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Feb. 13, 2013 10:18am Erica Ritz

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Brigitte Gabriel on New Benghazi Info: Connected to Bin Laden, Sources Are Top Generals, Get Those Involved Under Oath | Shocked and Amazed

(Photo: Brigitte Gabriel)

Brigitte Gabriel, one of the world’s leading experts on Islamic extremism, said over the weekend that there will be new information to come out on the Benghazi attack that will leave people “amazed and shocked” when they finally hear it.

“As someone working with the intelligence community…more information is going to come out regarding the Benghazi attack that will really leave people amazed and shocked how we have been — on how we are defending the country,” Gabriel said on Fox News.

The story exploded on TheBlaze, with 550 comments and over 12,000 “shares” on social media outlets as of this article’s publication. And keep in mind that that’s only a fraction of the people who read the story.

We decided to reach out to Gabriel to see if she’d be willing to elaborate on her comments, and you’ll want to know what she had to say.

But first, here’s video of her original remarks:

During the interview, Gabriel discussed everything from the yet-to-be-released information that will leave people “amazed and shocked,” to reports that U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens was involved in a “gun-running” operation before he was killed.

Gabriel couldn’t divulge the source of her information or any specifics, but she gave us enough to add significant new pieces to the puzzle the American people are trying to assemble in determining what happened to the 4 brave Americans who were killed overseas.

“There are multiple issues that will come out, I wish I could tell you, but it goes back to the Bin Laden attack,” she said. [Emphasis added].

When asked if she could give readers a general idea of who her sources are, Gabriel replied: “I have connections with some of the highest generals in our military who told me [the information], face to face, by mouth. They looked at me and said, here’s what going on, here’s the thing…”

Weighing in on reports that Ambassador Stevens was involved in a gun-running operation to provide arms to Syrian rebels at the behest of the U.S. government, Gabriel was equally clear.

“There was an operation; they were smuggling weapons to Syria, and he died because he was involved and because something went wrong,” she stated.

In this Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012 file photo, bloodstains at the main gate believed to be from one of the American staff members of the U.S. Consulate, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. (Photo: AP)

But according to Gabriel, more information on the gun-running program is only one aspect of the explosive information that will be released.

So why, roughly five months later, don’t we know this information already? When will it be released? And by whom?

Gabriel was decidedly optimistic and pessimistic at the same time.

In her opinion, it’s possible the information won’t ever come out unless we have a short term special committee to investigate the attack, where those involved are forced to answer legitimate questions under oath by lawmakers who actually want to bring light to the matter.

It can’t be a “slobber fest” like Hillary Clinton’s testimony, Gabriel noted.

The best way to go about this, she said, is to put pressure on lawmakers by supporting legislation introduced by Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) to create the committee, which you can do through her organization ACT! for America.

Click here for a link to the petition.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the September 11, 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya in the Rayburn House Office Building on January 23, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

“We know that unless those responsible, like Panetta and the others, are called into an official hearing under oath, the truth is not going to come out,” she said. “Before the hearing [last Thursday], no one knew that the president that wasn’t in touch with anybody.”

Many of those involved, she said, will speak the truth if subpoenaed and put before Congress, but they’re not going to volunteer any information. They have careers, promotions, and reputations to consider.

“People are afraid to talk, including some of the top generals we have!” she lamented. “They’re trying to cover their behind. And that’s not right by our country.”

She continued:

“It is such a shame that in our country today, we have an administration that is not forthright and truthful, is more concerned with public appearances and elections than protecting America. It is shameful the way this administration has handled national security and foreign policy, to the point where we have become the laughingstock of our enemy…to have an ambassador killed in such a way…”

Gabriel proceeded to note that a country is in a perilous position when you have honorable people leaving the armed forces because they cannot do their jobs the way they know they must be done, or when they stay in but are “shackled” by political correctness.

“How can we conduct a war when we cannot teach them about the enemy?” she asked, noting that references to violent jihad have been purged from some cultural training manuals.

Bottom line, she said, “unless you put [those involved] under oath and before a committee, the American public is not going to get the truth.”

