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Vol. XXXVIII, Issue 12 November 5, 2013 A College of the Dallas County Community College District
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Enticement to dance with the undead – ‘bitten’ Joyce Jackson Copy Editor
The macabre theme from Richland’s Art Week in October will be extended into the dance program with an eerie dance concert titled “bitten.” Gina Sawyer, adjunct dance professor, said the concert will reflect not only the macabre, but the undead and be highly romanticized. “Contradictions such as innocence and evil, awkward yet beautiful, strong yet fragile -again the undead, dead. What is life if undead is not dead, and it’s not alive? Then it’s another state of consciousness,” Sawyer said. Sawyer said the audience will see these themes, these contradictions reflected in the different dance styles: contemporary, modern, ballet, jazz, tap and hip-hop. The dancers are enrolled in performance in, not only the dance program, but also in drama, music and voice. “Sometimes we pull them in,” Sawyer said. “We collaborate. We’re hoping to evoke a sense of suspense, perhaps put you on the edge of your seat while also enticing you to dance with the undead.” So much of it can be traced back to the dance macabre performed by the peasants in reaction to elitists or religious leaders during the medieval ages, Sawyer said. But “bitten” is not a medieval show. It’s contemporary. For example, Sawyer said, a piece she’s choreographing is based on “Giselle,” a ballet
that was created during the romantic era. “The central axis of that was romantic obsession with madness and waltz and an idealized Christian and medieval past,” she said. Cheryl Callon, a ballet instructor, will also take part in the concert. Callon is a danceon-camera and video editor for the dance program. “Here, she’s created a dance on film and that includes everyday dancers and dance appreciation. She then trained dancers who take technique classes,” Sawyer said. “She has combined both of those types of students of dance and created a short film with them performing in it. “ Sawyer said the students are taken to different locations all over the campus. “This performance is a fabulous way to interact among dancers in the department and to engage students,” she said. “Our concert goes beyond just the proscenium stage of dancers. They are given an opportunity to study in a traditional setting, but also alternative venues in other spaces from the point of view of the camera.” Students and faculty, including Sawyer and guest artists Callon, Sung-Hun Lim and Julie Rowley, choreographed and will be performing in “bitten.” Keira Leverton, co-founder and co-director of Rhythmic Souls Enterprises, a soon-to-be 501c3 non profit organization, will also perform. The organization’s mission is to promote, preserve and explore the American
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Each week, the Division of Humanities, Fine and Performing Arts at Richland College presents its Recital Series. All performances are on Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. and are free to the general public. For more information about the series, contact Derrick Logozzo, coordinator of music, at 972-238-6254.
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Today: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Arena Theater, in Fannin Hall The Richland College jazz ensembles will perform in the Arena Theater in Fannin Hall. Sunday, Nov. 3: Time Change Don’t forget to change the clocks back one hour to Central Standard Time today. Thursday, Nov. 7: Noon to 1 p.m. Cafeteria Stage, El Paso Hall Lunch Concert Series Join the lunchtime crowd for the relaxing sound of the Richland jazz combo. Thursday, Nov. 7: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sabine Hall, Room S-117 Amelia Fortes, one of the directors of the Rich Grad Poor Grad Program will be on campus to give a second lecture about the program. From 4 to 6 p.m. attendees will have the chance to play the CashFlow game in Sabine Hall, Room S-118.
Tuesday, Nov. 12: 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. East Circle Drive (close to the library) Free STD Testing The Dallas County Health and Human Services, Sexually Transmitted Disease Mobile Medical Unit will be testing for HIV, chlamydia, syphilis and gonorrhea. For questions, call 214-500-2968. For more information, call the Richland Health Center at 972-238-6135 or stop by Thunderduck Hall, Room T-110. Thursdays: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. El Paso Hall, Room E-081 Free relaxation Group – open to all students and staff The Richland Counseling Center invites students to relax with a group. It will consist of simple yoga postures suitable for all abilities. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a mat or towel. For more information contact Julie Hanson at 214-890-3825 or by email at jhanson@dcccd.edu.
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Natalie Baker, left, Natalia Dubrou, Liz Nguyen and Michaila Evans rehearse a scene from the upcoming dance concert, “bitten.”
art form of tap dance through performances, educational workshops and partnerships with a number of artists and local organizations and youth programs.
The dance concert is free and open to the public. Reservations are not required. Performances will be Friday at 12:30 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m. in the Fannin Performance Hall.
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Richland’s Halloween monster mash lines such as “the originality of the costume, the individual’s personality and also the craftsmanship.” “If a student handmade their costume and we could tell that it was handmade, we could give them higher points for that,” said Thompson, “and then we made those judgments based on a scale of one to five, five being the highest.” The first-second-and-third place prize winners received gift cards valued at $100, $75 and $50, respectively. First place went to the Red Power Ranger who reluctantly revealed his secret identity as 20-year-old John Tran. “It feels good,” said Tran, “but it’s not all about winning. It’s about entertaining the people and showing what I have and who I am.”
