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Feinstein: 'There's no question that the security was inadequate'

Sen. Dianne Feinstein suggested Wednesday that Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is the source of the White House's mixed messaging on the Benghazi attack, calling it "possibly a mistake" to release speaking points on the initial intelligence assessment. In the interview with CBS San Francisco, Feinstein says the security in Benghazi was inadequate: DIANNE […]

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Feinstein: 'There's no question that the security was inadequate'

Sen. Dianne Feinstein suggested Wednesday that Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is the source of the White House's mixed messaging on the Benghazi attack, calling it "possibly a mistake" to release speaking points on the initial intelligence assessment.

In the interview with CBS San Francisco, Feinstein says the security in Benghazi was inadequate:

DIANNE FEINSTEIN: I can tell you this, I think we do know what happened now. There's no question, but that it was a terrorist attack. There's no question that the security was inadequate, and I think there's no question that we need to work on our intelligence [...] My understanding is, and this, I think, was verified in the debate from what I heard, that the day after the president went to the Rose Garden and said this was a terrorist attack, I think what happened was the Director of National Intelligence -- which we call the DNI, who is a very good individual -- the former head of the Defense intelligence agency general Jim Clapper, put out some speaking points on the initial intelligence assessment. I think that was possibly a mistake.