Petraeus believed terrorists behind Libya attack
By Kimberly Dozier
Topics: From the Wires, Politics News
A Capitol Hill Police officer guards a staircase near the hearing room where former CIA Director David Petraeus is testifing before the House Intelligence committee on the Sept. 11, 2012 attack in Libya, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) (Credit: AP)WASHINGTON (AP) — Ex-CIA Director David Petraeus (peh-TRAY’-uhs) has told Congress that references to militant groups Ansar al-Shariah and al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb were removed from the agency’s draft talking points of what sparked the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya.
A congressional staffer says Petraeus testified in a closed-door hearing Friday that the CIA’s talking points did name those groups.
Petraeus told lawmakers he wasn’t sure which agency replaced the groups’ names with the word “extremist” in the final draft. But he said he allowed other agencies to alter the talking points as they saw fit without asking for final review, to get them out quickly.
The staffer wasn’t authorized to discuss the hearing publicly and described Petraeus’ testimony to The Associated Press on a condition of anonymity.
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