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What We Learned: Tarkanian Classic
THE RIVALS150: Class of 2014 - Class of 2015
LAS VEGAS -- The second Tarkanian Classic is in the books, and it is safe to say that it was another successful one. The Tark Classic has cemented itself as one of the premier holiday-time events in high school basketball. Here's a look back at what we learned throughout the week.
Johnson is 2014's Alpha Dog
The No. 3 player in the class of 2014, Stanley Johnson proved once again that he is the most dominant on the floor personality in the senior class. Others can come close -- namely No. 4 Cliff Alexander -- but when it comes to intensity, being verbal and establishing himself as the Alpha Dog on the basketball court, Johnson is tops.
One of the most physical and aggressive wing players that the high school ranks have seen in some time, the 6-foot-7 wing out of Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei is more than just a tail kicking bully, though. Johnson is highly skilled, he is a winner and a leader by example and verbally on both ends of the floor for his teammates.
Mater Dei has now won the Tarkanian Classic championship in both years of the event's existence, and Johnson is a two-time MVP. In Vegas he showed off an improved stroke from beyond the 3-point line, the ability to run the point for stretches, and he also took his already strong defensive game up a notch. Bottom line, Johnson is one dog whose bite is every bit as bad, if not worse, than his bark.
Rabb's case is a strong one
We spent an awful lot of time at the Tarkanian Classic writing and tweeting about the play of 2015's No. 3 player, Ivan Rabb. The fact of the matter is that the 6-foot-9 power forward from Oakland (Calif.) Bishop O'Dowd deserved that kind of attention for what he was doing on the floor.
Often times with young big men, it is all about potential and where they could be several years down the road. Rabb certainly has plenty of potential and with his slender, still maturing frame it is hard not to think about where he will be once he adds physical strength to the mix. But even without a ton of experience or strength, Rabb is already tremendously skilled and has elevated his game to an entirely new level of excellence since we saw him at USA Basketball's Developmental Camp in October.
A truly ambidextrous post player, Rabb makes it awfully tough to discern whether or not he is a natural righty or lefty (his natural hand) when operating in the low post. Because he's so comfortable using either hand, Rabb is capable of setting up shop on either side of the lane and turning to either shoulder to finish with either hand. Most young post players favor one side or another and even more are dominant spinning to the shoulder opposite of their natural hand to set up an easier scoring move (lefties spin right and righties spin left).
Rabb has also extended the range on his jump shot, is a much more dangerous shot blocker and has really become a vocal leader on the floor. Many others in the class will still have a lot to say about how everybody stacks up, but headed into 2014 Rabb has built up some healthy momentum in the chase for the No. 1 spot in 2015.
Change of scenery good for Trier
Watching class of 2015 four-star shooting guard Allonzo Trier in the summer of 2012 and then the summer of 2013, some worries developed. The 6-foot-3 shooting guard from Oklahoma didn't really show many new wrinkles to his game, and he was becoming far too reliant on his outside shot.
After dominating home school competition in Oklahoma, the No. 46 player in the junior class made a move to Rockville (Md.) Montrose Christian. It is too early to tell whether it was the move, playing against better competition or just hard work by Trier -- and most likely it is a combination of all three -- but his game looks to be headed in a positive direction.
While Trier remains a dangerous jump shooter who can make teams pay from deep, he showed a much more balanced and diverse game in Las Vegas. He attacked the rim with more aggression, mixed in more pull-ups and also showed more floor awareness when it comes to setting teammates up. Credit Trier for taking his game up a bit when there was worry that he could be stalling in his development, and we look forward to seeing where he is come springtime.
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The Medici Family were bankers from Tuscany, Italy. Their initial family monies were made in the textile industry and they were influential in developing the double entry bookkeeping system. During the renaissance they owned Europe's largest bank.
I'm sure their advances in bookkeeping are fascinating but that is not generally why the Medici name has survived throughout history. The Medicis were great patrons of the arts and sciences. Artists so highly regarded we don't bother speaking their entire names; Masaccio, Donatello, Brunelleschi, da Vinci, and even Galileo.
The first time I saw a concert in Summerfest's largest amphitheater I was 15. The headliners were Dave Matthews Band, Blues Traveler, and Ziggy Marley. I won two tickets by being the 14th caller though a radio giveaway. I took a friend from theater camp, and it was the first concert I was allowed to attend without any parents present to shepherd the teenage flock. As I think back, oddly enough, I worked at a Marcus owned KFC at the time.
Yesterday evening the Marcus Corporation kicked off their UPAF fundraising campaign at the Pfister. It was a night of camaraderie, speeches, prizes, and fantastic food and drink. Employees were encouraged to donate to the United Performing Arts Fund, an entity of which the Marcus Family have been patrons for many years. UPAF's current tagline is, simply, "Life's better with the arts."
Mr. Marcus spoke at the event last night. I type this with a bit of a chuckle because their have been three Mr. Marcus' over the years. Ben Marcus started his company in 1935 by opening a movie theater in Ripon, Wisconsin. His son Steve took the company helm in 1988. In the past few years grandson Greg has taken over as CEO.
Greg Marcus referenced Oklahoma City, where the company operates a lovely historic property called the Skirvin Hotel. He said Oklahoma City recently invested a great deal in their infrastructure and arts and culture community. Mr. Marcus added that this was met with some grousing by the city's long-time and retired residents. They didn't view the expenditure as important as they weren't certain if they'd see the fruits of their monetary seeds. During this dialogue within their city someone asked, in response, if those folks would like to see their grandchildren. The question was met with shrugging and head scratching. Greg explained that, "If you want to see your grandchildren a city needs to be somewhere your children can be gainfully employed and not desire to move to another city. But we can't have jobs alone, a city requires an active culture worthwhile for residents spread their earnings throughout the community. So, if you don't want to have to drive to Tulsa, or Dallas, or any other city to see your grandchildren, Oklahoma City needs to be the place your kids want to keep living."
This type of conversation crosses my mind when I'm at Milwaukee's Lakefront, one of it's festivals, or one of our many county parks. These places don't exist on accident, and we don't have free and public beaches because the real estate is undesirable. Decades ago, centuries even, people decided that those areas were worthwhile to keep public to increase our collective quality of life. The idea of shared park space was relatively new, as European royalty often enjoyed exclusively any desirable land. Ken Burns' documentary on the topic was titled, succinctly, The National Parks: America's Best Idea.
I may be getting a little off the direct topic, but I see a parallel between patronage toward the arts and the coexistence of natural spaces for us to share. They both require the conclusion, whether by one person or many, that,
"This has value to me."
Over the last six months, I've been able to gather the stories of people traveling through Milwaukee, native Milwaukeeans, and everyone in between. But years before that a few people got together and decided that there is a history, a contemporary living history, that is worth documenting. They decided that Milwaukee and the Pfister Hotel are worth it, and they've invited artists and writers in to actively chronicle our contemporary lives within this cream-bricked city. I've been lucky to capture a few of these stories, reassemble them, and hand the bouquet back over for you to experience. Whether you've been a reader, a hotel guest, a new friend with a story, a conscientious employee…you've all acted as patrons.
I look out from Blu's 23rd floor windows. Summerfest is visible and far to the south in white lettering across a blue background reads The Marcus Amphitheater. The venue in which I saw that first concert the summer before my junior year in high school. Summerfest; that musical playground of my teenage summers. Which someone built just for me and everybody else.


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In the aftermath of yesterday's #WomensMarch events, I'm overwhelmed by how feminism is everywhere: living, working, moving; a river of loud, feisty, determined, courageous energy refusing to be silenced, clearly stating we can dare to dream of resurgence. These woman made feminism normal. They put two fingers up at misogyny, smiled their perfect smiles & roared as they did so.
And I realise today I want this power in the books I read. I want it in the books I write.
In a recent conversation with a friend, we were discussing the central character in my third (WIP) book. She's an older woman, living alone. Like that of the secondary character, no men feature romantically in her world & never have. There is a sense that men are contrary to both their natures. (You're getting no more than this, dear reader – enjoy your speculation!) My friend pondered the 'natural expression' for the female, how men try to manipulate & exploit it. She used the term 'feminist fiction' purely in terms of a vehicle for writing the topic & not as a label per se for mine.
It gave me food for thought though. If it's the responsibility of women writers to promote feminism, how do we accomplish it without coming across as shouty provocateurs? (So tired of that shit in any case.) Do we make it an actual campaign or, in the same way I write my lesbian characters, give it subtle shape & normalise it? I want feminism to be commonplace; entrenched at the centre of my experience, my reading & yes, my writing.
In the same way I don't want my own books – which have few male characters – labelled 'women's' fiction, I don't want any of it overtly described as feminist. I'm proud if people describe me as a feminist writer, because I am. I'm also a feminist cat owner, swimmer, frock lover, shopper & cake eater. I don't want to smash the patriarchy I want to bloody annihilate it.
