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The
U.S. government has captured what it's calling “a key figure” in the
attacks two years ago on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, which
killed U.S.
Benghazi Suspect Captured by US Special Forces
Jun 17, 2014, 11:40 AM
By LUIS MARTINEZ, MIKE LEVINE and PIERRE THOMAS
Digital Journalist, Law Enforcement & Homeland Security
The U.S. government has captured what it’s calling “a key figure” in the
attacks two years ago on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, which
killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
American military and law enforcement personnel operating in Libya
captured Ahmed Abu Khatallah, who has secretly been indicted in the
United States for his alleged role in the attacks.
Khattalah, who was captured Sunday, is now in “a secure location outside
of Libya,” and no civilians or U.S. personnel were harmed in the
operation, according to a statement today from a Pentagon spokesman. One
source said he is being held on a US Navy ship in the Mediterranean.
Since the attack on Sept. 11, 2012, the Obama administration and top law
enforcement officials have faced harsh criticism over the failure to
capture anyone involved in the attack. Part of the criticism has focused
on the fact that some reporters have been able to conduct in-person
interviews with Khatallah and suspects, but the U.S. government had
appeared unable to do the same.
Testifying before a House panel last week, FBI Director James Comey said
he takes “the Benghazi matter very, very seriously,” and it is
something the FBI has “made progress on.”
“One thing you got to know about the FBI, we never give up,” Comey
added. “So sometimes things take longer than we'd like them to but they
never go into an inactive bin.”
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