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Congressional committee in private, this is empore ror having no clothes. the administration will never conduct an investigation. result of which well know before election day. the administration cannot now admit its pollties over there have been a failure. got rid of a bad guy, strong man and replaced him with people worse than he is. mob rule who will kill the people and destroy our assets. even though we ought to have known they were there and they were coming. the administrations behavior is...

Saying al qaeda in libya, a profile, what did they know and when did they know it? i worked in the white house during water gaet -- watergate, the steady constant drip, drip, drip, the story changed every day. in the end it was a cover-up. i would like to know if the administration is covering something up? did they know in advance? why didnt they protect the ambassador? why have they been so reluctant talk about what it really is, what everybody understands it is which is a terrorist attack? je...

Stuff today. when we discovered that the f.b.i. has not been there in 16 days, that is reprehensible and inexcusable. it can tell you from my prior career you find evidence of criminal behavior and who was involved in the time period closeest to the crime. whether you call it a crime or act of terrorism. >> bret: the f.b.i. says the security concerns and they are concerned about the agents lives and that understandable. >> very understandable. >> bret: but it brings question about why a u.s. amb...

Single fbi agent on the ground in benghazi. were all looking toward that investigation because thats what were told from the administration will provide more answers, the fbi investigation, if no one is on the ground what are we to make of that? >> i think you make a couple of things. why is anybody not on the ground? is it too dangerous for the fbi to go there? secondly if the administration says, hold your horses wait until we got full investigation and we find out there is no investigation, a...

Acta, security in libya was deteriorating. in august, a defense department report on the rise of al-qaeda in libya there was another warning about islamic extremists and the potential for action. >> there was a thread of intelligence reporting that groups in the environment in western -- correction -- eastern libya were seeking to coalesce, but there wasnt anything specific. >> reporter: while the white house consistently cited the need for investigation to play out, fox news told 16 days after ...

A question about what happened on the ground, lack of intelligence and security and preparation, they deflected and say we cant answer because there is an ongoing inquiry. now we learn there isnt especially anybody, f.b.i. on the ground supposed to be conducting the inquiry. i think at every level, this administration wanted to suppression of the story because it went completely against its storyline of the great success it had against al-qaeda. >> bret: judge, this other part of the story, two ...

The substance of the journal which has been reported widely. it said that he was concerned about what he called the never-ending security threats there, especially in benghazi. the ambassador specifically mentioned the rise in extremeism and the growing frefs al qaeda in libya and said he was on an al qaeda hit list. >> we dont know how he came to believe this but he had excellent contacts in the libyan opposition. he may have been told that by security personnel. but im sure if he believed secu...

Region. to what end is yet to be seen. back to you. >> bret: leland vittert live in cairo. thank you. not all of the protests in the region are anti-american. hundreds of pro-government and pro-u.s. demonstrators marched on the headquarters of the main islamist militia group in benghazi, libya today. they pulled down the militia flag there and torched a vehicle holding pro u.s. signs. now to a story that critics say is already a foreign policy scandal. were getting a clearer picture of what real...

The public he is keeping america safe at home and abroad. >> we still face american threats and we have to make sure the military and diplomats are protected. >> pentagon officials claimed marines were in another part of libya protecting the embassy before the benghazi attack and then admitted that was not true. state department officials said there were no libyan security guards inside the perimeter of the u.s. consulate and had to walk that back. >> you hate to think that the president would p...

Are talking about the issue that the administration facing, people cant get upset first about something they dont know that much about. seconds of all, given quite honestly voters heavy focus on the economy and in a sense theyre tired of always worrying about thingsover seas. its hard for to blow up? >> the problem is it is blowing up, david. kirsten, you look at al-qaeda in libya. and theyre expanding. today there was a protest there, the demonstration there that was pro-u.s. good sign. senator...