The stories I write are just that – stories. Mostly about women, told with honesty from my feminist heart, but 'the genre is book.'
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The very public, very messy late-night fight between Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and NBC didn't just offer interesting insight into the inner workings of network television, it reminded everyone that the TV isn't used only for watching shows anymore.
Video games, right behind bad programming and bad decisions, are television networks' biggest threat these days.
And the big three of gaming, Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony, aren't content to usurp the television with just video games, they're starting to replace the need for network television with their own form of programming.
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It started with the ability to rent and purchase videos through the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 online networks. Next came Netflix and the ability for the rental service's customers to stream movies to the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and this spring, Nintendo's Wii.
And now, the video game console makers are all expanding their reach with interesting takes on what traditionally you'd find on a network channel.
Microsoft is currently testing a video game remake of television game show 1 vs. 100. The Xbox Live version is entirely populated by live players from around the country depicted by 3D avatars in a replica of the game show's set.
The game takes place over the course of a two-hour live episode hosted by comedian Chris Cashman and winners of the show take home Microsoft Points which can be used to purchase videos and games on the console.
Microsoft recently struck a deal with AT&T to get cable television through their console using Uverse's IPTV. Microsoft is also rumored to be in talks with Walk Disney in an attempt to land live sports coverage through ESPN for their console. Microsoft declined to comment for this article.
Sony's take on console television includes two video-game themed shows, Qore and Pulse, produced by an in-house production team and an upcoming reality show called The Tester.
In The Tester, 11 contestants will battle to land a job as a tester for Playstation games.
"It's highly entertaining – think Wipeout meets The Apprentice," said Susan Panico, senior director of Playstation Network. "We're slowly building up our stable of original content which will premiere on Playstation Network and then have a reverse syndication model where content can make it's way to the web, or even "traditional" TV."
"The goal for Playstation Network from day one was to present an entertainment network that brought emerging media experiences to the home via PS3 or on the go with PSP. From a content strategy standpoint, we always believed in a quality over quantity position which has allowed us to present exclusive content that has broken gaming conventions."
Nintendo's Wii is also home to quite a bit of exclusive video content through the console's Nintendo Channel, said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales and marketing.
The channel includes trailers, commercials and interviews with game developers and Nintendo executives.
But Dunaway doesn't think the console's impact on television watching is a deep as some say.
"People don't consume their television the same way they did 20 years ago," she said. "If your favorite TV show is on at 8 p.m. and you're playing a Wii game, you can keep playing and watch the show later on your DVR on your own timetable."
"I think (television and video games) will remain distinct, even though they both appear on TV screens. Different types of reading (books, magazines and newspapers) are all viewed differently from one another, for example. "
A recent study by the Kaiser Family Foundation seems to back up Dunaway's take on the issue.
The study showed that children today spend an average of 7 hours, 38 minutes a day consuming "entertainment media" and that television remains at the top of the heap at 4 hours, 29 minutes a day. Video games take up just 1 hour, 13 minutes of a day, according to the study. That's an increase of 38 minutes a day over the past five years for television and only 24 minutes for video games.
The study doesn't address where television may be getting hit the hardest: Adults. A recent Nielsen study, shows that console gamers are most active during television's prime time. In other words, they're playing games, not watching TV.
Playstation's Panico thinks that's because video games are more interactive and engaging.
"When you look at Playstation 3 and all the different types of content you can get through Playstation Network, there is more choice via our gaming platform than a broadcast TV channel," she said.
"Back when Playstation launched in 1995, we legitimized gaming as a form of entertainment. It was no longer seen as the "geeky" thing to do. Athletes and movie stars were gaming and they had an affinity for Playstation since we introduced games with more sophistication. We made it a part of pop culture. Now, gaming has become a lifestyle for that audience and the interactivity and engagement have become their "first screen" with TV as a time filler."
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Moretto, Il
Moretto, Il ēl mōrĕt´tō [key], c.1498–1554, Italian painter, whose real name was Alessandro Bonvicino. He was a leading representative of the Brescian school. While following the art of the Venetian masters, he developed a rather saccharine style. Many of his altarpieces are still in the churches of Brescia. There are portraits by him in the Metropolitan Museum; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and National Gallery, London. His most famous pupil was Giovanni Battista Moroni.
See B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance (1932, repr. 1968).
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The National Golf Academy of India is the Official Body for Certification of Golf Teachers in India. The programme is supported by the Indian Golf Union, The R&A and the PGA of Europe. Since it`s inception in 2004 the NGAI has accredited over 590 teaching professionals from all over India and the neighbouring countries. In 2008 it established it`s first centre in Chandigarh at the CGA from where it has been operating ever since.
The programme offers all individuals who are desirous of becoming teaching professionals the opportunity to attend training programmes to learn how to teach the game of golf. Through a system of testing and examination all individuals are graded from Class D to Class A with Class A being the highest level one can currently achieve vide this programme.
The programme was established with help from Dr. Donato Di Ponziano, Deputy chairman PGA of Europe who was sent to India with the help of the R&A to assist the IGU in establishing this programme. Thanks to the efforts of many individuals, this programme is today providing many young golfers the opportunity to learn the game correctly from the very beginning under the able guidance of properly trained teaching professionals.
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Today in Gay History: 'The Wizard of Oz' Was Released
The year was 1939, and Judy Garland's legend was cemented 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow'
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Most of us came to know Dorothy and her gang on TV, but the 1939 premiere of The Wizard of Oz, a cinematic event that shaped so many lives and altered pop culture forever, took place 74 years ago this week (there were several actual screenings in Los Angeles and New York and for test audiences). Of course we now know about the Friends of Dorothy, now, but did anyone know then that the story of a marginalized youth who finds friends and the meaning of creating one's own family and finding her way back home?
Whether you relate to the ingenue Dorothy, starring an ingenue Judy Garland in her most iconic role ever, or you think of yourself as a Cowardly Lion, a Scarecrow (was he the original twink?), a Tin Man in need of a heart, or Toto, it's been a story that has inspired millions (thank Gregory Maguire for his own original retelling in and the blockbuster Broadway adaptation that has inspired a whole new generation) and will continue to do so for generations to come.
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Of course, this year saw the release of an updated version starring James Franco as the Wizard, but without a captivating star like Judy, it didn't seem to wow audiences. Next up? With the 75th anniversary planned for 2014, there's already a plan to re-release a 3D version in cinemas. Will you be there?
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8-year-old badly burned, placed in coma after fire pit explosion
An 8-year-old girl is in a medically induced coma after suffering severe burns in an Arizona fire pit explosion.
CBS 5 reports the blast happened Friday evening at a barbecue in north Phoenix.
Neighbors had gathered to eat when a flammable liquid placed near a fire pit exploded.
The little girl, identified only as Isabella, was rushed to the hospital with burns on more than 50 percent of her body. Her father was also hurt.
Katie Pena, a family friend, heard the explosion and saw the aftermath.
"A bunch of dads in the driveway ended up grabbing her and putting her out and her brother grabbed the hose and put water on her," Pena said.
Pena said Isabella was initially conscious and asking how many days of school she would have to miss.
The burns were mostly on her lower body.
"Unbelievable, first it was, what just happened because it happened so quickly. It was more disbelief than anything else," Pena said.
Pena has set up a GoFundMe page for Isabella's medical expenses.
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Public Health: What's Digital Got To Do With It?
