NYTによるベンガジ報告書

60ミニッツでライスさんを取り上げた時に上記の回答が今でも後を引いていることが分かりました。この事件について今日ニューヨークタイムズが丁寧な報告を発表したそうです。

A Deadly Mix in Benghazi
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
December 28, 2013

まだ読んでいないので詳しい内容は分かりませんが、Slateの記事によればアルカイダとのつながりはなさそうだが、spontaneousなものではなく予兆はあったと見ているようです。

New York Times Benghazi Report Blames Film "Innoncence of Muslims", Militias for Benghazi Attack
By Katie Long

After months of investigation, the New York Times has published its comprehensive account of the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission and C.I.A. compound in Benghazi, which killed four people including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens.

The Times finds no evidence that al-Qaida or any other international terrorist group played any role in the attack:
“The attack was led, instead, by fighters who had benefited directly from NATO’s extensive air power and logistics support during the uprising against Colonel Qaddafi. And contrary to claims by some members of Congress, it was fueled in large part by anger at an American-made video denigrating Islam.”

The video in question refers to the “Innocence of Muslims”, a 14-minute film uploaded to YouTube in the summer of 2012.

While some may see the report as a vindication of sorts for the Obama administration and former U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, who in early days cast the event as a spontaneous response to this YouTube posting, the Times says the reality is “murkier” and “wasn’t without warning signs.”

このような報告書が出ること自体ベンガジの事件がアメリカにとって重要な意味を持っていることが伺えます。