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Comments (294)

shorelineliz
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 1:08pm
@MaryBeth:

Please look up “gunrunning” in the dictionary and then go to a Big 5 and buy one gun. Vast difference. Your post was completely ridiculous. Please look up Brennan’s own slobbering comments over Islam. You do really need to do your research and home work if you want to be taken seriously as any kind of intelligent human being.

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CBPercy
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 1:01pm
These headlines remind me of the come-ons from late night TV hucksters….”I’ll give you the secret to…”, “I’ll show you the way to ….” Lots of talk, no details…just stringing the gullible along. I really expect better from the Blaze. If you don’t have any REAL info, keep quiet until you do. Tabloid banners don’t become this site.

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Mike76
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 1:00pm
How many “experts” with deep “inside” information have come forward promising stark revelations that will change everything? More than I can keep count of. How much of that information has ever been revealed? NONE. This has been going on since the Presidential Campaigns started two years ago. If these people had real, reliable, relevant information that is so vital for the American People to know, they would be spilling the beans, not teasing on Fox and hawking their books and their PACs. Put up or shut up. This woman knows NOTHING. I wish it were so – I wish there was information that could bring the whole house of cards tumbling down and put BHO in a prison cell, along with several members of Congress – but it ain’t gonna happen.

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KidCharlemagne
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:56pm
Now I understand:

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‘We’re Too Frightened to Talk’: Christians Flee from Radical Rebels in Syria
July 25, 2012

Thousands of Syrians are fleeing into neighboring Lebanon — not entirely due to fear of the Assad regime. The country’s minority Christian population is suffering under attacks waged by rebel troops. In the Beqaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, Christian families are finding temporary refuge, but they are still terrified.
Christians Flee from Radical Rebels in Syria

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Minnaloushe
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:55pm
Really. I officially call “shenanigans!”

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- Mike76
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 1:02pm
  I see your “shenanigans,” and I raise you a “tom-foolery” as well. This has “Buy my new book” written all over it.
  
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GuruMeditation
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:52pm
People need to start talking, as in telling the truth. The people and congress MUST press this issue!

Shameful!

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Minnaloushe
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:50pm
“Shenanigans!”

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Luvs2golf
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:50pm
to JustJP: Yes, I have often wondered about those survivors. I don’t hear anything about them from Hannity, Beck, Mark Levin, Andrew W. etc. Not on the blaze or main stream media, not on network tv, no where, anyplace!! Why oh why hasn’t anyone interviewed them and had them on the air to tell their story? Perhaps they could give us much more information than is forthcoming so far. Come on Blaze reporters, INVESTIGATE THIS.

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John West
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:39pm
Nothing wil happen. There will be occasional echos or what went down in Banghazi, but let it be known …. the Obama regime is already a tyranny and have full control of media and country. America has been bought and sold out. It’s over. I suggest that we all just quit supporting the beast. Go Galt and enjoy the decline. Check it out …. it is everything you need to know about what is happening in America and what you should do to preserve your sanity and enjoy your life.
http://tinyurl.com/b2oufho

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- Minnaloushe
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:55pm
  Thanks for the book link.
  
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The Big Mick
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:36pm
SinSay is desperate to bury Benghazi. One wonders why? One would think Pharaoh BO going all Ollie North on us would be of SOME interest to The Bush Haters.
Sinasz and the constant Plea of the commiequeers* to “Move On!” reminds me of a Fan in a Basketball Game where the Home Team Star Gorilla has just committed an egregious, deliberate, intentional, HARD, double Technical, Ejection FOUL (violation of THE RULES of THE GAME for those of you who forgot what a FOUL is) and the Undergrads are yelling at the REF saying “He got all BALL, Play ON!”

*my semantically accurate usage for the “terminological inexactitudes” “liberal” “left” “progressive”

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hi
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:35pm
Out with it! Stop waiting to tell the secret or we will think it’s the same as the Donald Trump secret which was lame.

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AmericanStrega
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:34pm
If you’re gonna shoot shoot, don’t talk.

