Emails Blow Hole in Administration's Libya Story

[Tino]

Claiming credit for an attack does not necessarily mean they actually did the attack. Plenty of terrorist groups claim credit for all sorts of attacks; most of the time, they are trying to boost their image. Seems to me that there was a lot of chaos, mostly because of the uprising and rioting (which *was* caused by the anti-Muslim film), and the administration were trying to get all the facts before making a statement which blamed terrorism.

I agree that a claim by a terror group isn't reason alone to believe it, but no, sorry, you don't get to ignore reality here. This was a pre-planned attack - it was not preceded by an uprising and rioting. If "getting all the facts" was the issue then they wouldn't have come out blaming a YouTube video.