We are all familiar with the Benghazigate story if we are watching Fox News, but the mainstream media is intent on ignoring this important historical event until after the November 6th election.
It should be front page news and prominently covered on every TV channel. The media should be reminded of their responsibility to reveal the facts, especially the ones related to the understanding and actions of our commander-in-chief during such a foreign affairs 'debacle', as described by Senator John McCain:
"This tragedy, turned into a debacle and massive cover-up or massive incompetence in Libya, is having an impact on the voters because of their view of the commander-in-chief. It is the worst cover-up or incompetence I have ever observed in my life. Somebody the other day said to me, 'This is as bad as Watergate...[but] nobody died in Watergate."
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SUBJECT: VOTERS NEED ANSWERS ON BENGHAZIGATE
The details of the tragedy of Benghazigate, the brutal attack on the U.S. Embassy in Libya on 9-11, have become increasingly convoluted. By their silence, the mainstream media is complicit in this major cover-up. By joining with the Obama administration to completely suppress the facts and with the Congressional hearing scheduled for after the election, only Fox News and a few other sources are left to reveal the details.
Voters are clamoring for straight forward answers. So far, after a month and a half, we've been fed evasions and contrived stories in order to avoid identifying who is responsible. It leaves the families of the victims and others concerned with the accountability of our government very frustrated.
As a member of the public I implore you, as part of the mainstream media, to immediately pursue complete coverage of this attack. Why can't the President and others who were in the White House Situation Room be approached by the media with questions? What happened during those fatal seven hours when President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Generals Dempsey and Ham and others were watching the live video coverage and were aware of the calls for help? Rescue was just a couple of hours away.
Did Defense Secretary Leon Panetta take it upon himself to call off any rescue effort that President Obama had approved? Did the State Department simply ignore the live stream they were watching? What was the President's response as he witnessed the call for help? Were the recommendations of General Dempsey and General Ham to get help followed by the routine procedure of writing an executive order? How could the heroes who died by disobeying orders to step down be courageous enough to attempt a rescue effort, while those sitting for seven hours in the Situation Room in Washington watching our heroes die, would remain detached and inactive? Why was a YouTube video repeatedly announced to be the cause of the attack, when the actual cause, a premeditated attack by al- Quaeda related Islamic extremists, was known two hours after the assault?
These and many other questions remain. Failure to release the available 50 minute film and the drone footage is incriminating in itself and leads to many doubts and possible scenarios. Surely the families and the general public deserve better from our officials and our media.
I respectfully ask you, as a member of the media, to seek these answers at once and release this information.
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