While the blind sheikh seems to be the Egyptian component, news broke Wednesday evening that Al Qaeda was involved in the Libyan consulate attack; in particular, an ex-Gitmo detainee.
FoxNews: Intelligence sources tell Fox News they are convinced the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was directly tied to Al Qaeda -- with a former Guantanamo detainee involved.
That revelation comes on the same day a top Obama administration official called last week's deadly assault a "terrorist attack" -- the first time the attack has been described that way by the administration after claims it had been a "spontaneous" act.
ADDENDUM: CBS reports that witnesses say there was never an anti-American protest outside the American consulate in Benghazi; instead, it came under 'planned attack'...
The public won't get a detailed account of what happened until AFTER the election? How convenient.
UPDATE: Michelle Malkin reported Thursday that it was the left-wing Center for Constitutional Rights that helped free the former Gitmo detainee who is believed to have led the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi...
Longtime readers know that I’ve extensively covered the troublesome conflict of interest at the Department of Justice involving Attorney General Eric Holder and his former law firm, Covington and Burling, which has represented a score of Gitmo detainees. See my archive of posts on the matter here. Many readers have asked whether the firm represented Abu Sufian bin Qumu, the former Gitmo detainee released in 2007 — and now named as the possible lead plotter in the bloody attacks on our consulate personnel, staff, and private security contractors in Benghazi.
The left-wing organization that helped spring Qumu was the Center for Constitutional Rights. Last April, the group issued an indignant press release painting Qumu as a harmless victim and blasting those concerned about his unrepentant jihadi ways. After a trove of Gitmo documents found their way to Wikileaks and were published by the New York Times, CCR rose to Qumu’s defense and parroted jihadi propaganda that the aggrieved Qumu was actually a friend of the U.S.
