Full Measure Benghazi Analysis

September 11, 2001 (herein referred to as 9/11) was a day in American history, which will be remembered as the most horrific attack on American soil. This attack, carried out by nineteen Islamic extremists, was associated with al-Qaeda, and involved the hijacking of four airplanes. Two of those airplanes were hijacked and flown directly into the World Trade Center in New York City, New York. The third plane’s target was the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and the fourth plane was brought down in Pennsylvania where it is believed the passengers aboard fought the hijackers. This horrific day in history cost over 3,000 people their lives, and was labeled the worst attack on American soil since the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II.

Roughly 2,753 people were killed on September 11, 2001, by terrorists who overtook commercial airplanes (Jones). The cause of these thousands of deaths were a series of attacks in New York City by an Islamic terrorist group, Al-Qaeda. However, there are still many questions about what actually happened the morning of September 11, 2001. As there are many different conspiracy theories about what happened that day, 9/11 was an attack which began with Al- Qaeda hi-jacking airplanes, but ended with more questions than answers. Many questions still remain about the authenticity of cell phone calls from inside the planes, why air defense was told to “stand down,” and how three buildings imploded as the result of two buildings being struck by airplanes.

On September 11th, 2012, the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya was attacked. During the attack, around 150 men killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and another diplomat. A few hours later, the CIA annex was attacked and two more were killed. At the start of the attack, news had reached the United States. Later that night and into the morning, Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense at the time, was informed. When the president was informed, however is not known. The question of who was responsible came up quickly. When asked, White House officials, including Hillary Clinton, responded that the attack was spurred on by an anti-Muslim video on YouTube. The owner of the video was taken into custody. However, the truthfulness

September 11th, 2001 is a day darkened by tragedy. This day is remembered for one of the biggest terrorist attacks the United States has ever faced on American soil. The 9/11 attacks left many hearts broken and heads spinning about the events that occurred. I personally have been very skeptical about the official version of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. There are a few reasons that made me question what started a war that has become the longest war in American History. This paper will dive into the facts behind the events of this day to uncover the truth behind what occurred that day. Some of the major aspects I will be examining are the hard facts of September 11th, who was responsible for these attacks, the political repercussions,

April 15, 2013 hundreds of innocent Americans were traumatized forever. The 117th annual Boston Marathon was hit with an act of terrorism. Two-hundred-sixty people lost their legs while three people lost their lives. On this day Americans realized how important security is. One thousand federal, state, and local law enforcement personnel sat down and watched surveillance footage for hours tracking the terrorist that caused the Boston Bombing to occur. April 18, 2013 the FBI released footage and images of suspects whose identity was once unknown to gain more knowledge. Due to security footage the men who committed the monstrous act were brought to justice. Without the public surveillance these terrorist would have never been found. (Boston Marathon Bombings.History.com Staff.History.com.2014.Boston Marathon Bombings.)

On July 4, 1776, our founding fathers gathered in Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to write the Declaration of Independence. This document declared the Thirteen Colonies separate from Great Britain and subsequently lead to founding of the United States of America. Since then, America has had numerous presidential elections, fifty-seven to be precise. As America nears the end of the fifty-eighth presidential election the public are left to vote for either you, business man Donald Trump or Senator Hillary Clinton for president. As a presidential candidate you have gone through you fair shares of struggles, risks, and excruciating work however, only one candidate can be named the president of the United States on November 8, 2016.

Why did officials in the state department denied request for additional security officers at the embassy in Benghazi. There were signs of uprising violence that the state department ignored, in June following up to Benghazi there was a bombing outside of the embassy and the state department still didn’t beef up security. Documents show the CIA was aware of existing Islamist training camps according to Max Fisher for Washington Post. The state department's excuse is that there was not enough information.

On September 11,2012, 4 American’s lost their lives just because one person didn’t make the right decision.Secretary Clinton repeatedly said that the Benghazi attack was a terrorist attack and that the film had nothing to do with the attack,but she told America that the film caused the attack.Dozens of terrorist stormed Ambassador Stevens safehouse. The military asked permission to go and help the Ambassador but was denied,they tried 3 times but was denied every time.Although people say a video caused the attack,the attack could be caused by multiple reasons like the propaganda video,Hillary Clinton’s refusal to acknowledge the security issues, or an Islamists group going after a 9/11 style terrorist attack on the U.S Consulate.

