience in investigating attacks overseas. so there was military protection to go into benghazi, why didnt they get it? >> the answer to the question is not really clear. so its not unusual, when you want to set up a security perimeter, you may look to the host country. if the host country is unable or unwilling to provide it, we dont know what the answer to that is, you may ask if...

to provide perimeter support in benghazi, protection, in other words, but that request was not granted. frans a former white house homeland security advisor. she served in the george w. bush administration, currently she sits on the cia external advisory panel and recently visited libya with her employer, mcandrews and forbes. also joining us, former fbi assistant director, tom fuentes, who has extensive experience investigating attacks on americans overseas, and former cia officer, bo...

advisory panel and recently visited libya with mcandrews & forbes. and former fbi assistant director tom pointes who has extensive experience in investigating attacks overseas. so there was military protection to go into benghazi, why didnt they get it? >> the answer to the question is not really clear. so its not unusual, when you want to set up a security perimeter, you may look to the host country. if the host country is unable or unwilling to prode it, we dont know what the answer ...