U.S. Denies Warning of Benghazi Attack, Obama to Attend Return of Envoys' Bodies
The United States said Friday that reports it had advance warning of the attack on its consulate in Benghazi which killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya were "absolutely wrong."
"The story is absolutely wrong. We were not aware of any actionable intelligence," White House spokesman Jay Carney said.
"There was no intelligence that in any way could have been acted on to prevent these attacks," Carney said.
The London-based Independent newspaper earlier cited unnamed senior diplomatic sources as saying the State Department had credible information 48 hours before the attack in Benghazi that U.S. missions could be targeted.
Ambassador Christopher Stevens died on Tuesday along with three other Americans in the assault on the consular building, on the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
The White House also said that President Barack Obama would attend the homecoming ceremony for the bodies of the four U.S. officials.
Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were to be on hand at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington when a flight from Germany arrives carrying the bodies of Stevens and three of his slain colleagues.
Source: Agence France Presse
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