Sec. of State Clinton Responds To Emails That Revealed Militant Claims To The Attack On The U.S. Consulate In Libya

The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group in this file photo taken September 11, 2012. U.S. officials in Washington denied repeated requests from Americans in Libya for more security at the U.S. mission in Benghazi before last month's attack that killed four Americans there, two Republican lawmakers said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori/Files

Clinton: Facebook Post About Benghazi Attack Not Hard "Evidence" -- Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday a Facebook post in which an Islamic militant group claimed credit for a recent attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya did not constitute hard evidence of who was responsible.

"Posting something on Facebook is not in and of itself evidence. I think it just underscores how fluid the reporting was at the time and continued for some time to be," Clinton said during an appearance with the Brazilian foreign minister at the State Department.

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My Comment: Where is the evidence for the initial administration's claim that there was a spontaneous demonstration over a video that led to the 7 hour attack on the U.S. consulate .... why were these emails not released when questions were being raised after the attack .... and why did the U.S. not respond to this attacks when US military forces were an hour or two away? Sec. of State Clinton cannot have it both ways.

Update: I cannot help but feel that I am right now witnessing the unraveling of a key foreign policy objective of this administration in real time, and that every-time someone in the administrations responds to a leaked story .... even more questions and doubts arise.