The Tenth Anniversary of The Attack in Benghazi, Libya, Sundance

The Tenth Anniversary of The Attack in Benghazi, Libya

September 11, 2022 | Sundance

The “Benghazi Brief” remains the most in-depth research report CTH has ever produced. The brief took two years of research to assemble and contains hundreds of very specific citations supporting it.  Eight years after the brief was originally written in 2014, nothing within the outline has ever been identified as inaccurate. It has been updated below adding context depth from current events.

The Benghazi Brief

We know this 2011 Libyan covert operation came to be known as “Operation Zero Footprint“. We know Secretary Clinton and CIA head Panetta were the primary sponsors for the joint State Dept./CIA approach; and we know that specifically because of a U.N. Security Council resolution (unattended by Ambassador Susan Rice) the operation fell under the military command authority of NATO not (important to repeat), NOT, the U.S. Military.

We know Operation Zero Footprint was the covert transfer of weapons from the U.S to the Libyan “rebels”. We also know the operation avoided the concerns with congressional funding, and potential for public scrutiny, through financing by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

March 2011 through Pre 9/11/12 attack: Who knew of Operation “Zero Footprint”?

 

• President Obama and Vice President Biden (both Dems)
• Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (Dem)
• CIA Director Leon Panetta (March 2011 – June 2011)
• *CIA Director General David Petraeus (?) (Sept 2011 – Nov 2012)
• NATO Commander, James G Stavridis
• White House National Security Advisor Tom Donilon (Dem)
• White House National Security Spox Tommy Vietor (Donilon aide)
• White House National Security Advisor John Brennan (Dem)
• Speaker of the House John Boehner (Rep)
• Minority Leader – Nancy Pelosi (Dem)
• House Permanent Select Committee on Intel Chairman – Mike Rogers (Rep)
• Minority House Intel Committee – Charles Ruppersberger (Dem)
• Senate Minority Leader – Mitch McConnell (Rep)
• Senate Majority Leader – Harry Reid (Dem)
• Senate Intel Chair – Diane Feinstein (Dem)
• Minority Senate Intel Committee – Saxby Chambliss (Rep)
• [State Dept] U.S. Libyan Ambassador – Chris Stevens
• [State Dept] U.S. Asst Secretary of State – Andrew Shapiro
• [State Dept] Senior Head of U.S. Weapons Office – Mark Adams