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CBS News Source: Benghazi Documents Reveal White House ‘Specifically Warned of Imminent Attack’

Mar. 6, 2013 4:12pm Jason Howerton

CBS News investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson on Tuesday night reported that the Obama administration has turned over documents relating to the Benghazi terrorist attack to the Senate Intelligence Committee. She made a number of revelations that don’t bode well for the White House via her official Twitter account.

“One source who viewed the docs says someone in federal agency ‘press shop’ was involved in changing the talking points to remove al Qaeda,” Attkisson wrote.

She also reported that an “official familiar with the docs” said there were advanced warnings in the days leading up to the attack, including ones that “specifically warned of an imminent attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi.”

The CBS reporter also referenced another source familiar with the Benghazi documents that said nearly all communication between Libya and Washington, D.C., since the attack began referenced al-Qaeda as being the likely “instigators.” That portion is significant because there are still unanswered questions as to why the Obama administration initially blamed the attack on an anti-Muslim YouTube video.

“A source who viewed the docs says the few that mentioned a protest” on night of Benghazi “were not first hand references,” Attkisson reports.

Additionally, she cited two sources that believe information on Benghazi survivors and transcripts of their interviews still have not been provided in unredacted form to the Senate Intel Committee.

Here are the screengrabs of Attkisson’s tweets:

CBS Reporter: Benghazi Documents Reveal White House Specifically Warned of Imminent Attack

(Twitter)

Editor’s note: This story has been updated after an additional search revealed a CBSNews.com report on Attkisson’s findings under the headline: “Source: Press officers partly responsible for Benghazi talking points changes.”

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 5:59pm
This whole scenario is completely sickening. What do we have a president for? To play golf? To give away and spend money senselessly? Why did he not do what he could to save American life? Why didn’t Hillary demand it? These people watched as an Ambassador and his people were killed. They are accessories to murder. Obama should be impeached and jailed. It is sad to know that to your government, your life is not worth anything. All that counts is that obama can play golf, sleep soundly, and Hillary can prepare for her run for president. What at a country???!!!!

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- dmerwin
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 6:55pm
  The question is will the CBS white house press corp representative ask Opie why they haven’t released all questions relating to the matter. And ask the question briefly and without a metaphor. Example, “Jay, why have you been LYING about this, how long have you knowingly LIED about this and did you know that LIARS lose credibility and people do not trust LIARS, and why should we believe the LIE you are about to tell us?”
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 7:55pm
  If she and Woodward ever get on the same block, there could be a puff of smoke from 15,000 ft, and reporters no mas.
  
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- mikem1969
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:20am
  We already knew that the WH knew there was danger and the WH did nothing. This is a CLEAR case of negligence and the WH and all involved should be charged with treason, tried, and then have the sentence carried out on GLOBAL TV.
  
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kdshell1
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 5:46pm
Who manipulated the message before release? I suggest looking to the Muslim Brotherhood agents openly working in White House offices, including Sec. Clinton’s chief assistant. Info usually passes through top assistants before getting to the top.

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- Link8on
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 11:25am
  Valerie
  
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- Link8on
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 11:31am
  I think Valerie is making a lot more decisions in the last few months than the Air Force One frequent flying golfer. Take a careful look at a few of the cabinet appointments who will reallign our foreign diplomacy / policy.
  
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tomacz
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 5:44pm
now watch the media mutts circle the bosses well creased pantleg,grrr,,,RUFF!,,,,,,,,RRRrrrr,rrrrrrrrr RAR!!,bark! BARK!!!
SNAP snap!!

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DZ-015
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 5:35pm
Wadi-gate may yet hit the boiling point. Interesting.

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- aproudinfidel
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 5:46pm
  Who knew? Every intelligent American, that’s who.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 6:17pm
  I hope so.
  
  But Egypt is more likely to blow up 1st. They are going to govern well (not likely), de-value the currency (leading to inflation& more riots), or go to war.
  
