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(The Guardian) Justice department announces 'key participant' in Benghazi terrorist attack in custody
The US attorney general, Pam Bondi, announced today that officials arrested one of the “key participants” in the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack that killed four US government officials, including the US ambassador to Libya, J Christopher Stevens.
Bondi said suspect Zubayar al-Bakoush was taken into custody at 3am ET on Friday. “We will prosecute this alleged terrorist to the fullest extent of the law. He’ll face charges related to murder, terrorism, arson, among others,” Bondi told reporters today.
The FBI director, Kash Patel, added that he needed to protect the “integrity” of the investigation, and could not expand on operational details, but noted his department carried out what is known as a “foreign transfer of custody” to bring the suspect to the US.
A reminder that the attack on the American government compounds was a political flashpoint of the Obama administration, triggering years of scrutiny and investigations into the government’s preparedness and response to the attack on the consulate, particularly focused on Barack Obama and then secretary of state Hillary Clinton.
A Republican-led House committee report, released in 2016, found that while there were government security failures, and blamed then defense secretary Leon Panetta for a delay in deploying forces to respond to the attack, Clinton was ultimately not to blame. At the time, Democrats and critics of the investigation into the attack accused GOP lawmakers of pursuing a politically motivated probe as Clinton pursued the Democratic presidential nomination.
The US attorney general, Pam Bondi, announced today that officials arrested one of the “key participants” in the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack that killed four US government officials, including the US ambassador to Libya, J Christopher Stevens.
Bondi said suspect Zubayar al-Bakoush was taken into custody at 3am ET on Friday. “We will prosecute this alleged terrorist to the fullest extent of the law. He’ll face charges related to murder, terrorism, arson, among others,” Bondi told reporters today.
The FBI director, Kash Patel, added that he needed to protect the “integrity” of the investigation, and could not expand on operational details, but noted his department carried out what is known as a “foreign transfer of custody” to bring the suspect to the US.
A reminder that the attack on the American government compounds was a political flashpoint of the Obama administration, triggering years of scrutiny and investigations into the government’s preparedness and response to the attack on the consulate, particularly focused on Barack Obama and then secretary of state Hillary Clinton.
A Republican-led House committee report, released in 2016, found that while there were government security failures, and blamed then defense secretary Leon Panetta for a delay in deploying forces to respond to the attack, Clinton was ultimately not to blame. At the time, Democrats and critics of the investigation into the attack accused GOP lawmakers of pursuing a politically motivated probe as Clinton pursued the Democratic presidential nomination.