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NYT: ‘We had a reporter on the scene talking to the attackers during the [Benghazi] attack’

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David D. Kirkpatrick @ddknyt
@RichardGrenell we had a reporter on the scene talking to the attackers during the attack- still invaluable

Richard Grenell @RichardGrenell
NYT reporter says NYT knows who Benghazi attackers are > @ddknyt: we had a reporter on the scene talking to the attackers during the attack
8:45 PM - 30 Dec 2013


What’s that? The New York Times had a reporter on the scene of the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya? Reporter David D. Kirkpatrick, who wrote this weekend’s piece on Benghazi, says it was invaluable to have a reporter on the ground talking to the attackers during the attack.


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Chris Loesch @ChrisLoesch
"Talking to the attackers during the attack..." Was he giving them tips? Taking a poll on YouTube videos? Just standing by? Wow! @ddknyt

S.M @redsteeze
@ChrisLoesch This might be overly snarky but it's dead on dude.. What is a NY Times reporter doing embedded with US Embassy attackers..Huge


Nino @baldingschemer
@redsteeze not to mention- how does one embed with a random, spontaneous protest sparked by a video? what luck @ChrisLoesch


Richard Grenell @RichardGrenell
@robertcobrien @ddknyt @nytimes @BradThor what is the ethical line for a journalist? Just watching a US Amb being attacked by terrorists?

Kris Kinder @kris_kinder
@RichardGrenell It must be ethical to wait 15 months before everyone knows a reporter was there. @robertcobrien @ddknyt @nytimes @BradThor

S.M @redsteeze
@flyoverangel question becomes is NY Times protecting identities of attackers of US Soil to source information for their paper @DarrellIssa


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So - Did the NYT really have a reporter embedded with a "spontaneous" attack, a reporter that the paper has kept from helping the investigation for over a year, or is Kirkpatrick making stuff up on the fly to make himself look important? Either one's believable to me. (An NYT reporter on the ground would actually give some credence to the "video" theory - he probably showed it around the bazaar hoping to make a news story.)
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