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SUN FEB 10, 2013 AT 12:06 PM PST
Bombshell article about Petraeus and Benghazi, based on e-book to be released Tuesday
by joanneleon
A bombshell article has been published in the DailyMail about David Petraeus and the circumstances around his spectacular fall and about the reasons behind the attack on the U.S. embassy and CIA annex in Benghazi.
The article is based on an e-book written by two former members of elite U.S. military forces and they claim that Petraeus was taken down by a palace coup of sorts, by high-level CIA officers (with the help of his personal bodyguards and contacts at the FBI) who did not like the way Petraeus was running The Company.
They also claim that the Benghazi attack was retaliation for U.S. Special Operations military raids on Libyan militants, raids of which Petraeus and Ambassador Stevens were not aware. The secret raids, according to the authors, targeted leaders of Al Qaeda affiliated militias in Libya, carried out by "hit squads" and one operation happened days before the attack on the embassy.
All of it appears to be based on anonymous sources, some of whom allegedly refused to speak to anyone else. It was written by former members of Special Operations forces in the U.S. military. If and until there are sources on the record or some other evidence, we will have to decide for ourselves how much trust to place in these accounts.
more plus links:
anybody?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/02/10/1186044/-A-Crack-in-the-Wall-is-Heating-Up
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)investigation is false? Is that what I'm reading?
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)Or is something wonky on my end?
Just in case it's not just me I tracked down a link to the diary: http://m.dailykos.com/story/2013/02/10/1186031/-Bombshell-article-about-Petraeus-and-Benghazi-based-on-e-book-to-be-released-Tuesday
randome
(34,845 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Interesting crap.