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ie franchise. He felt good about winning but disappointed about missing an opportunity to show off his skills. “I [have had] this costume for like two weeks already,” said Do. “I’ve been practicing it. I was gonna get my sword, but the police told me to take it to the car. I was gonna do some sword moves.” Kelly Sonnanstine, whose job entailed “signing people up and getting people in line,” felt the contest was successful. “Last year, we had a lot of the same thing over and over again,” said Sonnanstine. “This time, a lot of them [the costumes] were handmade. I was very impressed.”
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Red Ranger Jeannie Storm Shadow
Jack Fletcher as a “Ghostbuster”
John Tran as Red Ranger from “Power Ranger”
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Khanh Do as Storm Shadow from “G.I. Joe”
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Tony Perez as Jean Luc Picard from “Star Trek” and Candice Coralli as Jeannie from “I Dream of Jeannie”
Alfredo Garcia as Finn the Human; Abbey Stryh as Fionna the Human from “Adventure time”
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Something creepy happened on campus this Halloween. A line of characters, creatures, critters and cartoons took over the cafeteria. Thirty-nine contestants entered the Halloween Costume Contest hosted by Jay Wooldridge from the Office of Student Life. Wooldridge, who dressed up as a pirate, said, “We didn’t have quite the turnout, but the people that were here were having a good time. The costumes were good. I didn’t see as many rented costumes. You can always spot those.” One of the judges, Hollander Thompson, confided that they had to go by certain guide-
Tran amazed everybody in the audience with his martial arts break dancing on stage. He considers dancing more than just a hobby or even a profession. “It’s a lifestyle,” he said. “I picked it up through my fighting. I’ve been training since I was young.” Candice Coralli, 20, won second place for her “I Dream of Jeannie” costume. “I found this in the attic last night, and my mom made it for Halloween like 25 years ago, and she wore this, and she won second place in a costume contest,” Coralli said. Apparently, she comes from a line of wishfulfilling genies. Third-place winner Khanh Do, 20, found his inspiration in actor Byung-hun Lee’s portrayal of Storm Shadow in the “G.I. Joe” mov-
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Try something sweet JONATHAN LEE Staff Writer
The U Smile I Smile club held a bake sale in El Paso Hall on Wednesday to raise funds for its mission “to put a smile on people’s faces that are ill, disabled or less fortunate,” according to President Alexandra “Ally” Miles, a 16-year-old Richland Collegiate High School student. The baked goods for sale included peanut butter fudge, white chocolate-covered pretzels, chocolate fudge and chocolate chip, sugar and peanut butter cookies, all
priced at $2. The club also sold coconut oatmeal cake, lemon, zucchini and blueberry muffins, bottled water, and sugar, raisin oatmeal and snickerdoodle cookies for $1. Chocolate cupcakes decorated with frosting smiley faces cost $2.50.“All profits will go to the club,” Miles said. “We may go visit a hospital and take roses and put a smile on their faces, or we might redecorate a child’s room that is just less fortunate.” As of Wednesday, the club included about 150 members. Miles welcomes even more people to sign up for U Smile I Smile. Email her at usmileismilerc@gmail.com to get all the updates and meeting schedules.
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An unidentified female student, described by police as about 25 years old, struck a curb and flipped her vehicle. It landed on its side while she pulled out of parking lot X at Richland last Wednesday.
Glass was strewn across the road. A backpack and a floor mat hung halfway out of the driver’s side door. Sgt. Barry Orton said the woman told police that she had “no clue how it happened.”
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Three JFK assassination conspiracies debunked Staff Writer
Spoiler alert: It wasn’t the Mafia. Or the Illuminati. Or a UFO cover-up. The list of who actually pulled the trigger of the Italian Carcano M91/38 bolt-action rifle that killed President John F. Kennedy contains one name: Lee Harvey Oswald. Patrick Moore, government faculty, said that part of the reason why the conspiracy theories persist is because people simply don’t want to believe it. He said that Kennedy’s larger-thanlife persona made it difficult for people to accept that a lone gunman could take out the most powerful man in the world. However, that’s exactly what Moore thinks happened and he’ll tell you why. Single-bullet theory (“Magic” bullet) The single-bullet theory primarily breaks down into three parts: Oswald’s marksmanship, timing of the shots and the bullet’s path. “There exist arguments that try to discredit Oswald’s marksmanship,” Moore said. However, Oswald qualified in the Marines as a sharpshooter and, after that, always requalified at least as a marksman, he said. Compared to the average civilian, this translates to better-than-average shooting skills. Also, Oswald was never more than
88 yards away from Kennedy’s motorcade, Moore said. For the timing of the shots, it’s important to understand most photographic evidence is referenced in terms of what occurred in each “Zapruder frame” or “Z frame.” The term comes from an 8mm home movie filmed at 18.3 frames per second by Abraham Zapruder. Moore said other film evidence available corroborates the Zapruder film, and it became the standard for establishing the assassination’s timeline. From the critical shot, the
“head shot” at Z-313, investigators worked backward to come up with the 4.6 - 8.25, or even as much as 11.2, seconds available for Oswald to aim and fire three shots. Moore said at Z-155-160 show people in the crowd already starting to turn their heads in reaction to a sound and this is
