Dark Forces: The Truth About What Happened in Benghazi (49 page)

and cover-up, 365

and covert operations in Libya, 9

and doctrine of jihad, 125

and JSOC operations, 186

McGuire’s information and, 186

and missing MANPADS, 145, 261

and NSS task force, 170

and Qatar as arms pipeline, 93

and questions about Benghazi, 6–7

“secret war” of, 186–88

security on anniversary of 9/11 and, 279

and stonewalling Congress, 365, 366

Bristol, George, 279–80

British Petroleum (BP), 85

Broadwell, Paula, 364

Bubaker, Habib, 278, 285

Bugaighis, Wafa, 252

Bukatef, Fawzi, 247, 286

Burgess, Ron, 167

Burns, William, 22, 199

Burr, Richard, 365

Burton, Fred, 107, 250, 296, 300, 307, 328–29

Bush, George H. W., 17, 18, 23

Bush, George W.

Afghanistan and, 138, 140

bin Laden and, 147

Carney and, 337

and Cheney briefings, 211–12

DeSutter appointment by, 29

Egypt and, 57

El-Jahmi concerns of, 45

and Homeland Security Advisory Council, 171

Iran and, 63

Iraq War and, 138, 210

Khan network and, 26

Libya and, 147, 220

and Libya-Iraq War issues, 22–25

and MANPADS, 102

National Defense University speech of, 26

presidential findings of, 97

and Qaddafi’s WMD stockpile, 22–25, 28, 29, 102

Qaradawi and, 75

Busin, Abdulrahman, 145

Cairo University, Obama speech at, 55–56, 58, 73

Cameron, David, 81

Camp Arifjan (Kuwait), 92

Camp David Accords (1979), 181, 182

Camp Virginia (Kuwait), 92

Cardinals of Capitol Hill, 210, 211

Carney, Jay, 96, 337–40

Carter, Jimmy, 15, 54, 72

Carter, Keith, 101, 103

CBS, 250, 316, 345–46, 347–48, 364

Cecil, Charles O., 44

Chad, 9, 90–91, 92, 261

Chaffetz, Jason, 133–34, 150–51, 314, 315, 320–22

Chemical Weapons Convention, 30

Cheney, Richard, 211–12

China, 26, 31, 89

Christians, attacks on, 65–68, 70, 215

CIA Annex

and Asquith incident, 206, 207–8

attack on Benghazi Mission and, 5, 269–70, 294, 298, 299, 301–3, 306, 320–22

attack on, 6, 318, 319, 322–26, 328–32

and bomb at Special Mission, 195–96

clean-out of, 328

contractors at, 143

and cover-up, 337

description of, 269

drone over, 320, 322, 326, 329

emergency security meeting at, 213–15

evacuation of, 323–26, 327, 328

Feltman memo about, 151–52

and Ham’s visit to Libya, 192

and Iranian gambit, 225–31, 234

and Iranian planning of Benghazi attacks, 243–44

and kidnapping of South Africans, 190–91

and leaking of Libyan WMD, 254

NSA listening post at, 16, 103, 208, 226–31

purpose/mission of, 208, 225–26, 365, 367

as “secret” base, 320–22

security at, 191, 226, 268

and security concerns in Benghazi, 158

shift in activities of, 141–42

State Department relations with, 226

Stevens in, 103–4

and Stevens’ return to Benghazi Mission, 269–70

and stonewalling Congress, 365, 367

as supersecret facility, 191

terrorists’ information about, 283, 323

in Tripoli, 192, 213–15, 250–51, 324

weapons of personnel at, 226

CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)

Afghanistan and, 51, 53, 93, 94, 100

and Akin-Stevens meetings, 275

al Qaeda and, 57, 281–82

al-Sadiq and, 40

and arming of Libyan rebels, 92–93, 94, 95, 97, 98–99

arms sales to Afghan Mujahideen by, 51, 53

and Asquith incident, 207–8

Benghazi attacks and, 303, 307, 320–22, 325–26

Biden’s comments at awards ceremony for, 131

Blind Sheikh and, 197

and bombing at Benghazi Mission, 195–96

Brennan’s “secret war” and, 186–87

and cooperation among Islamic terrorist groups, 240

and cover-up, 336–37, 338, 340–47

establishes presence in Libya, 4, 38–39

Harati and, 245

and intelligence operations vs. covert operations, 209–11

intelligence warnings and, 239, 280–82

Iran’s activities and, 10, 11, 228, 229–31, 234, 243–44

Iraq and, 100

and JSOC training operations, 163

and Libyan MANPADS/WMD, 25–26, 27–28, 51, 53, 94, 143, 144, 184, 185–86, 261, 361, 362