Better Health's Dr. Val Jones recently expert-moderated TogoRun's Digital Capital Week event entitled "Public Health: What's Digital Got to Do With It?" featuring panelists Susannah Fox of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, Maya Linson of the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, and Erin Enke of TogoRun. A capacity crowd in attendance at the Pew Research Center and another group following on Twitter sparked a vibrant online discussion of how health institutions are using social media and how digital innovation is improving public health:
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Review: 'Gravity' delivers 90 minutes of terrifying beauty
In an age when we're able to consume content so many different ways — and that's a good thing, mostly — let's declare right now that there's only one truly correct way to experience "Gravity," Alfonso Cuaron's thrilling new space film. In a theater. On a huge screen. And in 3-D. Yes, even for all you 3-D naysayers — we hear you, but this is the movie you HAVE to see in 3-D. And please, no matter how many months or years pass, don't watch this film on your little smartphone. If you've seen the heart-pounding trailer, you'll know that Sandra Bullock and George Clooney play astronauts who experience a traumatic accident in space. You may also know about the extraordinary special effects used to create this weightless cinematic world — so extraordinary that many are calling the film a landmark of the sci-fi genre. But what you can't know, until you're in the theater, is just how much you'll feel like you're up there in space, feeling its vastness, perhaps even feeling cold. And how you might let yourself forget, momentarily, that this movie wasn't shot on location. And how you'll ask yourself, how did they DO this? And how you'll then forget the question, because you'll be caught up once again in this 90-minute thrill ride. Cuaron's filmmaking prowess is no secret. His 2007 "Children of Men" was a masterful evocation of a bleak futuristic world where women can no longer conceive, and warring gangs struggle for control of the dying human race. But while that film teemed with people, "Gravity" has but a few. It aims to evoke the full terror of true solitude — indeed, Bullock is alone much of the time. And though it doesn't take place on Earth, "Gravity" is in a way closer to our reality — not a futuristic world, but one that exists today, though you'd have to be on a space mission to get there. If you were, you'd want to be with Matt Kowalski (Clooney), the experienced mission commander, cocky and totally in charge. He jokes easily with Mission Control (voiced by Ed Harris, in a nice nod to "Apollo 13" and "The Right Stuff") while spacewalking with a new jet pack, but when disaster strikes, he's the guy you want nearby. Bullock is Ryan Stone, a medical engineer installing a new system on the Hubble telescope. She's on her first mission, and feeling rather queasy, when suddenly a massive field of debris comes hurtling by, sending Stone spiraling out of control. All this and more is established in a single, stunning, 13-minute opening shot. And Cuaron is just getting started. While we'll reveal no more plot, it's worth noting that the film's one flaw stems from an effort to give Bullock's character more of a backstory than necessary, perhaps an overly sentimental one. But overall, the actress finds that difficult balance between frailty and tenacity. And Bullock's grounded presence — pun intended — is a huge plus here. The script is by Cuaron and his son, Jonas, but kudos are also due cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki and visual effects supervisor Tim Webber, for their seamless blend of live action, animation and CGI. As for the 3-D, never once does it feel anything less than totally integrated with the film's purpose. As the credits roll, you may find yourself thinking about real space launches you've watched, or watching man walk on the moon, and remembering that feeling of awe at how man ever developed the technology to explore space in the first place. But save a bit of movie-lover's awe, too, for Cuaron, who has many of us feeling closer to space than we've ever felt before.
"Gravity," a Warner Bros. release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "intense perilous sequences, some disturbing images and brief strong language." Running time: 90 minutes. Four stars out of four.


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Employee training programs are a necessity for specialized industries. Finance companies, manufacturing plants, and education are just a few of the areas where formal, on-the-job training and continued education are required. However, employees are often less than enthusiastic about these sessions. Continued education or leadership training suffers from even lower engagement rates than onboarding. Because engaged employees retain more information and progress through training faster, it's important for companies to find a solution to this problem.
The gamification of** employee training systems** are becoming a popular way to speed up training, better engage employees, and increase interest in continued skill development. Solutions range from lightweight programs that add a gamified-layer of points or levels onto existing training systems, to fully-developed 3D training simulations for in-depth education.
Choosing the right solution for your company can help you cut costs, better train your employees, and streamline your onboarding process. To help you choose the best software, we'll discuss the common features and benefits of such programs, and show a real-world example.
Employee training programs are generally static affairs, where participants read training material, watch instructional videos, or listen to speakers. They often then take a pass-fail test at the conclusion. This structure encourages employees to only pay attention to elements of training which they believe they'll later be tested on.
Gamified solutions improve on this model by offering continuous feedback, which promotes active learning and participation. Such solutions can be used to quiz employees at the end of each session, for instance, or complete fun trivia contests about the information they just read. Participants can then be ranked using a public leaderboard, based on the amount of information they could recall. This adds a competitive element to the learning process and increases employee engagement.
By incorporating a digital progress bar into training programs (through an app or web interface, typically) you can help employees visualize their progress and take ownership over their training. This is especially effective for employees who are participating in a program in which they need to pass a series of tests in order to advance. A progress bar shows them exactly how far they've come and gives them an idea of the importance and weight of future training modules.
Progress bars also allow employees to gauge how much additional training they have left, or how many modules they'll need to complete to advance to the next level. Continued development programs can break training into smaller portions – each representing a level – in order to make each segment more manageable.
The benefits of a gamified employee training programs include faster onboarding times, greater retention of information by employees, and overall lower training costs.
By aligning incentives around information retention, and offering rewards for attaining higher scores, employees will be motivated to do more than simply pass their final tests. As employees become more engage in the program (possibly by competing against each other on public leaderboards) companies can shorten their programs to include less redundant information. This decreases onboarding time and saves money.
Similarly, employees often need extra incentive to pursue continued development courses (or update their skillset) once they're inside the company. These type of courses often feel like additional, unpaid work, so it's important to make them as engaging as possible. Setting up a month-long competition among executives, for instance, with weekly updates on each person's progress, can spur rivalry and help the company.
Deloitte recently wanted to improve the efficiency of their executive training program, the Deloitte Leadership Academy. In particular, they wanted to provide incentive for consultants to use the service on weekends, or after work, to learn new skills and further their company and client knowledge. In order to do this, Deloitte needed to make the Leadership Academy a fun experience. They turned towards gamification, and contracted Badgeville to accomplish this mission.
Badgeville added instant-feedback mechanisms to the existing Leadership Academy program using points, badges, and an online "reputation" metric that allowed the consultants to easily compare their progress against their coworkers and friends. They also created specific "pathways" which served as virtual progress bars.
Using these fairly simply tools, Deloitte realized a 47 percent higher daily return rate for users, and saw a jump of 36 percent in weekly information retention rates. Not only were their employees using the program more often, but they were better engaged and absorbing more information. Perhaps the best result was a 50 percent reduction in course completion time. This efficiency truly shows the power of the right incentives to drive employees to continued professional growth.


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I have just dried my eyes and picked myself up of the floor, I really thought the cat was going to get it.God I have just read the 4th paragraph again and ended up in a coughing fit from laughing. I was totally disabled and no need for the tazer.
He should have set up the video first, as this would have been a youtube massive viral hit.
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BENGHAZI, Libya — The U.S. dispatched an elite group of Marines to Tripoli on Wednesday after the mob attack that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. Officials were investigating whether the rampage was a backlash to an anti-Islamic video with ties to Coptic Christians or a plot to coincide with the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.
Tuesday"s stunning attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi poses a daunting task for U.S. and Libyan investigators: searching for the culprits in a city rife with heavy weapons, multiple militias, armed Islamist groups and little police control.
The one-story villa that serves as the consulate was a burned-out wreck after the crowd armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades rampaged through it. Slogans of "God is great" and "Muhammad is God"s Prophet" were scrawled across its scorched walls. Libyan civilians strolled freely in charred rooms with furniture and papers strewn everywhere.
President Barack Obama vowed in a Rose Garden address that the U.S. would "work with the Libyan government to bring to justice" those who killed Ambassador Chris Stevens, information manager Sean Smith and two other Americans who were not identified. Three other Americans were wounded.
Stevens was the first U.S. ambassador killed in the line of duty in 30 years.
"We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others, but there is absolutely no justification for this type of senseless violence. None," said Obama, who also ordered increased security at U.S. diplomatic posts abroad.
Republican Mitt Romney accused the Obama administration of showing weakness in the consulate killings, but the president retorted that his rival "seems to have a tendency to shoot first and aim later." Some in the Republican Party called Romney"s remarks hasty.
The mob attack on Tuesday — the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist strike in the U.S. — was initially presumed to have been a spontaneous act triggered by outrage over a movie called "Innocence of Muslims" that mocked Islam"s Prophet Muhammad that was produced in the U.S. and excerpted on YouTube. The amateurish video also drew protests in Cairo, where angry ultraconservatives climbed the U.S. Embassy"s walls, tore down an American flag and replaced it with an Islamic banner.
But a U.S. counterterrorism official said the Benghazi violence was "too coordinated or professional" to be spontaneous. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the incident publicly.
The FBI was sending evidence teams to Libya, a law enforcement official said.
Libya"s new leadership — scrambling to preserve ties with Washington after U.S. help to overthrow former dictator Moammar Gadhafi — vowed to find those behind the attack. Interim President Mohammed el-Megarif apologized to the United States for what he called the "cowardly" assault, which also killed several Libyan security guards at the consulate in the eastern city.
Parliament speaker Omar al-Houmidan suggested the attack might have been planned, saying the mob "may have had foreign loyalties" — an apparent reference to international terrorists. "We are not sure. Everything is possible," he said.
A Libyan jihadist group, the Omar Abdel-Rahman Brigades, claimed responsibility for a bomb that went off outside the Benghazi consulate in June, causing no injuries. The group, which also carried out several attacks on the International Red Cross in Libya, said at the time that the bomb was revenge for the killing of al-Qaida"s No. 2, Abu Yahya al-Libi, in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan.
About 50 U.S. Marines were sent to Libya to guard U.S. diplomatic facilities. The Marines are members of an elite group known as a Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team, or FAST, whose role is to respond on short notice to terrorism threats and to reinforce security at embassies.