  They are running out of foreign currency. they have slowed the put flow somewhat, but it might not be enough. Kicking around Coptic Christians is not going to fill anyone’s bellies for long. You can only take their stuff once.
  
  The Israeli Defense minister met with Chucky Hagel. the Israelis were told they were not doing enough in Syria. Reading between the lines, my guess is that things are going poorly & Obama is afraid of the fallout might tarnish his do nothing foreign policy.
  
  Like I have said, Obama is a lion at home & a mouse abroad.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 6:20pm
  Obama does not want to get his hands dirty. He is criticizing the Israelis for doing nothing. He will criticize them if they do something. So lots of things will blow up before Congress does jack $#it.
  
  “When Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak met US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel at the Pentagon Tuesday, March 5, he heard for the first time in years American criticism of the Israeli army for under-reacting – in this case to the chemical weapons threat emanating from Syria. Israel was also berated for under-estimating this menace and failing to take into account the likely need to send troops into Syria.”
  
  http://www.debka.com/article/22803/Washington-Hizballah-has-got-hold-of-chemical-weapons
  
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nzkiwi
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 5:22pm
This, one might remember, is how Watergate began. One or two small voices speaking out but with scant proof.

Then another joins in, then another, and another. Shards of evidence are pieced together and someone dismayed by the deceit provides pointers and then the “tipping point” or “critical mass” is acheived as the investigation becomes unstoppable.

I’m becoming confident that the same thing will happen here in a scandal potentially far worse than the Watergate affair.

Mr Beck has previously opined that some very senior people in the administration may well end up in jail at some point in the future, and I think that he’s right.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 5:46pm
  NZKIWI, I feel compelled to add that the time period that it took. The Watergate break in occurred 17 June 1972, and Nixon finally relented to resign and left the White House 9 August 1974. It took almost two years of continuing investigation to take the president down. The often said “get over it now” statement made by many trolls here should be ignored.
  
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shorelineliz
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 5:06pm
@SciPro:

I think Obama and Hillary Clinton and whoever else was in that room watching Ambassador STevens and those SEals die is just going to get away with murder. Plain and simple. Obama has already used drones and has a Kill List. According to Holder he is going to use drones on US Citizens. Okay? There will be NO JUSTICE for Ambassador STevens or the Seals or their families. NO one should expect JUSTICE from Obama or the White House or his administration. I for one expect more killing. More cover ups. That is the Chicago Way.

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- TRUMPETCALL
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 8:59pm
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  Exactly!
  
  Bengazi….. who??
  
  Bengazi…. what??
  
  That was sooo long ago…..
  
  Who cares about all that now. We can’t even remember what that was about….
  
  Bengazi???
  
  Hey! Look over here!!
  
  Didja know there’s GAYS in the NFL?????
  
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paprtowl
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 5:04pm
no ” cross border authority ” , incident was too much for obama . impeachable ? in this case , YES !

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- Keatonc333
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 5:44pm
  no.. theres already precedent that this isn’t impeachable… for one they can’t even confirm that Obama himself was notified.. and this has happened before.. on 9/11/2001 when Bush was warned in person ahead of time of an imminent attack and ignored it.. and wasn’t impeached.. thats the precedent.
- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 6:09pm
  KEATONC333, While I do in a way agree with you that any commanding officer when given any amount of intel will react in differing ways. There is just a major difference in the intel received here. As for Bush and the terrorists that the FBI was shadowing, the depth of the intention of those terrorists was not fathomable. As for the attack in Benghazi the intel was far more pinpoint accurate. No, 0bama’s “actions” do not amount to an impeachable offense. On the other hand, his “reactions” once the attack was started may well be. Much like it took almost two years of scrutinizing, investigations, and constant pressure from the press before Nixon was taken down. We must continue to seek the truth in this matter. Often times it is not the crime that destroys many politicians, it is the cover up afterwards.
  After all of this time, where are the survivors of Benghazi, and when will we hear from them? It is a long foregone conclusion that the incident is not longer a matter of national security. It is a matter of CYA for the administration.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 6:40pm
  KeatonC(666/2)
  
  I read the Presidential briefing. There is nothing there. At the time liberals were telling people to comply with hijackers as this would lesson the loss of life.
  
