White House denies claims it ignored credible information about consulate attack

White House denies claims it ignored credible information about consulate attack

telegraph.co.uk

As the report in The Independent emerged last night, a US official flatly denied that the State Department had prior knowledge of an impending attack.
“There's no intelligence indicating that the attack in Benghazi was premeditated," the official told Politico.
Shawn Turner, a spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, said the story was "absolutely wrong".
"We are not aware of any actionable intelligence indicating that an attack on the US Mission in Benghazi was planned or imminent,” he said.
White House officials have previously said they suspect the attack may have been premeditated due to the type of weapons used, such as mortar rounds and rocket-propelled grenades, which are not usually wielded during a spontaneous attack.
Initial reports suggested the attack on the consulate, which coinsided with an angry protest outside the US embassy in Cairo, had been caused by anger at an anti-Islamic film produced in the United States.
An FBI investigation has been launched.