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considerable knowledge what happened during the attack on the consulate and apparently the obama administration is concerning their views don't support the so-called official account of events. former justice official of the house intelligence committee victoria say it's a vlation of law. she represents one of the state department employees. >> my client is being so compliant with the law. here is the state department was trying to ignore this until you beat up on this. they were obstructing justice. >> adam housley has learned from an unnamed special operator who watched the events that took place in benghazi that the official account may be wrong, perhaps terribly weakening. they say the united states had military assets in position to act and respond to save at least two of the lives that were lost in that attack. we take you a of that up tonight with former c.i.a. operative michael sawyer who led the bin laden unit and thomas mcnerney and congressman robert lotta on the losing war on tracking and the crush the keystone pipeline. someone inside the obama white house is issuing threats and intimidating employees of the state departmental that wishes to share critical information. fox news chief washington correspondent james rosen has our report. >> state department pushed back against charges first aired on fox news alleging thatenghazi whistleblowers have faced threats and intimidation. >> we do have to look at the issue and de-politicize it. american people deserve answers. i'm determined there will be an accountable and open state department. >> the state department would never tolerate sanction retaliation against whistleblowers on any issue. that is an obligation we take very seriously. >> president obama professed to be aware of loaning standing efforts to question survivors of the benghazi attack in which terrorists killed the u.s. ambassador to libya and three other americans. >> i'm not familiar with this notion that anybody has been blocked from testifying. so with a i'll do is i will find out what exactly you are referring to. >> on mochb, former justice department official victoria tony sing identified herse as one of the attorney as benghazi whistleblower but they say no such whistleblowers have come forward. yet republican congressman darre issa wrote to the state department's number two lawyer back on april 16. attorneys representing department personnel in this matter will require clearance to possess and discuss sensitive information. >> they've had two letters from chairman issa, one on april 16, the other one april 26. we want you to provide a process clearing a laer to receive classified information. how can they lie to the press corps. >> that is why we need to give them immunity. the administration has lost his credibility. >> fox news has learned that the house oversight government reform committee will hold a fresh round on benghazi with the first slated to start next week. here now to talk about the administration a and benghazi, e mixed messages and appearance of a stone wall over more than 7-month period, former c.i.a. operative and head of the bin laden tracking unit and mike iterney. let me begin with you. i will put it this way and i don't in a trivial manner. the noise that is suddenly being made on this date about bwz at least four whistleblowers coming forward at this time? >> it's not surprising, they suppress the truth, they decided not to rescue four americans that were in trouble when they knew how deep that trouble was. we have had a continuing series of lies. this is clinton saying she didn't know that her ambassador needed more security. the president going off to las vegas to raise money instead of trying to help those people that were being attacked, it's kind of embulus parade of lies. i think the dam is breaking here because of the special forces fellow. there is no doubt that we could have made an effort even with the peopleho were on the ground there. >> general, the assets are in place in position, whether the southern europe or whether it be in northern africa, do you have a read as to the degree to which you have confidence in with a the official account is that there were not assets in position to deploy to rescue these americans, specifically the four who were killed? >> no, i don't have confidence, lou. first of all, let's remember it was 9/11, 11th anniversary of the most horrific taking on the united states. we had assets in the mediterranean. we have a fighter base of f-16s and should have been on airborne alert right off of libya. we gone through actions taken down moammar khadafy. >> we had a c-10 force and spenl operations force in croatia on an exercise. on 9/11, why would you have such a valuable asset in another area on an exercise rather than say at signella or in libya on alert? why were there not more airborne ground alerted forth on that very special day. >> and southern italy, libya is itself. michael, this group, covert force compromised of as adam housley reported some 40 c.i.a. operatives. is it typical they would be able to be dispatched on that quick a notice to speed in time all the way to benghazi? >> in the case of benghazi, in the case of libya, as the general just said, libya was falling apart. the administration wanted to continue the pletense that democracy was coming. certainly as an intelligence officers you are alws respectful of what the president or the political people say, but nonetheless you put forces in place just in case it happens when they are wrong. i'm sure that the military both in terms of special forces and the marines and the agency had people ready to help. you have to remember on the friday before they leaked the story to make sure that petraeus had to resign, he said no one at the c.i.a. refused to help those people who were undee attack which directly leads back to the white house as the people who stopped a mission to save them. >> are you intimate go that petraeus' fall, he was hardly the first general to have an affair -- are you suggesting that that affair was tied to take responsibility or make it abundantly clear where the blame lies? >> i think there is no doubt about it based on the information that came out afterwards. the affair had been examined and found to have no national security implications. obama had to get rid of the secretary of defense because he had been a strong secretary of defense and a c.i.a. director and petraeus also knew from his experience that we're not involved in a law enforcement action against islamists. this is war. he had to get rid of petraeus and had to put somebody in like john brennan to tow the line. >> poop boy aside, do you agree with michael's assessment here? what are your views? >> i think michael said it about right. if general petraeus is rought back, subpoenaed or brought back to testify, he is going to tell the truth. that is very important for the committee to do. it's equally important to get survivors, people who were engaged in the operation to testify which the administration here to for has not happened. many have been shifted so the media couldn't get them right away. i believe we have other problems with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and very strong secretary of defense panetta who's answers under oath were not compelling. once the dam starts to break, there will be lot of people coming forward and discussing their views. >> thank you very much. good to have you with us. >> consumer confidence hit a three-year high. stocks hit a record. the boys used double miles from their capital one venture card to fly home for the big family reunion. you must be garth's father? 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>> yes, including for those that care about having two parties, including the death of the republican party. romney would have won the last election if we had the same population in america that we had demographically that we had in 1980, but teddy kennedy's plan cut off the immigrants where they had been coming for the first 200 years of existence. no, you can't come here if you are a danish surgeon, we're going to get the push cart operator from pakistan because his cousin immigrated here a month mog mo ago. entire tribes are moving here. you especially here on the business channel, everybody is talking about these poor guys with the blue collar jobs. what we need is the high i.q. labor force -- why are we importing all these low skilled people. >> lou: we know the reason we are in part because there is a land bridge. we know that is now a -- i wou like you to listen what eric holder had to say about this issue. if we may on the fast citizenship. >> the way we treat our friends and neighbors who are undocumented by creating a mechanism for them to earn citizenship and move out of shadows transcends the issue of immigration status. this is matter of civil and human rights. >> lou: it's inspiring. i can't find any connection whatsoever to your civil rights or i haven't heard anyone suggest that people who are acting in contra investigation of your laws are somehow entitled to civil rights? >> people the people aren't americans. you are sinking

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