Colonel phil handley regarding benghazi investigation

But, according to retired air ace Colonel Phil “Hands” Handley, that simply isn't true.

The timeline below details the ongoing investigation into the September 11, attack upon the American diplomatic mission at Benghazi , in Libya. The attack and the investigation are the subject of much controversy in the American political sphere. The New York Times reported: "American and European officials said that while many details about the attack remained unclear, the assailants seemed organized, well trained and heavily armed, and they appeared to have at least some level of advance planning.

According to al-Sharef, the mob stormed the consulate after the U. CBS News later reported that U. From the wording of the report it is unclear whether the protesters were a group distinct from the attackers or were the attackers themselves. The Guardian published a video interview of a local Libyan on the consulate compound right after the attack, who presumed and empathized that the attack was in response to the anti-Islamic film.

The Washington Post reported that U. In a press release, the Qulliam Foundation , a counter-extremism think tank based in London, stated that the "military assault" was not related to the film but was to "avenge the death of Abu Yahya al-Libi , al-Qaeda's second in command killed a few months ago.

If anything, Handley is pessimistic in his timeline of when Fs could have reached Benghazi.

They also said a Libyan reporter told them that the attack was executed by as many as 80 militiamen "armed with assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and Deputy Interior Minister Wanis al-Sharif of the Libyan government told a news conference in Benghazi that it was likely that the perpetrators had been Gaddafi loyalists, suggesting the attack could have been intended as a revenge for the extradition of Abdullah al-Senoussi Gaddafi's former intelligence chief from Mauritania the previous month.

The FBI opened an investigation into the deaths; a team was sent to investigate, with another team for security. In a briefing to congressional staffers, State Department Under Secretary Patrick Kennedy said that the attack appeared planned because it was so extensive and because of the "proliferation" of small and medium weapons. CNN reported that the attackers were part of an Al Qaeda spinoff group.

They spoke with Sen.