Talk:Timeline of the investigation into the 2012 Benghazi attack

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Timeline of the investigation into the 2012 Benghazi attack article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

The subject of this article is controversial and content may be in dispute. When updating the article, be bold, but not reckless. Feel free to try to improve the article, but don't take it personally if your changes are reversed; instead, come here to the talk page to discuss them. Content must be written from a neutral point of view. Include citations when adding content and consider tagging or removing unsourced information.

Africa: Libya Low‑importance

	Africa portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Africa, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Africa on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.AfricaWikipedia:WikiProject AfricaTemplate:WikiProject AfricaAfrica articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	Libya portal This article is supported by WikiProject Libya (assessed as Low-importance).

International relations Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject International relations, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of International relations on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.International relationsWikipedia:WikiProject International relationsTemplate:WikiProject International relationsInternational relations articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

United States: Government Low‑importance

	United States portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by WikiProject U.S. Government (assessed as Low-importance).

This subarticle is kept separate from the main article, 2012 Benghazi attack, due to size or style considerations.

Removal of certain stuff.

I don’t disagree with these two edits here and here, but I reverted them because no reason was given, and I wanted to make sure that no one had any reasonable objection to their removal. What do people think? RGloucester (talk) 05:20, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've gone and reinstated the cuts. I think it is worthwhile. RGloucester (talk) 19:52, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Obama activities night of attack

There has been much written recently regarding what President Obama had done the afternoon to night of the attack. Also, it was reported that the night of the attack the President attended a fundraiser hosted by Jay-Z (MTV, Brietbart, Huffington Post, Enterntainment Weekly). Yet this is not mentioned anywhere in the main article, or this sub-article. Does it have sufficient weight to be included?--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 00:01, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Demonstrating the facts of the President's activities for the entire day of 9-11-12 seems to be a worthy goal. Several sources had to be removed because they did not match the actual timeline. For example, whereas some sources speculated based on unnamed contacts that the President was in the control room watching the attack begin to unfold, he was in fact at Bethesda when the attack commenced. Likewise, if the President's further actions could be construed by the reader as frivolous, they are nonetheless important to present. Rather than favor any observation based on chronologyy alone, the entire day should be represented so the reader can draw their own conclusions. ClaudeReigns (talk) 04:13, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Here is what was posted for the day at whitehouse.gov. And this is what was posted for the day on CNN.

SECDEF Panetta, states that on the day of the attack, that he only spoke to POTUS Obama once for 30 minutes at around 1700 eastern time. Here is the CSPAN video of the questioning on 7FEB2013 directly from their website.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 14:47, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GEN Ham and RDML Gaouette

Should there be mentions of the removal of command of GEN Ham and RDML Gaouette? There are references that connect the two to the subject of this article, and references that deny that the removal of the two general/flag officers are connected to the attacks.

Luis Martinez (27 October 2012). "Navy Replaces Admiral Leading Mideast Strike Group Because of Ongoing Investigation". ABC News.
"Navy replaces admiral leading Mideast strike group". Fox News. Associated Press. 27 October 2012.
Sam Fellman (4 November 2012). "1-star firing a public rebuke for decorated CO". Navy Times.
Jeanette Steele (31 October 2012). "Navy denies Stennis leader removed over Libya". San Diego Union Tribune.
Jennifer Griffin; Adam Housley (22 January 2013). "Facts and questions about what happened in Benghazi". Fox News.
Michael R. Gordan; Eric Schmitt (3 November 2012). "Libya Attack Shows Pentagon's Limits in Region". New York Times.
"Pentagon: Speculation that Gen. Ham is leaving over Benghazi 'absolutely false'". KMGH. American Forces Press Service. 2 November 2012.
"AFRICOM chief Gen. Carter Ham says some of Benghazi attackers had al Qaeda "linkages"". CBS News. Associated Press. 14 November 2012.

--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 09:39, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]