The Irony -- Nothing About the Bakken -- A Political Note, As It Were

Updates

December 31, 2012: Yes, it was the State Department, i.e., Ms Hillary Rodham Clinton, who slept through the 3:00 a.m. phone call. 

The Senate report noted the "large amount of evidence" in the months preceding the attack that Benghazi was "increasingly dangerous and unstable," with an attack on Americans becoming "much more likely."

"While this intelligence was effectively shared within the Intelligence Community (IC) and with key officials at the Department of State, it did not lead to a commensurate increase in security at Benghazi nor to a decision to close the American mission there, either of which would have been more than justified by the intelligence presented," the report said.

Apparently a lot of phone calls. Some even probably came in during the day.

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Although I don't think this is political in nature. It's simply a random observation. But the story happens to involve politicians.

This pertains to the killing of the first US ambassador in 33 years -- the US ambassador to Libya.

As the dust begins to settle, it appears the intelligence was all there. Someone just didn't answer the phone in Washington.

Ms Clinton has taken full blame for the lapse in Libya.

It appears it was she, not Mr Obama, that slept through the 3:00 a.m. phone call.

Just an observation.

[Joe Klein's column.]