Watch Live: Congressional Hearing on IRS Scandal

Live Now on TheBlaze Radio: ‘The Buck Sexton Show’

Politics

Clinton: ‘There Was No Monitor, There Was No Real Time’ Video of Benghazi Attacks

Jan. 23, 2013 4:34pm
Clinton: There Was No Monitor, There Was No Real Time Video of Benghazi Attacks

Getty Images

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told lawmakers Wednesday that “there was no monitor, there was no real time” of the attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) said Deputy Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security Charlene Lamb “testified she had actually witnessed this, the attack, in real-time on a monitor.”

“At any time did you see the initial attack on a monitor with the president?” Rohrbacher asked.

“Congressman, there was no monitor, there was no real time. We got the surveillance videos some weeks later, that was the first time we saw any video of the attack,” Clinton said in testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. “There was a misunderstanding I think perhaps…she was talking to [diplomatic security] people trying to understand what was going on.”

Lamb was placed on administrative leave late last year, along with two other State Department officials. She told the House Oversight Committee in October that “When the attack began, a diplomatic security agent working in the Tactical Operations Center…alerted the annex U.S. quick reaction security team stationed nearby…from that point on, I could follow what was happening in almost real-time.”

CBS News reported in October that there was an unmanned drone dispatched over the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi that apparently viewed the final hours of the attack. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta subsequently told reporters there was no “real-time information†about what was happening on the ground for the U.S. military to intervene.

​Editor’s note: This post incorrectly referred to Rohrbacher as a Democrat. He is a Republican.

–

​Related:

In CONTROL, Glenn Beck presents a passionate, fact-based case for guns that reveals why gun control isn’t really about controlling guns at all; it’s about controlling us. Find out more HERE.

Comments (99)

1 2 3
  • Tigress1
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:09pm

    This hearing was a joke. An absolute joke. Who do these politicians think they are fooling?

    Report this comment

    Tigress1  
    • SpankDaMonkey
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:23pm

      .
      I think the only way we would get the truth is to stand them in front of a firing squad……

      I dont think there is enough water on earth to waterboard the truth out of any of them…….

      Report this comment

      SpankDaMonkey  
    • redfish52
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:28pm

      But wait…I know I heard that there was a drone flying over feeding real time video….did I just imagine this?

      Report this comment

      redfish52  
    • lani59
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:50pm

      It’s really sad when the quickie mart CCTV has better coverage than an US Govt Embassy. She’s lying and they know she’s lying, so who cares right? Oh yeah about that drone, it was a weather drone for Al Jizza TV. Nothing to see here folks, Obama is a murderer and knows it, which is why he wanted SS protection for life. Disgusting people in power, just disgusting.

      Report this comment

      lani59  
    • godlovinmom
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:57pm

      Watched some of it…don’t know whether it was because I watched two democrats in a row “interview” her or what…but I call Bull!

      Report this comment

      godlovinmom  
    • Graphiterikel
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:58pm

      So? And…Now what? Impeachment proceedings? More hearings? I mean c’mon man, I expect a little more bang for my buck then seeing that in-grown toenail of a woman spew her arrogance all over those freshly filled glasses of water that sit next to the pitcher of transparent B.S.! What was the point of all this and the angry lady in the “lie-to-me” green outfit? Nothing? Nada? Well of course it’s nothing! Our government is a circular firing squad full of so much self imposed evil Beltway Flotsam and Jetsam, that nobody dares call a spade a spade. TREASON!! From the Top Down! Heck just down the hall Boener gave Barry Sotero another 4 month blank check. This is all going to end badly folks. First comes the Tax revolt, then the pitchforks. I need to go purchase one before That monsterlady Feinstein bans them because they are all pointy and icky and junk. God save us already please, or get it over with and nuke us for being so cowardly.
      Nuf Sed, Graph

      Report this comment

      Graphiterikel  
    • Raging_Waters
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 6:15pm

      Oh what tangled webs we weave, eh Hillary? Might as well drag Obumass down with you..

      Report this comment

      Raging_Waters  
    • WarMunger_Al
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 7:27pm

      What an f’in liar. They had flown 2 surveillance drones over benghazi during the fire fight. Unarmed predator drones. She needs to go to prison for her dereliction of duty and treason.