  Liberals are still giving advice like this. They are telling women to not defend themselves except to urinate on themselves or say they have a STD.
  
  So how are you going to “judge the depth of the intent” as someone put it. The standard was to kidnap people on airliners & make demands.
  
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- paprtowl
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 7:07pm
  5:00 p m 9-11-2012 . obama was at the meeting and couldn’t handle the situation . has been confirmed .
  
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chips1
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 5:03pm
I believe that Obama’s visa should be turned in to prevent his fleeing the U.S. to avoid prosecution. Also an ankle bracelet should be afixed to his left leg.

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- desert buckeye
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 5:54pm
  Ankle bracelet??? How about a millstone around his lying, commie neck?
  
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ginger100
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 5:03pm
It was 3 am and the prezzy was sound asleep, with visions of another 4 more years and the help of a fraudulent victory dancing thru his head.

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- AvengerK
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 5:28pm
  GINGER100…that’s not fair…the prezzy was out campaigning on the public dime. You can’t do “Osama is dead and GM is alive” while al Qaeda is killing your ambassador..it’s not good optics.
  
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sdeakins
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 5:01pm
The farther in time we get away from the event the more Hillary is proved correct with her “At this time what difference does it make” comment. That’s what Obama is banking on. Too far in the past let’s think of happy things happening tomorrow in Obama’s Candyland.

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shorelineliz
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:59pm
SCIPRO said:
Shoreline … why would you say that? Benghazi attacks killing Americans, especially after information reached the W.H., and “no” help was sent, have very much relevancy to Obama’s job .. which is to protect Americans. If it’s found he won’t do that, it brings into doubt what would happen in the future, if Americans are once again under attack. If Obama won’t respond to his requirements, he has to lose his job … it’s all relevant, especially of our day .. you know, .. right now!

@SciPro:
I didn’t say the story wasn’t relevant to some people. But in the BIG PICTURE of OUR GOVERNMENT ….they don’t care about 4 servicemen do they? They probably have them listed as Collateral Damage. OUR GOVERNMENT is evil. Okay? They have buried this information or LOST IT or whatever. Whatever truly did happen in Benghazi will NEVER see the light of day and NEVER be prosecuted okay? That is what I mean by “this story is dead.” You and I know that it is. I have mourned the 4 servicemen in my own way. I will remember them as fallen heroes given no respect by the Obama White House. I know what happened. So do you. But as far as the story goes, I think that it has already been put on the back page like every other story the press and the Obama White House want to bury and discredit and ignore. It is already a “non issue” in that regard. I mean no disrespect to the servicemen or their families. But, they will get no answers or justice on this one.

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lainpa
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:56pm
Impeach! Impeach! Impeach!

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Ben__Franklin
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:55pm
I wonder if Dan Rather is weeping?

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- RepubliCorp
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 5:42pm
  He is praying at shrine that this goes away….. and it will
  
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Stoic one
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:54pm
Well… the election is now over; so now this in and amongst everything else ( money, drones, cartels, middle east, etc). Benghazi could be lost in the shuffle.

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Wesley
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:47pm
Gee what a surprise Barack Obama has been lying about this right from the start… Barack Obama slept soundly in the White House after denying every American in Benghazi any outside help, knowing every American there was in mortal danger.

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denkat56
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:45pm
Of course they were, they’ve been lying to us all along. The press knew this already also.

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bullcrapbuster
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:43pm
The White House ain’t worried. The stupid electorate will forget about it when their next food stamps arrive,that is if they ever hear about it in the first place.

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jackact
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:39pm
How convenient for the Tiffany network to stumble across this truth…..3 months after the election.

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- mcamom
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:53pm
  What I just learned is that there was an assassination attempt on the British Ambassador in June. Britain removed all of their consular staff following that incident because M16 had determined that al
  Qaeda was openly operating in the area. So M16 knew but not the CIA? Really?
  