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SheepDogconfrontthewolf
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:33pm
impeachment for Obama? will this come out of this?

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JeffMT
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:28pm
There have been not one but two major presidential speeches in the past three weeks and not one word was mentioned about Benghazi in either of them, let alone both of them. Just sayin’ …

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JerseyGuy
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:24pm
Damn…and all this time I thought they were over there to try and recover the dozen or so stinger (shoulder fired) missles that we gave the the Libian rebels during Kadafi’s ovethrow – which we can’t seem to get back.
We’ll never (like F&F) know the full story.

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barber2
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:20pm
This topic has been invaded by the Trolls which probably means this is a very sensitive topic for Mr. Thin Skin . ( Interesting in that Beck prints all of these comments while the Lefty NYT tends to ” censor ” comments which do not support Obama and the Far Left . Just another example of the Lefty MSM bias and why we are in the mess we are in now in America ))

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high school drop out
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:03pm
@13th Imam Do’nt forget to wash your hands after you email your Dem, state Reps. You do’nt know where they’ve been…just in case

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watashbuddyfriend
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:03pm
Why not get on with it, and present something important this blog?

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Moozmom
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 11:58am
To find out the details, perhaps those with enough courage will consider special incentives to tell the truth. A little of this, a little of that; might involve water and pliers.

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environmentalandawake
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 11:58am
Here’s the only thing I can equate between OBL and Benghazi….SEALs. After witnessing in real time how effective the SEALs are at doing their job, it disturbed That Guy, because he knows if they were to turn it loose on him, then the Secret Service wouldn’t stand a chance. He’s eliminating the SEALs people!!!!! Snatch em up and get them in the Militias NOW! Oh, and Glenn the SEAL that just got the Medal of Honor doesnt need a demeaning hand out, just a job…..Just give him a JOB!!!

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Christian_33
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 11:56am
“Brigitte Gabriel, one of the world’s leading experts on Islamic extremism” – hahahaah. That is rich

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Sarah_Palin_Is_God
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 11:55am
More lies, supposition and misinformation from Beck and the Blaze. Same old BS. If you have proof, bring it forward, otherwise shut up.

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- chips1
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 1:04pm
  Are you still trying to eliminate freedom of speech? You Bama freaks just don’t stop, do you?
  
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Nevermind
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 11:52am
barber2

I can tell by your name, that you really care… ” what difference does it make now ?”

**********

And i can tell by your name that you like to cut ****. Seriously grow up. I am a 3rd generation war vet so i take the lives of all Americans who serve overseas seriously. That being said having served i am also aware that when you go overseas on behalf of the USA there are risks involved .

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- barber2
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:12pm
  Point taken regarding name choice. Have read your previous comments which are totally in the Obama support group which is why I swiped the “Nevermind ” name choice which spounded so much like Clinto’s ” what difference does it make now ” comment. And as far as this administration holding hearings, they are only doing so because of public outrage after their weeks long media lies about the mysterious video . Very transparent that they kept information about Benghazi under wraps until after the election also.
  
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barber2
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 11:49am
Think the Democrat Party is now so filled with old 60s radicals that their hatred of the American military from Vietnam has addled their brains so much that they are making America easy targets for fanatics by allowing our weapons to fall into the hands of ” rebels,” some of which belong to al Qaeda groups. And the are doing what Alinsky advised in Rules For Radicals : say the opposite of what you are really doing – which is what the Obama Big Lie / Redistribution Administration is all about !

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- rose-ellen
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 5:25pm
  What’s an “alquada” group? You got alquada on your brain.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 6:51pm
  Rose: That is a lame comment even for you.
  
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mastice
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 11:45am
@YOURSENSEI

Yep, and I suppose electroshock and pulling out finger nails is more humane…… or maybe a hammer to the toes and fingers? Or better yet, how about we just sit down over a nice cup of joe and ask people politely if they want to kill us.

That works every time.

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- barber2
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:03pm
  MAS: That Troll loves to hear itself ” speak ” in goofy comments and juvenile insults. It is so …lame.
  
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