More Indications That The White House And State Department Ignored U.S. And Allied Intelligence On Libya's Dangerous Islamist Groups

Insight: Brazen Islamic Militants Showed Strength Before Benghazi Attack -- Reuters

(Reuters) - In the months before the deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, U.S. and allied intelligence agencies warned the White House and State Department repeatedly that the region was becoming an increasingly dangerous vortex for jihadist groups loosely linked or sympathetic to al Qaeda, according to U.S. officials.

Despite those warnings, and bold public displays by Islamist militants around Benghazi, embassies in the region were advised to project a sense of calm and normalcy in the run-up to the anniversary of the September 11 attacks in the United States.

So brazen was the Islamist presence in the Benghazi area that militants convened what they billed as the "First Annual Conference of Supporters of Shariah (Islamic law)" in the city in early June, promoting the event on Islamist websites.

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My Comment: It seems that people never learn. Like 9/11, people in power decided to avoid the intelligence. On a side note .... it looks like the U.S. intelligence community is fighting back against White House efforts to "throw them under the bus" for their post Benghazi narrative.