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- ErinLindsey
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 5:28pm
  @MCAMOM
  
  About the British Secret Service. It’s not “M16″. An M16 is a gun. (“M”, the number one, and the number 6).
  
  It’s MI6. (the letter M, the letter “I” and the number 6) Pronounced “M ‘eye’ 6″.
  
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:37pm
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Wait a minute…..I thought this was a Non-Story…..

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- Jim in Houston
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:43pm
  Only before the election since it would have hurt poor little Barry’s chance to screw us for four more years.
  
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- TRUTHandFREEDOM
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 5:00pm
  This is the part of the drama where the press tries to look credible after using the non story tactic through the election season. They achieved their primary goal of a 2nd term. Now they will do damage control and deny their lack of attention to the negatives of Obama.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 5:39pm
  SPANKY, That is just the troll version of the Jedi Mind Trick.
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:37pm
Fine then, let the impeachment process begin at once; the media has utterly failed in their role as a watchdog over the government, they have to be held to account as well as the admin.

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- gyro
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:44pm
  so as this goes on cnn has a murder trial on one channel and vanjones loving trump on the other channel ?
  Snowleopard dont hold your breath seems the big story is knives on planes
  
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shorelineliz
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:23pm
okay. everybody. this story is dead. Buried. They “retired” Hillary Clinton and so Heinz Ketchup husband John Kerry can honestly say he doesn’t know. okay? this stuff is over. Dead. Long gone. Find something else to report on. Like the new spring fashions or something. okay?

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- gyro
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:31pm
  good advice I am back to ping pong storys
  
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- NHwinter
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:33pm
  Retiring her doesn’t exempt her from being charged with lying does it? Tell me this is an impeachable offense. Something has got to stick to Obama. Could it be this? Please!
  
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- SciPro
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:41pm
  Shoreline … why would you say that? Benghazi attacks killing Americans, especially after information reached the W.H., and “no” help was sent, have very much relevancy to Obama’s job .. which is to protect Americans. If it’s found he won’t do that, it brings into doubt what would happen in the future, if Americans are once again under attack. If Obama won’t respond to his requirements, he has to lose his job … it’s all relevant, especially of our day .. you know, .. right now!
  
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- gyro
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:49pm
  may be this young lady isnt all that bad \
  
  CBS News Investigative Journalist. Dreaming of a day when public officials answer questions as if they know they work for the public. Photo: David Kennerly.
  
  Washington D.C. · http://about.me/sharylattkisson
  
  she seems to be interesed in the truth
  
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- Ben__Franklin
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:54pm
  There has to be a disclaimer from CBS in there somewhere that declares they do not have the same view point as this reporter and should not be associated with such rubbish.
  
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- RAGEAGAINSTTHEMACHINE
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 5:52pm
  You are the problem. Lazy, sleepy-head zombies such as yourself yawn and turn the page! So apathetic!! How would anyone be held accountable to their actions with morons like you eager for the next episode of American Idol? WAKE UP!!!
  
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SREGN
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:22pm
Sharyl Attkisson will either now join the ranks of the unemployed, or the six feet under club.

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- Jim in Houston
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:45pm
  Five will get you ten that she will receive the same treatment as Bob Woodward. She hurt little Barry’s sensitive feelings and the is a big NO, NO.
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:57pm
  She’d better not be taking any midnight walks around the block, anytime soon.
  
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mcsledge
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:22pm
The concept behind freedom of the press was objectivity (i.e., challenge both sides of an argument and let the viewer decide). Unfortunately, the press is anything but objective.

They have sold their souls for fame and fortune.

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justangry
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:22pm
Why isn’t the state run (for all intentional purposes) not releasing something that would make the state look bad? Does this question need to be asked?

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Cavallo
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:21pm
CBS is the Administration Propaganda Machine.

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- gyro
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 4:33pm
  Cavallo but investigative journalists are mosly free lance to save money ?
  
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