U.S. Secretray Of Defense Panetta: U.S. Consulate Attack Was Terrorism

Defense Secretary Says Benghazi Assault Was Planned Terror Attack -- CNN

The assault on the diplomatic office in Benghazi was clearly a planned assault by terrorists, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said Thursday.

"As we determined the details of what took place there and how that attack took place, it became clear that there were terrorists who planned that attack," Panetta said.

Panetta's comments are the most definitive to date by an administration official that the Benghazi assault was planned. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said on September 16th that the attack "began spontaneously" as a protest against an anti-Muslim film that "spun" from there. Last week, testifying to Congress, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center said, at that point, there was no indication of "significant" plotting.

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My Comment: Panetta's comments are brief ... and to the point. This is the approach that the White house should have taken a few days after the attack .... not the spin and conflicting stories about YouTube videos and a spontaneous mob that decided to attack the consulate.