      Report this comment

      WarMunger_Al  
    • Hobbs57
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 10:27pm

      where were these videos that she claims took “2 weeks” to get to her, shot from ? Four men dead and it took 2 weeks to get the videos. I mean they couldn’t have ran across the world by then. WHat about the one guy who died father who came out and said Hillary told him she promised they would get the guy who made the video and make him pay. Now she says she said it was a terrorist attack right away ….. Why didn’t anybody ask her about that ? I saw the guy on Heraldo, he knew she was lying to his face then .. I really, really hate this lady and everybody like her in this crooked, crooked government. The arrogance the display just drives me insane to the point it seriously disgust me ..How do they sleep at night > How is t they really convince themselves that what they do is perfectly fine > How was it that Candy Crawly felt she knew so much that she could interfere with a national debate and lie to the American people ? That fat pig knew what she did, doesn’t she worry that karma will get her ? That her eternal suffering will be increased in a way that she will have to become so far disconnected with reality that she can’t even exist in real time anymore ?? And these sick people believe they have any kind of room to talk about anybody or point the finger at anybody ?? I am fed up !!

      Report this comment

      Hobbs57  
    • Mil Mom
      Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:40am

      @redfish52
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:28pm

      But wait…I know I heard that there was a drone flying over feeding real time video….did I just imagine this?
      ***
      Maybe with all the construction the last 4 years they did away with the white house Situation Room, because it hurt their plausable deniability. Who ever heard of our government being aware what’s going on in the world? That’s so, so, so, GWBush, this is a new era.
      If you want truth, go to the following link, they’re finally after leaks and it’s getting harder but somebody got some stuff declassified.
      http://www.scribd.com/doc/110758358/Executive-Summary-Brief-Benghazi

      Report this comment

      Mil Mom  
    • Wolf
      Posted on January 24, 2013 at 9:41am

      ‘…Tigress1
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:09pm
      This hearing was a joke. An absolute joke. Who do these politicians think they are fooling?…’

      All of America, obviously- and nothing’s going to come of this other than Hillary making a POTUS run in ’16 with full endorsement of the DNC and 50+% of America.

      Report this comment

      Wolf  
    • WTFurnuts
      Posted on January 24, 2013 at 10:00am

      to Spank
      They aren’t worth a bullet. Drop them in the middle of the ocean and let them swim for it. That’s real waterboarding.

      Report this comment

      WTFurnuts  
  • krenshau
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:09pm

    Of course there was no real time video. It is pretty traumatizing to watch the people you left to die.

    Report this comment

    krenshau  
  • @leftfighter
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:05pm

    So which is it?

    Was there a drone in the air or not? That’s what it all comes down to, because drones do have real-time video capability, the feed of which can easily be accessed by anyone with the need to know at the White House.

    Being the Secretary of State, one would think she has a need to know if a consulate is under attack.

    Something stinks.

    Anyone know where Shrillary made her bones in the Democrat party? Prosecuting an administration before Congress over the cover-up of a scandal that took place in the run-up to an election.

    Huh.

    Report this comment

    @leftfighter  
    • Kevin
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:10pm

      It’s all in the phrasing of the question:

      “At any time did you see the INITIAL attack on a monitor with the president?†Rohrbacher asked.

      They would not have had time to task the drone on the initial attack on the embassy/mission. But we know that the protracted battle took place at the CIA Annex. Was there real-time video of that?

      Report this comment

      Kevin  
    • steve61lindsey
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:23pm

      It was all a misunderstanding. The lines were scratchy when they got the call from Benghazzi. So instead of sending drones, Obama sent phones. So now all of the terrorists in Libya have Obama phones. The terrorists in Egypt got jealous, so Obama had to send them F16′s and Abrams Tanks to “keep the peace” in the middle east. Yeah, that’s the ticket.

      Report this comment

      steve61lindsey  
  • nzkiwi
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:04pm

    One of the defenders of the mission at Benghazi, who was lasing the mortar said “Where the (blank) is the SPECTRE”.

    He did not begin lasing the target for the SPECTRE before he knew it was there, and then he expected it to promptly take out the mortar. The mortar was not engaged and the defender, who had attracted enemy fire by using the laser, died.

    There is clear evidence from more than one source that proves the UAV’s were there.

    Mrs Clinton is lying.