Lockerbie attack and, 17

MANPAD retrofit by, 184, 185–86, 247, 361

and 9/11, 240

nondisclosure agreements and, 365–66, 367

and overthrow of Qaddafi, 8, 92–93, 94, 95, 97

Pelosi briefing by, 210–11

Petraeus resignation from, 364

and Petraeus secret trip to Libya, 365

polygraphs of officers of, 365–67

and Qaddafi as friend of the West, 23–24

and Qatar as arms pipeline, 92–93, 94, 95, 97, 98–99, 111

questions about, 7

SEAL Team 6 helicopter crash and, 1

and security at Benghazi, 157–58, 237, 251

and shift in U.S. foreign policy, 8

and stand-down order for Benghazi attacks, 303

and Stevens’ concerns about security, 237

and stonewalling Congress, 365–66

and suspects in Benghazi attacks, 350

and Syrian aid, 8, 173, 209, 211, 213, 243, 247

and Taliban Stinger hit in Afghanistan, 225

talking points of, 338, 340–47, 364

See also
CIA Annex;
specific person

Citizens Commission on Benghazi, 303

Clapper, James, 126–27, 166–67

Clarridge, Dewey, 38

Clinton, Bill, 18, 171, 174, 337–38

Clinton, Hillary

accountability of, 368–70

and al Qaeda in Benghazi, 148

at Andrews Air Force Base ceremony, 345

ARB report and, 105, 153, 368, 369

and arms transfers to rebels, 261, 265, 274–75

Benghazi attacks and, 274–75, 298, 314–17, 325, 326

and blame for lack of security, 256

and Cairo embassy attack, 290

and Chaffetz trip to Libya, 320–21

congressional briefings/testimonies of, 97, 124, 216, 274–75, 368, 370

and cover-up, 284, 288, 333–34, 335, 336, 337, 342, 344–45, 346, 370

and democracy in Libya, 220

elections of 2008 and, 275

elections of 2012 and, 142, 216, 263–64

elections of 2016 and, 13, 189

and elections in Libya, 217

enemies of, 346

and hazardous duty pay, 223

Iranian elections and, 60

and Libya as success story, 216–17

Libya trip of, 142–43

military relations with, 315

missing missile concerns of, 3, 263

Muslim Brotherhood and, 200

and “normalization” of Libya, 174, 204

Nour Eldin visit and, 199

and overthrow of Qaddafi, 81

photo op for, 265

planned trip to Libya of, 263–64

and presidential findings, 97

priorities of, 75–76

and Qaddafi’s death, 101

and questions about Benghazi, 6–7, 174

and rebel control of Libya, 150

Reines as “gatekeeper” for, 344

and search for Stevens, 325

security for, 142

and security in Libya, 152–53, 157, 174, 253

slush fund of, 174

stand-down orders of, 314–17

and Stevens’ mission in Libya, 3, 100, 263, 265, 275

and Stevens’ security requests, 216, 223, 252, 370

and stonewalling Congress, 367

and “success” in Libya, 165

and Sunday talk shows, 342

and Syrian aid, 7, 208, 212

views about Political Islam of, 101, 124, 126

CNN, 80, 265, 281, 367–68

Cohen, David S., 187

Cohen, Jared, 65

Colt, Jeffrey, 131, 132, 134, 135, 136

Commentary
magazine, 363

Commission for International Religious Freedom, U.S., 67

Company of Shadows
(Shipp), 188

Congress, U.S.

and banning of U.S. arms sales to Qatar, 94–95

and Benghazi Mission as permanent consulate, 264

and DOD training of Libyan Special Forces, 324

and downing of SEAL Team 6 helicopter, 133–34

and funding for security of U.S. diplomatic outposts, 76

investigation of diplomatic security in Libya by, 104–5, 150–51, 152, 153, 249

investigations of Benghazi attacks by, 7, 196–97, 212, 223, 251, 284, 320, 342–43

and Jarrett-Velatyati discussions, 363

and missing MANPADS, 264

Obama’s relations with, 99

Petraeus briefing to, 364

and protection of religious minorities in Iraq and Egypt, 67–68

stonewalling, 364–68

and surveillance of Benghazi attack, 297

War Powers Act and, 116–18

See also specific person or committee

Control Risk, 107

Coptic Christians, 67

Coughlin, Con, 145

Council on Foreign Relations, 335

Countdown to Crisis: The Coming Nuclear Showdown with Iran
(Timmerman), 240

Counterterrorism Security Group (CSG), 315, 316

Cretz, Gene, 83–84, 100, 141, 156, 175, 176, 194

Crighton, Martyn, 253

Crowley, Candy, 367–68

Crowley, P. J., 71–72

Crowley, Shawn, 153–54

Crowningshield, Renee, 248

Cyprus, 111

Czechoslovakia, sale of explosives to Libya by, 17–18

Daily Beast,
198

Damon, Arwa, 353

Dandashi, Yehya Jassem al- (aka Abu Maasam), 179

Daniels, George B., 240

Danish Determining Group, 143

Davies, Dylan, 229–30, 248–50, 268, 269

Davis, Susan, 32

Davudoglu, Ali, 273
n

Deby, Idriss, 89, 90–91

Defense Authorization Act, 163–64

Defense Department, U.S.

