Documents Suggest Hillary and Obama Knew the Truth about Benghazi Immediately

FACT CHECK ~~~~~ On May 18, 2015, Judicial Watch (JW) announced it had obtained more than 100 pages of previously classified “Secret” documents from the Department of Defense (DOD) and the State Department (STATE) revealing that DOD immediately reported that the attack on the US Benghazi Consulate was committed by al-Qaida and Moslem Brotherhood-linked “Brigades of the Captive Omar Abdul Rahman” (BCOAR), and that it had been planned at least 10 days in advance. Rahman, the Blind Sheikh, is serving a life sentence for his part in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and other terrorist acts. The documents released in 2015 by JW also provided the first official confirmation that the US government was aware of arms shipments from Benghazi to Syria. And, the documents include a pre-Benghazi August 2012 analysis warning of the rise of ISIS and predicting failure of the Obama regime change policy in Syria. ~~~~~ The documents were released under a court order in a 2014 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed by JW against DOD and STATE seeking communications between the two agencies and congressional leaders “on matters related to the activities of any agency or department of the US government at the Special Mission Compound and/or classified annex in Benghazi.” ~~~~~ Key passages from the DOD/STATE documents provided to JW in the FOIA lawsuit were released and explained by JW as follows (spelling unchanged) : "A Defense Department document from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), dated September 12, 2012, the day after the Benghazi attack, details that the attack on the compound had been carefully planned by the BCOAR terrorist group 'to kill as many Americans as possible.' The document was sent to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Obama White House National Security Council. The heavily redacted [DIA report] says that the attack on the Benghazi facility 'was planned...ten or more days prior on approximately 01 September 2012. The intention was to attack the consulate and to kill as many Americans as possible to seek revenge for U.S. killing of Aboyahiye ((ALALIBY)) in Pakistan and in memorial of the 11 September 2001 atacks on the World Trade Center....the DIA report says 'the leader of BCOAR is Abdul Baset ((AZUZ)), AZUZ was sent by ((ZAWARI)) to set up Al Qaeda (AQ) bases in Libya.' The group’s headquarters was set up with the approval of a 'member of the Muslim brother hood movement…where they have large caches of weapons. Some of these caches are disguised by feeding troughs for livestock. They have SA-7 and SA-23/4 MANPADS…they train almost every day focusing on religious lessons and scriptures including three lessons a day of jihadist ideology.' The Defense Department reported the group maintained written documents, in 'a small rectangular room, approximately 12 meters by 6 meters…that contain information on all of the AQ activity in Libya.' ” JW said Azuz is again blamed for the Benghazi attack in an October 2012 DIA document. ~~~~~ According to JW, the DOD documents also contain the first official documentation that the Obama administration knew weapons were being shipped from the Port of Benghazi to rebel troops in Syria. An October 2012 report confirms : "Weapons from the former Libya military stockpiles were shipped from the port of Benghazi, Libya, to the Port of Banias and the Port of Borj Islam, Syria....during late-August 2012...." ~~~~~ Dear readers, another JW lawsuit uncovered a STATE document created the morning after the Benghazi attack -- by Hillary Clinton’s offices, and the Operations Center, Office of the Executive Secretariat -- distributed widely -- including to Joseph McManus (Hillary Clinton’s executive assistant). At 6 am, hours after the attack, the “spot report” on the “Attack on U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Benghazi” makes no mention of a video or demonstation. But, this information that could have made Obama a one-term President and ended Hillary's political career got no attention for a year. Tomorrow.