    Report this comment

    nzkiwi  
    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:35pm

      NZKIWI, I’ve seen what a Spectre can do, and even just one would likely have put an end to the attack. Plus, it could have lingered for even more back up.

      Report this comment

      RJJinGadsden  
    • Fubared
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:41pm

      Spooky could have put one round in every inch of a grid around them cordoning off he whole area. Glint/IR, 120, mini vulcan, the whole package. Worthless bureaucrats should be sent to Texico to build a fence, from the south side.

      Report this comment

      Fubared  
    • Sgt_Rock
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 7:42pm

      That mortar wasn’t the only issue. They also had a truck mounted ZSU-23. Very nasty. So those guys were screwed. Some thing was made very clear to us back in the day…You never paint a target until you know the delivery platform is in the AO…otherwise, it is a good way to get killed, which begs the question…If Dougherty, Woods or some other operator, (still not clear who) was marking the target, where did they get the impression that there was an air asset available for that task? Who told them to mark the target? As my kid used to say, when he was three, “Sumpin’s wong hewe, dad.” Yeah…no s**t buckwheat.

      Report this comment

      Sgt_Rock  
  • media-bias-steals-elections
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:03pm

    I don’t care if the Republicans are a minority in the Senate, if we have to have this discussion about “real time monitoring” over one building, an embassy, what the heaven are you going to do with Egypt and its music chair stand up sit down military leadership, 200 tanks and a bunch of F-16 fighters provided by the US?

    You people can’t even track and protect 4 Americans in an embassy, how do you justify giving Egypt military weapons who only have one purpose, to be used against another foreign country, or a country the US may have to defend?

    I’m listening to Sean Hannity and I can not believe my ears, are you honestly telling me the President, and not the Congress would be responsible for the potential chaos? Is there anyone in the press that even cares besides Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck?

    Report this comment

    media-bias-steals-elections  
  • Chromo200
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:01pm

    Was her lips moving? Answer .. Yes, then she is lying ..

    Report this comment

    Chromo200  
  • Penn
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:59pm

    I remember reading that one of the SEAL’s who was killed was painting targets with a laser. You can only do that if there are assets to complete the triangulation, either drones or a AC -130 gunship. If that were the case, then there would be a high probability of real time video. Are we to really believe the words of this pathological liar , who has spent a great part of her adult life covering up for her spouse. I’m surprised she didn’t blame her concussion on memory loss. That would have been more believable. She is a disgrace.

    Report this comment

    Penn  
  • nonofmybiznez
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:55pm

    When they stir the pot, you gotta wonder what they are up to. Look around to see what the other hand is doing. They want everyone to spin out of control on this story while they are doing something else. You wonder why we don’t trust our government?

    Report this comment

    nonofmybiznez  
  • Crazy Times
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:53pm

    She’s trying to pull the ole jedi mind trick,

    “these are not the drone videos you are looking for…”

    and most Americans will believe her.

    Report this comment

    Crazy Times  
  • nonofmybiznez
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:53pm

    You libs won’t care until there isn’t a conservative around to defend your rights. You won’t care until the government comes for one of your own. Who will protect you then?

    Report this comment

    nonofmybiznez  
  • FANGS
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:50pm

    They must be hung for Treason

    Report this comment

    FANGS  
  • shammo
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:50pm

    All the lies are supported by the mainstream media. NBC is the Pravda of the Obama administration. Who is the reincarnation of Joseph Goebbels? If you wrote this story 20 years ago as fiction it would have been considered outlandish.

    Report this comment

    shammo  
  • DougHuffman
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:49pm

    Hag Hillary renews her vows to the Ancient Order of Sorores Mendacem et Caelibes. Their motto, Sum Oblitus.

    Report this comment

    DougHuffman  
    • donkeykong
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:57pm

      In the immortal words of Norman Schwartzkopf,
      what a bunch of “bovine scatology”. The Clintons
      are so adept at lying they do it without thinking.

      Report this comment

      donkeykong  
  • Saving_the_Republic.com
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:45pm

    She is shoveling the biggest load of bs that you need a dump truck to haul it. The drones have video feeds at the least for their operators. She wants us to believe that feed cannot be shared? With all the technology we have today that is mind blowing she and the imperial regime wants us to think they couldnt see the feed of a hot spot? They want us to believe which ever firm developed the tech on drones didnt create some sort of feed sharing?

