On Sept 11th the US consulate in Benhgazi was attacked. This is a review of what the USG knew in the next several weeks.
Just a reminder. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), is the highest office associated with US intelligence. The Director of this office is Jim Clapper, Lt. Gen. Retired. Jim Clapper has been called "a consummate intelligence professional" and is of the highest integrity. I take the statement below as fact based, honest, and free of political bias. And I personally have the highest respect for Jim Clapper...just read his biography at www.odni.gov
Excerpts from : Statement by the Director of Public Affairs for ODNI, Shawn Turner, on the intelligence related to the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya dated Friday, September 28, 2012
As the Intelligence Community collects and analyzes more information related to the attack, our understanding of the event continues to evolve. In the immediate aftermath, there was information that led us to assess that the attack began spontaneously following protests earlier that day at our embassy in Cairo. We provided that initial assessment to Executive Branch officials and members of Congress, who used that information to discuss the attack publicly and provide updates as they became available. Throughout our investigation we continued to emphasize that information gathered was preliminary and evolving.
As we learned more about the attack, we revised our initial assessment to reflect new information indicating that it was a deliberate and organized terrorist attack carried out by extremists. It remains unclear if any group or person exercised overall command and control of the attack, and if extremist group leaders directed their members to participate. However, we do assess that some of those involved were linked to groups affiliated with, or sympathetic to al-Qa'ida. We continue to make progress, but there remain many unanswered questions. As more information becomes available our analysis will continue to evolve and we will obtain a more complete understanding of the circumstances surrounding the terrorist attack
The complete statement is at:
http://www.dni.gov/...