# Guess what 60 Minutes decided to do last night? (Answer: Benghazi) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 28, 2013, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429 "2013-10-28T09:40:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/121 "2013-10-28T22:26:40Z")
> [@Terr](#): > > Was that after she lied about it being “spontaneous demonstrations” or before? Wow…you sound well informed. One would hardly imagine you dissing the administration without having your contentions thoroughly buttressed by the facts of the matter. I mean, it would almost be like you were trying to steer the narrative to a predetermined conclusion with shady conjecture not entirely based on actual events… > [@Terr](#): > > It’s impossible to know in advance of a spontaneous angry mob. But it’s always possible to know of terrorist attacks in advance, so Obama would still be at fault? Hey, keep sounding like a dumbass blowhard. It’s a difficult, un-thankful job and I’m sure Adaher could use the break. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/122 "2013-10-28T22:28:49Z")
… in a city experiencing a more or less permanent riot? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/123 "2013-10-28T22:35:28Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > They lied, because the spontaneous explanation holds them blameless, at a time when they really needed to be held blameless. A planned attack, even if it had been handled without loss of life, raises questions about whether they should have known. Says you, with no evidence… and it’s still far less plausible than my explanation. My explanation fits the facts and doesn’t require any assumptions of malice- just minor mistakes that happen in the immediate aftermath of virtually _every_ crisis of violence. Whatever she said, the qualifier she added “we won’t know for certain until the investigation is complete” makes the “lie” accusation pretty silly. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/124 "2013-10-28T22:40:27Z")
I would not hold people blameless if they allowed an angry mob to take over a diplomatic post. It’s worse than allowing terrorists to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/125 "2013-10-28T22:47:31Z")
[Moderating] I’ve edited the thread title to make the subject clear. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/126 "2013-10-28T22:51:45Z")
Now it sounds like 60 Minutes burned down an embassy. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/127 "2013-10-28T22:52:32Z")
Maybe they did. CONNECT THE DOT, PEOPLE. ETA: And for the umpteenth time, the facility in Benghazi was a consulate, not an embassy. A somewhat different beast. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/128 "2013-10-28T23:03:54Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > [Moderating] > I’ve edited the thread title to make the subject clear. > [/Moderating] How did you resist putting an exclamation point after “Benghazi!”? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/129 "2013-10-28T23:07:05Z")
> [@digs](#): > > How did you resist putting an exclamation point after “Benghazi!”? Because it wasn’t on Broadway? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/130 "2013-10-28T23:15:14Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > … I’d watch Lara Logan read from the Brooklyn White Pages for half an hour… We live in amazing times. Until she arrived, I had no idea that a valid restraining order could be delivered by internet. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/131 "2013-10-28T23:28:47Z")
Boob-Tube, indeed! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/132 "2013-10-28T23:34:56Z")
I shall send my footman around to deliver your thrashing. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/133 "2013-10-28T23:42:16Z")
How many threats does al Qaeda make every year, anyway? Is it a lot? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/134 "2013-10-29T00:12:06Z")
[Eddie Izzard] Fruit shop short-changed me! Jihad on _them_! [/EI] ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/135 "2013-10-29T01:13:44Z")
Was there any fresh information revealed, or simply two other people saying what we pretty much already knew? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/136 "2013-10-29T01:39:20Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > How many threats does al Qaeda make every year, anyway? Is it a lot? Are you kidding? They don’t even know how many threats they make. Sometimes they don’t know they’ve made a threat until AFTER it was made. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/137 "2013-10-29T02:00:04Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I don’t see anything in there about what the administration knew. It doesn’t even come up - the whole thing is just about how the people stationed there knew security was insufficient. Everybody in the fucking DOS knew that security was insufficient, just like it is in most all shithole outposts in the third world. This isn’t reporting; it’s just rehashing old news that wasn’t news in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/138 "2013-10-29T03:08:50Z")
Please fight my ignorance, since Benghazi what laws have the GOP controlled House passed in order to avoid such misfortune in the future. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/139 "2013-10-29T03:14:57Z")
Repealed Obamacare. Don’t ask. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/140 "2013-10-29T03:24:18Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > They lied, because the spontaneous explanation holds them blameless, at a time when they really needed to be held blameless. A planned attack, even if it had been handled without loss of life, raises questions about whether they should have known. Face it: **Nobody cares about Benghazi.** Not even the Pubs – not even you – except as a stick for beating the Admin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429.md?page=8)