The Marines, sent from a base in Spain, were headed initially to the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, not to Benghazi, according to U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press.
The consulate attack illustrated the breakdown in security in Libya, where the government is still trying to establish authority months after Gadhafi"s fall.
There also were indications that two distinct attacks took place — one on the consulate, then a second hours later early Wednesday on a nearby house to which the staff had been evacuated.
The crowd of several thousand that descended on the consulate was armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, said Wanis el-Sharef, the deputy interior minister of Libya"s eastern region.
A small contingent of Libyan security protecting the facility fired in the air, trying to intimidate the mob. But faced with superior size and firepower, the Libyan security withdrew, el-Sharef said. Gunmen stormed the building, looted its contents and torched it, he said.
Details of how the Americans were killed were still unclear.
Stevens, 52, and a consulate staffer who had stayed behind in the building died in the initial attack, el-Sharef said. The rest of the staff successfully evacuated to a nearby building, preparing to move to Benghazi Airport after daybreak to fly to the capital of Tripoli, he said.
Hours after the storming of the consulate, a separate group of gunmen attacked the other building, opening fire on the more than 30 Americans and Libyans inside. Two more Americans were killed, he said.
Dr. Ziad Abu Zeid, who treated Stevens, told The Associated Press that he died of asphyxiation, apparently from smoke. In a sign of the chaos, Stevens was brought by Libyans to the Benghazi Medical Center with no other Americans, and no one at the facility knew who he was, Abu Zeid said.
He said he tried to revive Stevens for about 90 minutes "with no success." The ambassador was bleeding in his stomach because of the asphyxiation but had no other injuries, the doctor said.
Widely regarded as one of the most effective American envoys to the Arab world, Stevens brokered tribal disputes and conducted U.S. outreach efforts in Jerusalem, Cairo, Damascus and Riyadh. As a rising star in U.S. foreign policy, he retuned to Libya four months ago, determined to see a democracy rise where Gadhafi"s dictatorship flourished for four decades.
Smith, 34, was an Air Force veteran who had worked as an information management officer for 10 years in posts such as Brussels, Baghdad and Pretoria. Smith was also well-known in the video game community.
The bloodshed stunned many Libyans, especially since Stevens was a popular envoy among different factions and politicians, including Islamists, and was seen as a supporter of their uprising against Gadhafi.
The leader of Ansar al-Shariah, an armed ultraconservative Islamist group, denied any involvement in the attack.
"We never approve of killing civilians, especially those who helped us," Youssef Jihani said in a reference to Stevens. "We are well-educated and religious."
The violence in Libya raised worries that further protests could break out around the Muslim world, but the reaction was limited.
The movie, "Innocence of Muslims," came to attention in Egypt after its trailer was dubbed into Arabic and posted on YouTube. The video-sharing website blocked access to it Wednesday. The trailer depicts Muhammad as a fraud, a womanizer and a madman in an overtly ridiculing way, showing him having sex and calling for massacres.
In Cairo, some 200 Islamists staged a second day of protest outside the U.S. Embassy on Wednesday, but there were no more attempts to scale the embassy walls. After nightfall, the group dwindled and some protesters scuffled with police, who fired tear gas and dispersed them, emptying the streets.
In a statement on his official Facebook page, Egypt"s Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, condemned the movie, saying the government was responsible for protecting diplomatic missions as well as the freedom of speech and peaceful protest.
But, he added, authorities "will confront with full determination any irresponsible attempt to break the law."
Romney"s criticism of Obama didn"t mesh completely with events in Cairo.
A U.S. Embassy statement that Romney referred to as akin to apology was issued by the Cairo embassy at midday on Tuesday at a time the staff was aware of still-peaceful demonstrations nearby. It was four or five hours later when the mob breached the compound"s walls and tried to burn a U.S. flag, and later still when the Libya attack happened.
The embassy statement condemned "the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims — as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions," and noted that religious freedom is a cornerstone of American democracy.
About 50 protesters burned American flags outside the U.S. Embassy in Tunisia"s capital Wednesday but were kept away from the building by reinforced security. And in Gaza City, dozens of protesters carrying swords, axes and black flags chanted "Shame on everyone who insults the prophet." The rally was organized by supporters of a militant group aligned with the ruling Hamas movement.
Afghanistan"s government sought to avert any protests. President Hamid Karzai condemned the movie, and authorities also temporarily shut down access to YouTube, said Aimal Marjan, general director of Information Technology at the Ministry of Communications.
The search for those behind "Innocence of Muslims" led to a California Coptic Christian convicted of financial crimes who acknowledged his role in managing and providing logistics for the production.
A man identifying himself as Sam Bacile told the AP on Tuesday that he wrote, produced and directed the film.
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, told the AP in an interview outside Los Angeles that he was manager for the company that produced "Innocence of Muslims."
Nakoula denied directing the film and said he knew Bacile. But the cellphone number that the AP used Tuesday to reach the man who identified himself as Bacile was traced to the same address near Los Angeles where the AP found Nakoula. Federal court papers said Nakoula"s aliases included Nicola Bacily, Erwin Salameh and others.
Nakoula told the AP that he was a Coptic Christian and said the film"s director supported the concerns of Christian Copts about their treatment by Muslims.
Nakoula pleaded no contest in 2010 to federal bank fraud charges in California and was ordered to pay more than $790,000 in restitution. He was also sentenced to 21 months in federal prison and ordered not to use computers or the Internet for five years without approval from his probation officer.
Nakoula denied posing as Bacile. During a conversation outside his home, he offered his driver"s license to show his identity but kept his thumb over his middle name, Basseley. Records checks by the AP subsequently found the name "Basseley" and other connections to the Bacile persona.
Bacile told the AP he was an Israeli-born, 56-year-old, Jewish writer and director. But a Christian activist involved in the film project, Steve Klein, said Wednesday that "Bacile" was a pseudonym, that he was not Jewish or Israeli, and a group of Americans of Mideast origin collaborated on the film. Officials in Israel also said there was no record of Bacile as an Israeli citizen.
And even though Bacile told AP he was 56, he identified himself on his YouTube profile as 74. Bacile also said he is a real estate developer, but his name does not appear in searches of California state licenses, including the Department of Real Estate.
Film industry groups and permit agencies said they had no records of "Innocence of Muslims." A man who answered a phone listed for the Vine Theater, a faded Hollywood movie house, confirmed the movie had run for a least a day, and possibly longer, several months ago, arranged by a customer known as "Sam."
Michael reported from Cairo. Associated Press writer Esam Mohamed in Tripoli, Matthew Lee and Stephen Braun in Washington, Gillian Flaccus in Los Angeles, Joseph Federman in Jerusalem and Sarah El Deeb in Cairo contributed to this report.


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By CNN's Tim Lister and Paul Cruickshank
The often fiercely political debate over who knew what - and when - about the September 11 assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi has taken another turn with the disclosure of a series of e-mails sent from the State Department on the night of the attack.
But the most explosive of the e-mails - which were released late Tuesday - may have been inaccurate, a "spot report" on a rapidly evolving and highly confusing situation.
The disclosure of the e-mail has given new life to the already fevered debate over when the Obama administration learned that the attack was more than a protest that turned deadly but was the work of terrorists.
The e-mail carried the subject line: "Update 2: Ansar al Sharia Claims Responsibility For Benghazi Attack." The message said: "Embassy Tripoli reports the group has claimed responsibility on Facebook and Twitter and has called for an attack on Embassy Tripoli."
That message was sent to a wide range of federal offices, including the FBI, from the State Department at 6:07 p.m. ET on September 11 - seven minutes into September 12 in Libya. At that time, the attack on the consulate was ongoing, and the subsequent assault on the annex building, in which two more Americans would be killed, had not begun.
Also: Some Bengazi attackers connected to al Qaeda in Iraq
Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, and two other Republicans in the Senate wrote Wednesday to Obama, saying: "These emails make clear that your Administration knew within two hours of the attack that it was a terrorist act and that Ansar al-Sharia, a Libyan militant group with links to Al-Qaeda, had claimed responsibility for it."
However, an examination of the known Facebook and Twitter accounts of Ansar al-Sharia in Benghazi reveals no such claim of responsibility. Aaron Zelin, a research fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, tracks dozens of jihadist websites and archives much of what they say. He told CNN he was unaware of any such claim having been posted on the official Facebook page or Twitter feed of Ansar al-Sharia in Benghazi.
Zelin, who said his RSS feed sends him any new statement from the group, provided CNN with a copy of that feed. It shows no Facebook update between September 8 and September 12, when a posting late that afternoon first referenced the attack. Zelin notes that the posting referred to a news conference the group had held earlier that day in Benghazi in which it denied any role in the assault on the consulate, while sympathizing with the attackers.
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Accompanying a posting of the news conference on YouTube, a commentary says that the attack on the consulate was "a wave of rage for Allah and his Prophet, it came from the Muslim youths."
