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You are the only one full of crapola!It is suspicious. The guy hasn't been hiding. He's been giving interviews. Looks to me the movie story was not working so Obama had to do something. It stinks, just like Obama.
Bullshit. The only thing suspicious is the Right's support of the terrorists. He was protected by the "authorities" in Benghazi. Whenever the US would notify the leadership of Benghazi they were going to nab him, he would be tipped off. This time Obama did not seek permission and made a unilateral attack to get him. For that the GOP attack Obama.
U.S. captures Benghazi suspect in secret raid - The Washington Post
But senior administration officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that they had not informed the Libyan government until after the operation was completed and that it was a unilateral U.S. operation.
In October, the administration notified the Libyans prior to the raid in which Ruqai was captured. But violent reaction to that operation led to postponement of plans to capture Abu Khattala days later. At the time, it led to deep frustration within the FBI, which thought it had perhaps lost its best chance to apprehend him.
This time, with Libya still in a state of turmoil, a decision was made not to tell the government in advance. We have made clear to successive Libyan governments our intention to bring to justice the perpetrators of the attack on our facilities in Benghazi, one official said. So it should come as no surprise to the Libyan government that we would take advantage of an opportunity to bring Abu Khattala to face justice.
The NY Times got an interview with him, but Obama couldn't get him. You might want to try that one on naive college kids first, but it's likely even they won't swallow that crap.
During a June 11 House hearing on FBI oversight, Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC) asked FBI director James Comey why the FBI had not apprehended Khattala after a New York Times journalist spoke with him during a 2012 interview in Libya. Comey pointed out that journalists can gain access to people that law enforcement does not:
COBLE: Let me refer to a Huffington Post article which states that on October 18th, 2012, New York Times reporter David Kirkpatrick spent two leisurely hours with a guy named Abu Khattala in a crowded luxury hotel sipping a strawberry frappe on the patio and scoffing at the threats coming from American and Libyan governments. Do you share my frustration, Mr. Director, in that the media can gain access to this guy and we can't lay a glove on him?
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COMEY: Yeah, I wouldn't express it as frustration, because I've been in this business a long time and I know that sometimes journalists can get access to people that we in law enforcement can't. And so, frankly, it doesn't -- it doesn't move -- it doesn't surprise me. [House Committee on the Judiciary, 6/11/14, via Nexis]