Source: Clinton Directly Involved In Terrorist Group “Security Force” At Benghazi
Lawrence Meyers / Townhall Columnist
Gross incompetence at the State Department, likely stemming from
decisions by Hillary Clinton, is a primary reason why Ambassador Chris
Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the Benghazi terrorist
attack.
A source who has asked to remain anonymous due to their proximity to
the investigation, said that much of the blame for the murders rests
squarely within the State Department, then under the command of
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The State Department had final decision-making authority over all of the following:
· The selection of
the 17 February Martyrs Brigade,
affiliates of terrorist organization Ansar al-Sharia, as security for
the U.S. Special Mission Compound, which housed the Ambassador;
· The refusal to provide U.S. Special Forces as security for the Ambassador;
· The location of the compound, which was located next door to an
outpost of terrorist organization
Ansar Al-Sharia; The “stand down”
order that delayed military contractors at a nearby CIA Annex from
aiding the compound.
Terrorists as Security Guards
The
17 February Martyr’s Brigade,
or 17 Feb, was the largest and most well-known militia group in Libya
at the time of the attack. Its moniker refers to an incident on that
date in 2006, when Libyan security forces killed a group of people
outside the Italian consulate in Benghazi.
The militia was born during the war against Qaddafi, taking advantage
of the security vacuum to collect weapons and recruit personnel. After
the September 11 attack on the compound, members merged into Ansar
al-Sharia, a coalition terror organization whose name means “Partisans
of Sharia Law.”
However, there appears to be no explanation for why the State
Department chose a known Jihadist group to protect Americans in a
war-torn Islamic nation.
At a
hearing
of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in May of 2013,
Rep. Blake Farenthold (R – TX) told Eric Nordstrom, the State Dept.’s
Regional Security Officer in Tripoli at the time, “I’m stunned that the
State Department was relying on a militia with extremist ties to protect
American diplomats. That doesn’t make any sense. How does that happen?”
Nordstrom went on to list a host of cases in which local militias, in
Islamic countries, had betrayed and murdered their American employers,
implying that such poor tactical decision-making was not an unusual
occurrence at State.
Despite all this, 17 Feb was chosen to handle security for the
Ambassador. Who made the ultimate determination? A source close to the
investigation says Hillary Clinton made that decision.
“She could have outsourced that work to anyone,” the source says. “17
Feb was never properly vetted. Even a casual look at Middle East
newspapers would have revealed them to be Ansar al-Sharia affiliates. As
early as that summer, the Libyan government was conducting air strikes
on 17 Feb. Obviously, nobody at State read these reports.”
The source went on to say, “The 17 Feb guys that resided on the
compound were paid by us, were fed by us, we gave them cars, they swam
in our pool, and they repaid us by participating in the attack.”