On September 11, 2012, the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya, was attacked resulting in the death of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. This was the first time since 1979, that a U.S. ambassador has been killed in the line of duty (Voorhees). There have been speculations that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received information about the attack, and did nothing about it. Some might say that she could have saved the lives of those lost on that tragic day. The U.S. military had troops that were in range and could have provided much needed support to the embassy. However, these forces were told to stand down by the White House. Also, the White House purposefully misled the public on how the entire incident started. Finally, when investigating the Benghazi incident, government officials found a private email account that belonged to Hillary Clinton, that she used to email private, classified information about issues such as Benghazi. As the 2016 presidential election approaches, many republican candidates and TV shows, such as Fox News, has taken this issue and publicized it to the American people, to ensure that she will not become president. Also,

From roughly 11:56 pm until 1 am the CIA annex was attacked by the same group. The militia attacked periodically using arms fire, and rocket¬-propelled grenades. While this was occurring, Local Libyans search the Mission Facility and located the Ambassador. They then transported the ambassador to a local hospital. After numerous attempts to revive the Ambassador, he was announced deceased due to smoke inhalation. At 1:15 am, a seven-man U.S. security team arrived from Tripoli at Benghazi airport. They immediately began negotiations with the local Libyan soldiers for security and vehicle 's to the Annex. At 4:30 A.M. after three hours of tough negotiations with the Libyan officials, they came to an agreement.

In Benghazi, Libya, the American diplomatic compound was attack by Islamic militants on September 11, 2012. This was eleven years to the day of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. News anchors have questioned many things about this attack, including putting former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, on the defense. In recent news, there have been many questions on the 2012 Benghazi attack including: the delay in military response, why the “fast movers” never arrived, and who was behind the cover up.

Benghazi, an unstable city in Libya is known as one of the most dangerous places in the world. The US government has many outposts throughout the world but only two are placed in areas where safety is unheard of. These hideouts are in Tripoli and Benghazi, Libya. The Benghazi facility was underfunded and did not meet safety requirements. This was a topic of the past presidential debate. Hillary Clinton was scrutinized of her poor decision making leading to lost American lives. Many attacks like this have happened over the years but because it was so close to the election it was blown out of proportion. The 13 hours that the men at the Annex went through was horrible and could've been prevented. Hidden in middle of the city is a CIA outpost called, ¨The Annex.¨ There was also a diplomatic compound a mile away which protected the US Ambassador when he visited for a week from Tripoli. He was in town for business for moammar gadhafiś weapons and what to do with them. The compound ambassador Chris Stevens was staying at was hardly secure

On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists who were members of the Islamic terrorist organization named al-Qaeda, hijacked four commercial airplanes and committed suicide attacks against the United States. Two of the planes were ran into the towers of the World Trade Center (Twin Towers) in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside of Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. The attacks resulted in mass death and destruction, triggering the United States initiatives to fight terrorism and defend our country. Over 3,000 people were killed during the attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., among these people were more than 400 police officers and 300 firefighters, these heros lost their lives

As a result, many more people to include fire fighters lost their lives during the collapse of the World Trade Center. Through all this chaos, a fourth plane had been on hijacked; the delay of departure allowed for the passengers to learn of the events that occurred with the other three planes. The passengers of the fourth plane sacrifice their lives to prevent the hijackers from hitting their next target. It was discovered that attacks were the results America’s part in the Persian Gulf War. The hijackers were discovered to be Islamic terrorists who received funding from the Osama Bin Laden’s organization. This deadly massacre caused America to take some drastic measures in different departments. Department of Homeland Security, aviation and US Customs and Immigration immediately made changes that would help to prevent from any future terrorist attacks.

It was the morning of June 26, 1996. Temperatures already began to climb near the 100-degree mark as usual for the Saudi Peninsula this time of year. An acrid odor filled the air as dozens of investigators and workers combed through the remains of Building 131 of the Khobar Towers. A chasm eighty-five feet wide and thirty-five feet deep1 lay just a few short yards from what was once the entrance to the barracks that housed members from the 4404th Wing (Provisional). Nineteen United States Air Force Airmen and one Saudi service member had lost their lives while approximately five hundred others are wounded after a truck bomb detonated in front of the northern building of the compound. The investigations and hearings that followed revealed the extent of how unprepared our defenses were for this method of attack. Intelligence gathering and utilization also came into question after investigations lead to possible oversights of information that could have proved useful in limiting the impact on loss of life. It was certain that these events created shockwaves throughout our military force and the views on the doctrine for force protection abroad.