Benghazi attacks and, 310–14, 317, 326

Brennan’s “secret war” and, 187

and cover-up, 168, 336

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy of, 70

intelligence warnings and, 239

MANPADS and, 51, 170

report of Irregular Warfare Support Program of, 238–40

and security in Libya, 155, 165

and training of Libyan Special Forces, 324

and U-28A spy plane crash, 168

See also
Panetta, Leon

Delta Force, 187, 206, 221, 324

Democratic National Convention (2012), 83

Dempsey, Martin, 249, 280, 282, 290, 309–14, 318

Derna, Libya

al Qaeda in, 350

Arab Spring/protests in, 78–79

drone at, 309, 310

elections in, 217

and increase in attacks in Libya, 195

security concerns in, 153, 160, 215

as source of foreign fighters in Iraq, 47, 87

“Die Hard in Derna” cable on, 49–50

DeSutter, Paula, 28–29, 30, 36–37

Dibble, Elizabeth L., 156

diGenova, Joseph, 95

Diplomatic Security Service

and accountability for security at Benghazi, 369

ARB report and, 105

and Asquith incident, 206

Benghazi attacks and, 285, 287, 294, 295–96, 297, 305, 307, 308–9, 319, 320, 323, 329

and concerns about security at Benghazi mission, 250

and increase in shooting incidents, 159

and leaking MANPADS, 142

MSD teams as supplements to, 193, 193
n

and “normalization” of Libya, 204

reduction in, 150–51

security concerns of, 153–57, 158

and SST, 156–57

and Stevens’ return to Benghazi Mission, 266, 267, 268, 269

and Stevens’ security, 101, 102

and Stevens’ security requests, 197, 255

and suspects in Benghazi attacks, 350

weapons of, 308–9

and Wood’s concerns about security, 162

See also specific person

Djibouti incident, 167–69

Doherty, Glen, 6, 102, 143, 254–55, 299, 324–25, 328–30, 333, 347

Donilon, Tom, 71–72, 316, 333, 342

Draper, Hannah, 202–4, 217–18

DynCorps, 143

Egypt

and aftermath of Benghazi attacks, 349, 354

al Qaeda in, 10, 19, 57, 281–82

Ansar al-Sharia and, 355

Arab Spring/protests in, 8, 72–73, 74–75, 78, 109

and arms shipments from Libya, 181–82

attack on U.S. embassy in, 281–82, 289–90, 338, 339, 340–41

Bush administration and, 57

Christians in, 67, 70

and CIA warnings about attacks, 281–82

and good and bad Islamists, 129

Iran and, 182

Israel and, 181–82

Letfallah II
affair and, 177, 180

Libya and, 202

MANPADS retrofit by, 184, 247, 361

missing missiles and, 359–60, 361

Muslim Brotherhood in, 8, 57, 75, 126, 142, 202, 282, 354–57

“new beginning” in, 55–57

Obama and, 55–57, 72–73, 181, 289, 354, 360

protests/demonstrations in, 74–75, 288–90, 343, 345, 354

and shift in U.S. foreign policy, 8

Sinai control by, 181–82

and suspects in Benghazi attacks, 354, 355

El Al attack, 90

El-Jahmi, Fathi, 45–47

El Keib, Abdurrahim, 215, 217

El-Mufti, Mahmoud, 271–72, 286

El-Shater, Khaiat, 356–57

el-Zomor, Tarek, 199

ElBaradei, Mohamed, 74, 75

Energy Department, U.S., 30

Engel, Richard, 126–27, 247

Erdog˘an, Tayyip Recep, 55, 244–45, 273

Eshoo, Anna, 67

Essawi, Ali, 119–20

European Command (EUCOM), 312–13

Extortion 17,
(SEAL Team 6 helicopter), 47, 130–40

Facebook, 79, 89

Fadeel Hotel (Benghazi), Stevens–Benghazi Local Council meeting at, 276–77, 278

Family Planning and Reproductive Health (UN program), U.S. aid to, 75–76

Farhat, Cynthia, 356

FAST (Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team), 314, 315, 325

Fatwa, 300–301

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 56, 128, 185–86, 295, 317, 336, 348, 350, 352–54, 364, 365