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Benghazi and how and why the issue has flared up to the point where it is consuming one of the most valuable commodities a president has, his time. his account omitted last wednesday's explosive house oversight contents and the talking points prepared by his top aides. the talking points delivered by susan rice on the 16th of september, five days after the attacks, oppressed a false narrative of the benghazi attacks. but president obama branded benghazi a terror event and dispatched to capitol hill on the 19th of the september. sworn testimony was provided that benghazi was a terror event. >> ...

The fact that the first kind of terror event of its kind since he's been president. really examining an after-action report. were there signs on the road to this particular plot that were missed by the intelligence community? what has to be learned from that? and how you really learn. this is a new state of terror that the country has to get used to. yes, to get its head around. an area of vulnerability to a smaller bore terror attack. i spoke to a former official who is an expert in this area who said, look, the the more as a government we ramped up security, the more terrorists, whether they...

This. any response -- any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. >> reporter: the bombings, classified as a terror event by federal law enforcement, a level 1 mobilization with all hands on deck. the fbi is in charge of the investigation working with boston and massachusetts police agencies. a federal source told cnn they have gone through packages. >> something just blew up. >> reporter: in the hours after the blast there were reports of other devices not detonated. in the wake of the attacks, sports cultural events were closed and the airport we...

Involved. we do know that the injury, of course, was a result of the investigation. also, we know, as you indicated, that boston commissioners calling this a cowardly act and the fbi is leading this investigation. >> this cowardly act will not be taken in stride. we will turn every rock over to find the people who are responsible for this. >> and the fbi also calling this a potential terror investigation. of course, it is being treated by all accounts as though it is a terror event. now they're also working with a bolo, this is an advisory put out to all law enforcement agencies. everyone that...

Way. >> jessica yellin is at the white house. the one thing we did not hear from the president was the word "terror." but this seems to be a terror event. what is the white house telling you why he chose not to say that formally? >> the president is being careful. i've been in touch with officials throughout the night. it's their position that what happened in boston is an act of terror. but they don't yet know who carried out the attack and an investigation will have to determine whether it was planned and carried out by a terrorist group, foreign or domestic. now, clearly given that phrasing...