The posting continues: "Ansar al-Sharia brigade did not officially participate as a military body, nor received any orders directed from the brigade."
The group's Twitter feed tells the same story. The account, @anssarelshariea, bears the group's logo and a tweet on September 8 - and then nothing until four days later. And at no point is there a claim of involvement in or responsibility for the attack on the U.S. Consulate compound.
Perhaps the person who reported the claim of responsibility - and the threat against the consulate - was viewing another Ansar al-Sharia site, or one supportive of the group.
In the hours following such incidents, it is not unusual for "spot reports" from agencies and overseas posts to pour in to the State Department. They typically include intercepts, what's picked up on social media, witness accounts and what's being said by local officials. They often contain raw, unfiltered information that is then analyzed for clues, patterns and contradictions.
In the case of the Benghazi attack, there were plenty of contradictions. Such situations are frequently chaotic, with claim and counter-claim by witnesses unsure of what happened when, according to U.S. officials. Building a complete picture without access to first-hand-accounts and little visual evidence can be a major challenge to government experts working from thousands of miles away.
So too have been the attempts to pin down who represents Ansar al-Shariah and their movements on the night of the attack.
Wings of Ansar al-Sharia, which means "partisans" or "supporters of Islamic law," are based not only in Benghazi but in the Libyan town of Derna, east of Benghazi. The group's leaders in Derna are thought to include Abu Sufyan bin Qumu, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee.
A different Ansar al-Sharia is affiliated with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen, and budding franchises are said to exist in Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt.
As Zelin wrote last month in Foreign Policy, the groups "lack a unified command structure or even a bandleader like the central al Qaeda command....They are fighting in different lands using different means."
Wherever they may be, members of Ansar al-Shariah are united by a shared outlook, one that is implacably anti-Western and in favor of the imposition of Shariah law across the Muslim world.
The description on the Ansar al-Sharia (Benghazi) Twitter feed proclaims: "The goals of Ansar al-Sharia brigade is to implement the laws of Allah on the land, and reject the human implemented laws and earthly made constitutions. There will be nothing ruling in this country other than the laws of Allah."
Zelin said he believes that the rise of the groups heralds the end of the dominance of global jihad by a single hierarchical organization such as al Qaeda - and returns the state of jihad to the jumble that characterized it during the 1990s.
"One key difference, however, is that jihadi groups are now more ideologically homogenous," Zelin wrote in Foreign Policy.
"In the 1990s, jihadis thought locally and acted locally, while many now talk globally and act locally."
CNN's Pam Benson contributed to this report
I actually had to do a search to find any CNN report about Benghazi.
CNN, you are a deep and open shame to this great nation of ours, and like a cancerous disease, you only serve to help Obama and his evil henchmen do whatever it takes to ruin America. I cannot even begin to describe just how much you turn my stomach but it is on par with the level of nausea I get in regards to Obama's unending evil and destruction.
I hope and pray, that when this demon is finally removed from office, that you are diminished to an internet blog that nobody reads, brought up on charges and imprisoned, or even expatriated and deported to a banana republic, communist country of your liking.
It is as if your minds and your consciences have been seared with a hot iron.
CNN lost it's journalistic integrity long ago. They get their talking points right from the Obama campaign and the New York Times. This used to be the station that everyone would turn to. Now, their ratings are in the toilet.
Can't wait when Romney is in.... what will the mainstream media do? We all have had a look behind the curtain and CNN confirms, that journalism is dead and propaganda reins.
CNN was once a credible news station,I was a big fan. Why on earth is not the Benghazi stores being reported indepth?
The election is important,no doubt. A failure to respond to calls for help from our Americans about to be overrun and killed
A national disgrace and requires serious attention by cnn
CNN you are doing an injustice to the American People! The American People wants & deserves to know the truth about the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi!
Shouldn't journalists protect the credibility of their work & earn the public's trust?
Wake up CNN & cover the story!
BOYCOTT and CALL THE SPONSORS
Of any Network that refuses to cover this story and is complicit in this cover up!!!!!
You are right about what will work – money talks. When we refuse to buy the products that sponsor "information" that no one would buy – protests over a film, disgruntled Muslim youth, etc, these "reporters" may start telling the truth about the shameful actions that allowed and actually abetted the murder of 4 Americans. Shame on CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS and all the people who continue to lie about this tragedy.
Hey CNN. WHY are you covering this up? 4 Americans were murdered, top government officials LIED for weeks, and your so-called news organization is hiding what happened. You're a disgrace to what real journalists should be! LAST time I visit your website is NOW!
God Bless Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty. True life american heroes. Where is their MEDAL OF HONOR Obama?.....oh that means the public might hear their tragic story of cowardice and abandonment.
They GOV knew what was going on.....THEY ALL KNEW!!!
Unbelievable that news media is not making this their top story. Obama on Leno is more newsworthy!
This lack of journalistic integrity is disgusting.
CNN–take the feedback on this site and start doing your job. These men did not have to die, and by you not reporting the facts, you are culpable in the ongoing cover-up. This is not some silly political issue, but the loss of Americans serving our country that were left out to dry. And the President had the audacity at the debate to act insulted that he didn't do everything in his power to protect his people. Hold this administration accountable to their actions and not simply report on their good sounding words. This is a disgrace and ALL americans–DEMOCRAT and REPUBLICAN should be equally outraged at this! Become a news organization again
Do a search on Charles Woods Father of slain Navy Seal and you will find what websites and news outlets are supposed to be doing. Shame on CNN!!!
Thank you to all our men and women in the miltary that serve our country and are posting their comments here. We should all be outraged at the liberal media like CNN and others for covering up this story. Not covering the comments of Charles Woods the father of the Navy Seal who was killed in Lybia is a travesty.
It's not even on the front page. They put it in Politics.
I've looked at most of the new sources, and at my local news and found very little on this subject. What I can say is that most of the media wont talk about it, and when they do they would never tell the truth because it would hurt Obama. What I think they should say is, "People of America" rise up, throw this bum in jail for treason, round up his herd of sheep and place them in jail as well. Of course they wont, they are just like Chris Matthews, they just get a tingle up their leg every time their lord and master, the mighty Obama speaks.
ABC just put up a story! About time!
cnn and the rest of the media are a disgrace! Not one word about the new information on Libya. The mainstream media needs to report on the truth about our troops.......Such a sad country we live in. DO SOME REAL REPORTING, AND QUIT PROTECTING THE PRESIDENT!
It's a cover-up and the main stream media has failed to stay on top of this!
I guess is you want actual coverage of the news you need to turn to Fox:
CNN is assisting BHO in covering up this latest failure of his regime.
Is it any wonder why CNN has become a second rate news source? Report the news CNN. Not your talking points. How bright do you have to be to understand that your ratings would skyrocket if you just reported the news instead of filtering it. Oh, and you could finally go to bed with some self respect. Freedom of the press is intended to protect the people, not the politicians.
'...a commentary says that the attack on the consulate was "a wave of rage for Allah and his Prophet, it came from the Muslim youths."'
Oh yeah. Those angry Muslim youths who just happened to have a mortar for killing ex-SEALs and cans of diesel fuel to burn up the Ambassador and Mr. Smith.
I will believe Baghdad Bob before CNN and the rest of the Obamamedia.
This isn't about politics – it's about the lives, and deaths, of four brave Americans. CNN should not be a co-conspirator in the "its political" game.
I hope for your sake (CNN) that you have the moral integrity to report this. It is well known that you are a mouthpiece for your Messiah President Obama, but this goes beyond politics. This is leaving good men hung out to dry. Those men deserved to be backed up whatever the political cost, and the truth needs to come out. Speaking as a Marine infantryman, It is sickening to think that you are that much of sniveling little weasels that you would dishonor them by ignoring it. There is no excuse whatsoever. Nobody care's about MSNBC. We realize that they are completely anti-american and do not try and hide it. If you want to even have one shred of credibility of your so-called independent reporting, you will do YOUR DUTY as journalists and report what everybody needs to know.. STOP PLAYING GAMES
"Journalism can never be silent: That is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air."
– Henry Anatole Grunwald, Time Magazine's 60th anniversary issue, Fall 1983. So Time, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, why are you silent?
SHAME on you CNN.........SHAME. I shall spend next week calling your sponsors ot remind them of how you are accomplices in the LIBYA COVERUP, during which American Navy SEALS were killed and it is of a direct result of the actions or Barack Obama and his minions.
You got it right, amazing to see CCN ignore the story of the repeated calls for help that went unanswered and the coverup that followed.
This W-House is the most corrupt since Nixon's
CNN- be Journalist fo rcrying out loud! DO YOUR JOB! PLEASE!
CNN. Please REPORT about Benghazi. Don't leave out critical information about our troops! This IS NOT a political stance it is a moral one!
