11 hours of interrogation

Hillary Clinton defeated the Republicans at the hearing in parliament

On October 22, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came to a meeting of the Committee of the House of Representatives of the Bengham Terrorist Representatives and spent almost 11 hours on it, answering the Republican questions about the attack on the American embassy in Libya in 2012. The Republicans accused the State Department of the inability to protect diplomats, and Hillary - in the involvement of Chris Stevens' ambassador to the death of the ambassador to Libya. The presidential candidate managed to leave the hearing the winner. Medusa tells why it was impossible to come up with the best advertising for Clinton on the eve of the elections.

First a little story. On the evening of September 11, 2012, more than a hundred armed militants attacked the US Embassy building in Benghazi and set it on fire, and then fired at the room occupied by the Libyan branch of the CIA. As a result of the attack, the US Ambassador Chris Stevens and the embassy employee Sean Smith, two CIA employees Glenn Dortorti and Tyrone Woods, were injured, more than 10 people were injured. The death of Stevens was the first case of the death of the US ambassador under execution since 1979. The attack on the embassy occurred on the same day when mass unrest was held in many Arab countries in connection with the publication of the film "Innocence of Muslims", which the protesters considered the protesting offensive to the confessors of Islam. It was originally reported that it was the demonstrators who attacked the embassy under the influence of anti -American unrest; Later it became obvious that the attack was carefully planned and had nothing to do with spontaneous unrest.

The wife of former US President Bill Clinton in 2012 served as Secretary of State and led all foreign policy operations in the state. Soon after the attack, she publicly recognized the responsibility of the State Department for what had happened and apologized for the fact that the state bodies could not ensure the safety of diplomats. According to many Republicans, Clinton, being a Secretary of State, misled the public, calling an attack on the embassy the consequence of excitement due to the “innocence of Muslims”-as the political opponents of the presidential candidate claim, such a version was beneficial to present the American operation in Libya as successful. In fact, the responsibility for the attack lies with the rebel groups who fought against the troops of Muammar Gaddafi - that is, the formal allies of the United States in a military operation in Libya. Another important reason for criticism of Clinton is the refusal of the State Department to strengthen security measures at the embassy in Benghazi, which Chris Stevens repeatedly asked. This is what the congressmen decided to ask Clinton.

Answering the questions of the Bengham Committee, Clinton only repeated everything that she said before. According to her, Stevens really sent requests to strengthen security measures at the embassy, ​​however, they were considered by their security experts, not a Secretary of State, whose powers are not such issues. “I know, this is not the answer that you want to hear, but these are the facts,” Clinton said.

Clinton explained the confusion with the true reasons for the attack on the embassy, ​​she explained the wrong interpretation of her words - she only warned about the danger of unrest in connection with the "innocence of Muslims", and did not associate them with an attack on the embassy. The correspondence of Clinton, recently published at the request of the former Secretary of State, directly says that the attack was planned, and not a consequence of a spontaneous protest. Clinton admitted that she did not maintain close contact with the US Ambassador to Libya and could not remember exactly when she met with him.

A significant part of the meeting was dedicated to Clinton’s relationship with Sidney Blmentalem, a close friend of the Clinton family. As the published correspondence of Clinton showed, she has repeatedly shared various information with Blumenal, including the situation in Libya, and he, as a private person, gave her advice, without taking any post in the State Department. Clinton, as you know, wanted to insist on the invitation of Blmental, former adviser Bill Clinton, to work - but the Obama administration scooped up. As before, Clinton claimed that she did not share any secret information with Blumen. Attention to Blepental is one of the signs that in fact the listening was very indirect attitude to the attack on the embassy, ​​writes Vox. His goal, the publication believes, were attacks on Clinton to reduce her rating.

All the time of Hillary's meeting, she looked like a winner and played her game, not allowing either to embarrass herself or put in an awkward position, while the Bengham Committee behaved like a “walking catastrophe” - so the journalist The New York Times Gail Collins. For all 11 hours, the congressmen did not ask a single question that would help to find out something new about the attack on the embassy in Benghazi, but only repeated the old accusations, which Clinton had already responded.

American liberal publications directly write that the performance at a meeting of the Benghaza Committee made her position in the election race even more - Clinton showed that she has the strength and desire to discuss the congressmen and win over them. Even conservatives note that although there are questions to Clinton in connection with Benghazi, their congressmen were not asked - and turned a meeting into a political performance and a waste of time. Photos of a frankly bored Clinton became the best illustration of her “interrogation”. Leaving the meeting, the journalists asked the former Secretary of State how she managed to hold out for almost 11 hours. “Yoga always helps,” Clinton answered.