    Yea sure! If you believe that then I have some land Id like to sell you!

    Report this comment

    Saving_the_Republic.com  
    • moreteaplease
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:03pm

      But yet when they got Osama, they made sure that everybody saw the pics of Obama and his staff watching it happen in real time.

      Report this comment

      moreteaplease  
  • wendybar
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:44pm

    LIAR- LIAR Pants on fire!!! Either she is lying, or Charlene Lamb is lying. My gut feeling is Mrs Clinton is lying. These politicians are good at that.

    Report this comment

    wendybar  
    • subic
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:07pm

      Hill Clinton is a liar. They all (Obama, the guy with 3 different names included) learned from the best…. Bill Clinton. There’s no doubt they watched these americans die and are hiding their gun/weapons running to alqaeda fighters.

      If this admin lies as such, they will do anything to their own people. Obama eventually plans to bring in the Chinese reds then try to model our society on the chicom way of governing.

      This is serious biz here folks.

      Report this comment

      subic  
    • nzkiwi
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:36pm

      @ Subic

      Since you mention China, did you know that Mr Obama is considering selling US land and energy companies to China as part repayment of debt?

      Report this comment

      nzkiwi  
    • nzkiwi
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 7:01pm

      Sorry, not “selling”, “giving”…

      Report this comment

      nzkiwi  
  • Winedude
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:43pm

    Oh Madeleine: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (D-Calif.)…I seriously doubt if this fool is a Democrat! Check your work before publishing!!!

    Report this comment

    Winedude  
    • RDavis49
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:56pm

      No, of course he’s not a democrap, he isn’t stupid enough to be a democrap…

      Report this comment

      RDavis49  
  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:43pm

    More and more lies continue forth from Hillary and the administration.

    Report this comment

    Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}  
  • TemperBay
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:42pm

    Lier!

    Report this comment

    TemperBay  
  • Tri-ox
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:42pm

    Yet ANOTHER flat-out LIE! You had better believe that Hillary and obama were monitoring the attack as it unfolded – and it proceeded exactly as obama had hoped – thanks to his “STAND DOWN” order.

    Report this comment

    Tri-ox  
  • term limits for congress
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:42pm

    We need to get some American operatives inside the obama administration so we can learn what is really happening. Maybe we can ask Russia, Israel, or China to help us out. Shhh…

    (we will never get anything truthful out of this administration)

    Report this comment

    term limits for congress  
  • loveliberty83
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:41pm

    so sic of the dem they do not want the truth oh my gosh they do not care sick four americans dead 7 they do not care

    Report this comment

    loveliberty83  
  • loveliberty83
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:40pm

    she is lying

    Report this comment

    loveliberty83  
  • Heather Cocolin
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:39pm

    Wow! Obama totally fed her to the wolves. So much for 2016 Clinton! Obama is going for broke and he just took you out. How does it feel to be a useful idiot?

    Report this comment

    Heather Cocolin  
    • Al J Zira
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:43pm

      In 2016 no one will remember Benghazi. And from the looks of the last election, no one will care.

      Report this comment

      Al J Zira  
    • moreteaplease
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:45pm

      She’s just one of the many wagons that circle Obama.

      Report this comment

      moreteaplease  
    • Verceofreason
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:49pm

      Wolves? She ate them for breakfast, ,lunch and dinner.

      Report this comment

      Verceofreason  
    • TSUNAMI_22
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:10pm

      @ Heather Cocolin

      I love your avatar. I know what it means.

      Report this comment

      TSUNAMI_22  
    • barber2
      Posted on January 23, 2013 at 7:33pm

      HEATHER: Hillary is under the bus for the second time ! Barack wants Obama III which means it’s Michele’s turn ! Michele will be America’s Evita….

      Report this comment

      barber2  
  • Fubared
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:39pm

    If PETA makes Chi-Filet give up the cows, she has a chance at double dipping.

    Report this comment

    Fubared  
  • honor007
    Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:36pm

    Well someone is on the hook for lying?
    Will Ms. Lamb face charges?

    Report this comment

    honor007  
1 2 3

Sign In To Post Comments! Sign In

Sign Up For Our Newsletter!

Glenn Beck Radio

Listen to Glenn Beck 24/7 Listen Now
Restoring Love