CNN, not doing it's job in reporting this story has become a part of the Administration's cover-up. You are now a co-conspirator.
Shame on you and the rest of the main stream media. You are damaging this country by not reporting news because it might be damaging to Obamas reelection. It makes you look like an arm of o's campaign, not a news channel. The only saving grace for you is the fact that msnbc is worse but not by much. Do your self a favor and get off o's bandwagon!
Thanks for the "explain away the e-mail" story CNN, but we're not buying it. Don't go down with the ship, CNN ! There is still time to save your "reputation" for investigative news.
When is CNN going to bring the information I and many others have heard and read. The Administration denied these exSeals THREE Times when they asked for help. They had the mortar on a laser and they waited for help. And this Administration had our miitary awaiting the order to help to Stand Down. This network is losing alot of credibility over this. Is CNN so determined to have Obama get re-elected that you won't report very important information all Americans should know? I am beginning to think so.
Right after the NYT gives CNN permission. You know, when hell freezes over.
CNN is so far left that they won't cover this because they realize the damage that it's going to cause the current Administration and their re-election bid. I'm still in disbelief that the Administration may have allowed 4 Americans to die without helping them.
How can CNN's latest post on this subject be from Oct 24? And the absurd headline implies that there are "doubts" about the main email. Where are your reporters? Where are your anchors? Are you so in the bag for Obama that you forgo reporting on the biggest news story of the year? No doubt, in the near term, you will follow Newsweek down the mainstream media drain.
CNN, why aren't you putting this on page one? Didn't you used to be a news organization?
CNN should be ashamed! You are not journalists. You are hacks for the Democrats. Everyone should read FoxNews' website and hear what the father of one of the killed soldiers has to say about the Obama white house. Shame!!!!
I just listened to the father on Fox News and I'm speechless and angry. I can't believe CNN is not covering this – are they truly an arm of the White House at this point and will only cover what they say to cover? only report stories that put the President in a positive light? I think it's time to seriously rethink what you're doing or you are going to lose a lot of viewers.
why is CNN not reporting on new info regarding 2 to 3 requests made by the navy seal in real time for backup at the consulate in Bengazi on the night of 9/11.....appears CNN does not want to do their duty in getting to the bottom of what happened in Bengazi......and who made the decision to tell the navy seal(s) to stand down and not go to aid the consulate......
CNN has no credibility. There is BREAKING NEWS about the DEATH of American heros and they've got NOTHING.
They would report on it, but can't find anyplace on their homepage where they can be sure nobody will see it.
CNN You are doing an injustice to the American People. Cover the story!!!
You are a news organization. Do your f**ing job! Start by getting your head out of the administration's behind
Tell it like it is !!!!
The C.I.A./seals had the mortar position lased and were begging for help hours after the first reports of the attack were called in, were the drones overhead armed? If they were the push of a button could have saved their lives! This is a total disgrace and by the way great reporting Communist News Network.
Regardless of who wins this stupid election, we have an administration that understood threats against its citiizens, watched the attack in real time, gave an order to stand down, and is now trying to cover it up. Few will remember this election years from now. What will be remembered is the treason committed by our elected officials and complicity of the media that is supposed to report news instead of being a government mouthpiece. This is worse than watergate.
Okay Folks, I am raising the flag on this one.... the BS FLAG. CNN – DO YOUR JOB! Investigate and report! You are doing a huge disservice to those who were killed and the American People. We deserve to know the truth and those brave men's families deserve to know the truth. Who made the call to Stand Down? Again, CNN, Do your job!
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You can't bury this! This news organization out to be ashamed of themselves. This is unreal.
This is criminal! Those responsible for the "stand down" order need to be held accountable. The lies that keep coming from the Obama camp ( or should we say regime) are an outrage! What kind of message has been sent to other nations that pose a threat to our safety and security - you can bet they have taken notice on the current administration's position. It is time for Obama and his team to "step down". Do I hear impeachment! Whose side is Obama and Biden on? All Americans should take note of this event when they are voting. Shame on CNN, ABC, MSNBC, NBC, and CBS for the biased media position.
God Bless all those standing up to protect America and our interests!
Why is everyone ignoring that our troops were ready to go in and do their job in Benghazi? They were obviously told to stand down. We have the best military in the world and could have sent help anytime during the 8 hour standoff. The two Navy Seals that tried to protect our embassy and gave their lives to do so were the only people in the entire chain of command that showed any courage or heart. I want to know who sent the order to stand down. Since it involved telling several military emergency response systems not to respond, it could logically only be the President Obama's choice. I am thoroughly disgusted with this action and consider it treasonous. I want an explanation now. Why are you not covering this angle of Benghazi?
CNN and other mainstream media sources refuse to cover thsi breaking news story: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/26/cia-operators-were-denied-request-for-help-during-benghazi-attack-sources-say/
I'm with you on this one JB Lee, why is CNN not covering the most important story, the true American Heroes. I think Obama lied to We the People and has been lying since he took office fur years ago. I don't understand the main stream media infatuation in covering for him and loving everything hi says or does. It seems the guy can do not wrong. Wow, how sad. The majority of the journalist have gone socialist!!! They have no clue what is like to live in a Communist country.
While Obama lied...good men died.
Amazing! Not ONE mention on your front page at cnn.com about the murder and cover up of 4 dead Americans at the hands of our government! It is one thing to be a left leaning organization - but to intentionally ignore the worst crime any President and his administration has ever committed is unconscionable !!! This makes watergate look like a spiff between 2 kids in kindergarten. Shame on ALL of you for helping to cover up the crime of the century by a Kenyan born Muslim president. DO YOU CARE ??? NO !!! SHAME ON YOU !!! What if this had happened under a republican president? You would have been ALL over it !!! What if this had been one of your sons or daughters?
I can understand why a massage parlor in San Francisco (I think) charging $350 to slap people is bigger news than 4 Americans being killed, when some of them could have been saved, and the administration covering it up.
Chris...you are a wise person
I can't believe what I'm seeing. CNN has got to be the official apologist network for the Obama administration.
Wolf and gang, credibility gone folks. Actually's been going for some time. It would be intersting to see how Candy would try to spin Obama out of this one. This though, is not a political story. This is an American tragedy. Cover it!
CNN is a JOKE! Hillary has provided proof that she requested extra security days before the attack! Obama needs to step away from his talk show circuit and start providing answers to the families of the slain and to WE THE PEOPLE! You Obama supporters should consider a write-in campaign for Hillary. At least she's COMPETENT!
You are 100% correct Nancy!
I agree Nancy right on the money. These left wing news organizations days are numbered. Your not reporters your Obama henchmen. Enjoy the ride down with him.
what happened in Libya is horrible. imagine for a moment, that your son or daughter was one of those killed in the attack, then a president and secretary of state cover up the facts and lie to everyone? how would you feel? how about putting aside your love affair with this president and covering a story like real journalists, so that these survivors can receive some clarity and closure about their dead loved ones! stop playing politics and start playing journalism. this isnt about 1 party or the other; its about getting the truth out because 4 american heros are dead.
CNN, and most other main stream media, should be ashamed at the lack of Benghazi coverage they're providing. There's been a major update and verified information, and FOX is the only station covering it. This is exactly why CNN's ratings are so low and why they're going down the tubes. CNN is clearly protecting Obama on this. After all, Candy Crowly helped the president during the debate so why would CNN want to be objective?
Donna G....you are right on.
CNN = Obama Cover-up
Maybe you also should ask about what happened 9/11..every politician lie, WAKE UP!!!, look at the american people being divided between two stupid parties. Whoever wins election will not have a say in foreign politics and policies, thatis run by the CIA..do your research...
CNN needs to start aggresssively covering this story!! The story should not be ingnored simply because there is an election around the corner. Ignoring such a big story damages your credibility!!
LMAO....they lost their credibility a while ago!
Hey, Soledad ... tell us again how there is no evidence of a coverup in Benghazi??
CNN – at any cost? Such a shame.
CNN are you for real? Are you actually going to put what is left of you Journalistic Integrity and your Ratings to ignore reports that are not favorable to Obama to help his reelection
Excellent comment TRFjr
This newest information should sicken Americans to think that we could have saved these men and chose not to and then the Obama administration decided to cover it up with a flimsy lie.
The audacity of not even covering this story like it's big news is simply appalling...
CNN – You have lost a viewer "forever". Period.
You keep trying to bury stories like, and we'll keep burying American Heroes...
The blackout on this story by CNN, NBC, ABC and CBS is breath taking! It looms larger than Watergate when you take into account the aspect of murder in this event. The White House continues its Alfred E. Newman shoulder shrug saying "What? Me worry?" while the families mourn and Americans wait for truth. They watched this event real time with the same drones that gave them a ring side seat to Osama's execution. They watched this one too and refused to bring aid. They ignored repeated early requests for protection by a frightened Ambassador. We should be discussing, no DEMANDING, impeachment of both Barrack and Joe. Yes, Joe, this too is "a big F-'ing deal!"
just heard that the one seal guy that (he and the other), ignored stand back orders and went to the aid of the other two, left behind a wife and a 3 MONTH OLD BABY ...... You people that think obama is soooo great need to really let this sink in ..... He and his bunch took away a Husband and a Daddy of a precious lil girl that will never know her Daddy, and know that a president of theUnited States and his cronies had him MURDERED ....
Shame on you CNN-especially Cooper.I always admired you,but no more.Why isn't CNN furious about Benghazi& Obamas coverup-Oh,wait–have to keep hush hush. No wonder you have less& less audiences.You are getting as bad as NBC&MSNBC
Get real. This Obama administration is a failure and you know it. REPORT IT AS IT IS.
The way that CNN and the rest of the mainstream news media has essentially ignored the Benghazi story is unfathomable to me. How long will you folks bury this story to aid the presidents re-election? History is always the fairest judge and someday my 4 granddaughters will read about how this president and his administration lied to the American people and then attempted to cover it up. They will also read how most of the national news media buried their collective heads in the sand to help ensure a presidents re-election. My granddaughters will shake their heads in disbelief just as I am doing today.
I came to your web site just to see if you were covering the story about Americans calling for help and were denied. Of course you aren't! I knew you wouldn't. I can't believe you still have the audacity to call yourself a news organization. No wonder your ratings are down.
Of course they aren't covering it, because it's not true news. FOX has been pulling out lie after lie on this story since it started. Every single time, thorough reports around the world take their time to get time-lines and dates and FACTS lined up and then report them. Not just on CNN, but all over the globe. Then, we see ONCE AGAIN, that the FOX story is a knee-jerk reaction story with no basis in verifiable fact. The terrorist group the administration supposedly lied about denied all responsibility hours before the attacks were even over.
Since when are redacted copies of REAL e-mail messages and first person accounts of the events implicating your President "knee jerk reactions by Fox News?!" Denial is still more than a river in Egypt.
Former Navy SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty were part of a small team who were at the CIA annex about a mile from the U.S. Consulate where Ambassador Chris Stevens and his team came under attack. When they heard the shots fired, they radioed to inform their higher-ups to tell them what they were hearing. They were told to "stand down," according to sources familiar with the exchange. An hour later, they called again to headquarters and were again told to "stand down."
Woods and Doherty, who were ultimately killed in the attacks, bravely defied the order to stand down and risked their lives to get to the Consulate:
Woods, Doherty and at least two others ignored those orders and made their way to the Consulate which at that point was on fire. Shots were exchanged. The quick reaction force from the CIA annex evacuated those who remained at the Consulate and Sean Smith, who had been killed in the initial attack. They could not find the ambassador and returned to the CIA annex at about midnight.
At that point, they called again for military support and help because they were taking fire at the CIA safe house, or annex. The request was denied. There were no communications problems at the annex, according those present at the compound. The team was in constant radio contact with their headquarters. In fact, at least one member of the team was on the roof of the annex manning a heavy machine gun when mortars were fired at the CIA compound. The security officer had a laser on the target that was firing and repeatedly requested back-up support from a Specter gunship, which is commonly used by U.S. Special Operations forces to provide support to Special Operations teams on the ground involved in intense firefights. The fighting at the CIA annex went on for more than four hours — enough time for any planes based in Sigonella Air base, just 480 miles away, to arrive. Fox News has also learned that two separate Tier One Special operations forces were told to wait, among them Delta Force operators.
Why are you not reporting on this CNN?
I TOTALLY agree.. how come CNN – shame on you – for not reporting on these facts. Your lack of reporting on this is shameful to those of us who are TRUE Americans. To what country/politics is your allegiance, CNN?
It's a phoney story.
If you lasered a mortar crew firing on your position you would return fire; not ask for permission.
Goes to show what you know about military equipment. the laser that was pointed is for targeting reasons so guided weapons fired from other locations can follow the laser to the target
Yeah. Come on. Why aren't you reporting on this important news?? Heroes died on that day! Those same heroes who should have gotten help.
Why would anyone, for any reason, give the order to stand down...this is insane!
Insane to you and me, WAKE UP to reality!
As a long time CNN viewer, may I say that your lack of emphasis and bias coverage of this horrific event is discusting? Even with your unabashed, continuing efforts to cover for the failures of this Administraion, I have been loyal to you. Come on, these are American lives that were lost! You have lost one more viewer.
I am disgusted that CNN is not being true journalist. You work for this administration, not for the people. How sad. I use to watch CNN years ago, I changed to FOX about over a year ago. What I love about FOX is that they drill not just dems but also republicans when need be. No wonder your rating are going down the toilet.
Come on people, you're being too hard on the media's fine investigative journalists. Look at how quickly they got to the bottom of how much Ann Romney paid for a blouse, and how diligently they got the information out to the public.
This is beyond fathomable for me. I went to ABCNews and there isn't one report on this. Not One! At least CNN thinks they tried! I understand being in the bag for Obama but this is criminal. The Administration knew and did nothing!!! CNN, ABCnews, Brian Williams you re a bunch of frauds.
What has happened to good, reporting and journalism. CNN has become in my opinion irrelevant thus ratings are poor. I as a black female am so disappointed with you're covering or I should say covering up of the incident in Benghazi. Fox is fair and balanced I will watch them always from now on. You call yourself A News Channel. You are protecting the president. The truth will always come to light. I pray that all of you their at CNN will stop suppressing the Truth!!! You all will one day give an account to the Great Commander In Chief (The Lord Jesus Christ) for all your falsehood, or suppressing the truth.
CNN, There is new information on the Benghazi attacks today. Where is your coverage?! CIA requesting to move in and help was DENIED! Obama and his team should be ashamed! Where is our leader? Obama, what is your explanation? CNN, your roll is to report, but that wouldn't help Obama's re-election right? There is blood on the hands of this White House and CNN is ignoring it to the benefit of the Obama campaign. Not a great day to be an American.
This is criminal! Those responsible for the "stand down" order need to be held accountable. The lies that keep coming from the Obama camp ( or should we say regime) are an outrage! What kind of message has been sent to other nations that pose a threat to our safety and security - you can bet they have taken notice on the current administration's position. It is time for Obama and his team to "step down". Do I hear impeachment! Whose side is Obama and Biden on? All Americans should take note of this event when they are voting. Shame on CNN, ABC, MSNBC, NBC, and CBS for the biased media position.
God Bless all those standing up to protect America and our interests!
I just heard that Leon Panetta said it was to dangerous to attempt to rescue the 4 AMERICANS ,Yeah! Tell that to the Marines
I have been watching your channel to see the coverage on Benghazi. Where is it ? What happened to the days when you could count on the news networks to report news. Shame on you for putting your political views ahead of reporting this.
Exactly. Shame shame, I came for the same reason.
This is absolutely CIMINAL that only FOX news is reporting this travesty! The Whitehouse denied our hero's help while watching them be murdered!!!
I guess you pick what news you report – never mind the 4 people's families who need to know the truth & the cover up & different stories from the State Dept & WH. It was a movie, it was terror, it wasn't a movie, it wasn't a terror...it's all about electing Obama. Here's why your ratings is in the toilet. Biased reporting!
II feel such sadness and anger that our Government watched the Libya situation in real time, and refused the requests three times for help from the people there at our Embassy even though we had Drones, etc. that could have tried to help these people. The fact that President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and others have tried to cover this up because of the Election Campaign is shameful. Truth eventually comes to light. The fact that CNN hasn't had this front and center on your news is shamful also. God Bless those families who lost loved ones in this Libya situation.
Guess it is true. The media really is in the tank for Obama.
I hate to believe it, but it sure seems to be the case.
The media went bananas over the Valerie Plame story, and nobody died! But under Obama we have policies that are getting people killed, whether it is Fast and Furious or inappropriate security in Benghazi. Where is the media now?
Exectly, why are we even wasting our time on this website, CNN is a joke.
AMEN! This administration along with CNN, and the rest of the mainstream media is an utter disgrace!!!! We the people are going to remember this coverup and who, meaning YOU CNN and others that helped mislead this nation about the security of not only our people abroad but our nation as a whole. This administration can"t tell us the truth because they don"t know what truth is. They have told us so many lies, their lies just keep complementing each other, each lie bigger than the last.
here here dave. this is not even mentioned on MSNBC, and not a top story here. MSNBC is only talking about the 'right wing hate party', 2% GDP increase lifts obama', and how women and LGBT hate Romey. CNN will mention the story only spin it to debunk the truth. Hard to find the truth when the media lies as much as the administration.
CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack, sources say
Hillary Clinton, can now be remembered as responsible for the killing of our 4 Americans in Benghazi. Why is CNN not covering this? because they are in the back room trying to figure out a way to not report on it.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/26/cia-operators-were-denied-request-for-help-during-benghazi-attack-sources-say/#ixzz2AQgr7iIu
I just came over to CNN to see if they had found any journalistic integrity yet.
Guess not.
Come on CNN, good men died while the government fwatched in real time...Someone has ailed them. That part is obvious. This is a chance to restore some of your integrity. Do your job as a free press!
CNN is NOT reporting the news anymore. waste of time.
WOW CNN your can't you see that the people want the truth. I guess I'll head over to FOX NEWS
I will admit I am a conservative and I find Fox way to biased most of the time. I flip between channels . I find CNN too liberal, but they are worthy of watching once in awhile. This is so alarming that they are not going to cover this story. As a father of a young enlisted Marine, I am totally eraged that calls for help went unanswered. Those that denied the help deserve to go to jail. My heart goes out to the parens whose children tha USA let be murdered.
I agree. I think Fox is too Right and CNN is too left, but you can not deny that help was asked for 3 times. Very sad.
I guess it is true... how disappointing; I though that at least CNN would cover this story. What a shame!!!
The scurrilous actions of this administration certainly belie the new campaign message of the President...trust. How can we trust a man who would deny support to Americans in a firefight? How can we trust a man who would then lie and obfuscate in order to be reelected? Trust!?? Certainly not this President. Where are you CNN?
I was in college during Desert Storm. Your presence and reporting was unmatched...and quite frankly brave.
What happened to you? How did you go from showing the American public the facts to shielding the administration?
Never in recent history has a sitting president, the Commander and Chief, sat by and WATCHED Americans die...in real time. Never.
If you cannot report this...then you must not be getting your paychecks from anyone with American interests.
Freedom of press? Hardly. You have chained yourselves to a lie. Why? What on earth could be your motivation for your obvious compliance to the current administration?
How does it feel to have blood on your hands? You.Are.A.Disgrace.
It is shameful the lack of coverage given to the Libya attack. How horrible, what a piece of work you journalist are it makes my stomach turn. I cried when I heard this man Charles Woods describe his meeting with the administration at Andrews next to the body of his son. The POTUS could not look him in the eye and his demeanor was cold, Clinton saying something about the video and Biden telling the father of hero how big his balls were... are you kidding me?
But what is your lead today on international news the Italian prime minister and his four yr sentence. Shame on all of you... God Bless those four American heros that died for a President and people that don't deserve their loyality or sacrafice.
The government was watching the attack on the consulate through drones and did nothing.
The president slept that night as the attacks were going on.
The next day the president, according to him and Candy Crowley, called this a terror attack. He then flies to Vegas to raise money for his campaign.
For the next two weeks the president, the Un ambassador and others in the administration pin this attack on some stupid video. In giving this video free publicity, they actually pi$$ of muslims all over the world that didn't even know the video existed.
The maker of the video gets arrested for "parole violation", and we still do not know if making a stupid youtube video is a parole violation. Until someone convinces me that making a youtuve video is a parole violation, this man's 1st ammendmant rights have been violated.
The maker of the video is then muzzled, and he cannot talk until after the election. Again, Unless there is a law that says you cannot interview a prisoner, this man's 1st ammendment rights are violated.
Media like CNN are trying to sweep this under the rug to get their man elected. As far as I am concerned, the media has failed us.
Fox reported a bit ago that there were 3 requests for help from the CIA guys on the ground. I'll usually check anything new like this on another newsource to see how much there is to it and you guys have NOTHING???? This is a disgrace to that brave seal that reportedly disobeyed orders to try and save our ambassador. I will never watch cnn again or check your website I'm so disgusted.
Not reporting what is happening with the Benghazi incident makes you part of the cover-up!
As a Canadian who enjoys American politics, I am stunned by the apparent willingness of CNN to bury this story. There is no other explanation other than their concern about Obama's re-election. I look to CNN for unbiased, professional journalism and I'm afraid it is in short supply.
Some of your journalists cannot even hide theiir contempt for individuals they interview with whom they disagree, ie: Soledad O'Brien and Carol Costello. What has happened to real news when a senate candidate who said something stupid about abortion gets10X more airtime than Libya yesterday.
Where are the real journalists who dig for the truth no matter where it lands?
If you want any real news turn to Fox news channel.
This administration knew the attack on Benghazi was a terrorist attack and not spontaneous yet three times they refused assistance to the heroic Americans who aided OUR Ambassador at the cost of their own lives. Where are you CNN?
You got that right!
I have lost all respect for your "news" organization. When are you going to be journalists and stop being campaigners for Obama. Obama and his administration have lied to cover up the fact that they let american heroes die. I only turn your channel on nowadays to see just how biased you are. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
HONESTLY...CNN is politicizing the Benghazi terrorism by NOT reporting the truth and the breaking news! Pretend George Bush was president – you never had difficulty presenting breaking news when he was our leader.
This is even worse than Watergate. On top of the coverup, you have 4 Americans dead and apparently 3 different requests for help were denied. But let's focus on imprtant things like "UFO sighting in Kentucky." Embarrassing
I know most CNN readers/posters despise Fox News but if you have any concern for this issue you at least need to check it out. Have an open mind and make your own decision regarding what you see.
Help Was requested and denied by the White House – Fox News reports from sources who were on the ground in Benghazi that an urgent request from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the U.S. consulate and subsequent attack several hours later was denied by U.S. officials - who also told the CIA operators twice to "stand down" rather than help the ambassador's team when shots were heard at approximately 9:40 p.m. in Benghazi on Sept. 11.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/26/cia-operators-were-denied-request-for-help-during-benghazi-attack-sources-say/#ixzz2AQbQMJcb
CNN – Censored News Network. Nothing negative here about the Obama messia ...
Just heard the father of one of our murdered Sons, he's an Attorney and said the coverup and events of how this was handled by the admin that night, is as close to criminal as it gets.... so, why don't clinton, biden, obama, etc. be held responsible and tried for murder ...... kinda treason? .... legally, I don't know but these people that caused these 4 Sons be murdered "need to be held CRIMINALLY responsible" and proscecuted.
black hawk down....no back up
Wow CNN, You have betrayed the America people with your bias reporting. Where is the TRUTH?????
I SOOOO HOPE THAT MSNBC IS BEING CONFRONTED TOO ABOUT THIS .... THEY NEED TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE TOO .... The Ed Show, Rachell Maddow, and the others there NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ASSISTING IN THIS MURDEROUS COVERUP OF THE OBAMA ADMIN. GOD REST THE SOULD OF THESE PRECIOUS AMERICAN SONS that were TURNED ON BY THEIR GOVERNMENT ...
Where is YOUR coverage on this subject?????
Biggest issue going and CNN reporters are afraid to report on it. Shame on you guys...4 PEOPLE DIED !!! where is your reporting???
As a former member of the military, I simply can not believe I could be under attack for hours, call for help three times and be left to die. The fact that CNN and the rest of the liberal media is not all over this is unbelievable. How can any news outlet ignore this story. Do you have no sham? Put yourself in the shoes of men under fire, fighting for there lives. They are there trying to recover arms that can take down airliners. They are there protecting the lives of all of us. The call goes out for help and help is told to stand down???? HOW CAN CNN IGNORE THIS???????
Whjy is CNN not headlining the Benghazi story? This is huge and you should be all over it! What is wrong with you people? YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED TO CALL YOURSELVES A NEWS AGENCY!!!
CNN is slow in the uptake of this news story because they are too worried about covering the presidents a$$. This says to me and to others that by not covering this story in full CNN is condoning the presidents lying and disrespecting the brave men that died in Benghazi. CNN needs to get a grip, and me and everyone else that REALLY cares about the truth and whats going on in the world are switching over to FOX NEWS!!!!!!!!!!
Hey CNN – If you have even a tiny shred of journalistic integrity left at this network, RUN THE WHOLE BENGHAZI STORY. And don't bury it in some obscure link.
Watergate was a major scandal that brought down a President, but NOBODY DIED.
So why isn't this your lead story? 4 brave men died and the apparently the administration made a concious decision to leave them and the other Americans there to fend for themselves. I suspect Obama's first concern was to not offend any Muslims. And since when do we need to ask a ragtag 3rd world country for permission to rescue our people ?
In the beginning .......
CNN = Cable News Network
Then there was .....
CNN = Clinton News Network
And now ..........
CNN = Cowards News Network
We're very close to being a nation run by state media
3 times the defenders of Benghazi called for help, with the White House watching through 2 drones circling the compound,
and 3 times THEY heard NO. 6 weeks later those dead patriots are hearing NO again from CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC.
WHY!! Is Barack Obama so important to these news agencies that they will stand on the sidelines???
CNN, you guys are not a news organization, your'e an Obama deflection machine!


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