estimated as the latest possible time that the first shot could have been fired. The second shot is the “magic” bullet and it’s estimated to have occurred at Z-223, with the critical impact by the third shot at Z-313. Moore said what most conspiracy theorists don’t take into account is that Oswald had already set up the sniper’s nest
before the motorcade rolled into place for him to take his shots. That leads to the heart of the conspiracy theory: Oswald’s shot couldn’t have traveled the path it did to hit Kennedy in the back, exit through his throat and continue to hit Texas Governor John Connally. However, the results have been confirmed several times over the years from the Warren Commission to MythBusters. Moore said that the tiered seats in the limo (known as “jump seats”) and the inboard position of Connally make the path
Victory Records shows no common courtesy for A Day to Remember CHRISTIAN TANNER Managing Editor
A Day to Remember has been working on this album for the last 10 years. Every album, every single, every band practice, every flat tire and empty stomach they encountered has led them here to their fifth studio album, “Common Courtesy.” A Day to Remember’s latest album is set to release Nov. 25, but it hasn’t been a smooth road traveled. In 2011, A Day to Remember sued their label, Victory Records, because of unpaid royalties in an amount exceeding $75,000. Victory Records released a statement saying the case is about A Day to Remember not fulfilling its contract to release five albums under Victory Records. However, A Day to Remember released eight, including deluxe and special editions. Victory Records argues that those records don’t count, even though, by definition, they are separately released as a collection of recordings under Victory Records. In an interview by Jason Tate from absolutepunk.net, he asked Jeremy Mckinnon, lead singer for A Day to Remember, if the band would ever work with Victory Records in the
future. “If the court forces us to - yeah, we will but eventually [Tony Brummel, owner of Victory Records] will kill the career of our band. I mean that’s just the position we’re in. It was either let the guy do it, and he’s probably going to do it anyway, or do we try and stand up for ourselves? And hopefully the rest of the world will see what’s happening and not let this guy do this to people anymore.” The court has allowed A Day to Remember to release “Common Courtesy,” but the case is still ongoing and A Day to Remember could
owe Victory Records any profits made from the album. McKinnon explained that they had 40 songs to go through, but the band could only pick a handful. “Common Courtesy” is worth every penny. There are 13 songs, 54 minutes of pure A Day to Remember. It’s nothing but the best. This album absolutely enthralled me. When it is released, avoid downloading it without paying. They’re releasing this album to pay for court and lawyer fees to beat Victory Records. Don’t let A Day to Remember be forgotten.
of the second shot not only possible, but inevitable. Also, he said most conspiracy theorists don’t account for the 4 percent downward slope of Elm Street. Multiple shooters From shady characters on the grassy knoll to questionable acoustics, the idea of multiple shooters gained credibility for a long time due to a report from the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA). Moore said it’s important to understand the context of the report. Established in 1976, the HSCA was tasked to investigate the assassinations of Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. by public demand. Moore said the HSCA had gone through two years of investigations and was ready to issue a finding of no conspiracy when new analysis came out based on audio recording evidence provided by a police officer’s open microphone. The HSCA determined there was a fourth shot fired by a second shooter. However, the report concluded that the presumed fourth shot had no bearing on the assassination because there was no frontal shot on Kennedy, Moore said. Also, based on later analysis by more advanced technology, the evidence was disproved altogether because the mic would have had to have been in a specific location because of the acoustics necessary to be valid, Moore said. However, video evidence demonstrates conclusively that the microphone was not in the necessary position. See Kennedy on Pg. 9
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An escape from the intellectual RICKY MILLER
Entertainment Editor “Escape Plan” was originally going to be titled “The Tomb,” but I’m glad they changed the name to a more dynamic and involving title. Sylvester Stallone has been in prison before with stints in John Flynn’s “Lock Up,” as well as a brief turn in “Tango and Cash.” I hate to say it, but both flicks get a C+ in my book. With “Escape Plan,” Stallone’s Ray Breslin is an ace at escape. He actually gets paid to find the flaws in prison systems. While at his latest incarceration, Ray meets Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Emil Roottmayer, a fellow convict who plans to aid Ray in his escape from the hole they are in. Jim Caviezel portrays Warden Hobbes, a staunch and authoritarian leader who expresses his dismay to both Ray and Emil. His right-hand man is Drake (Vinnie Jones, ”Snatch,” “Swordfish,” “Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”), a lifeless thug of a human being who shows no mercy in his brutality. Fine support also comes from Sam Neill (“The Piano,” “Memoirs of an Invisible Man,” “Dead Calm”) as well as Amy Ryan (“Win
Win,” “Gone Baby Gone”) and 50 Cent (“Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” “Righteous Kill”). The first is a doctor at the prison who aids Ray in his quest to stay alive. The latter two, Ryan’s Abigail and Jackson’s Hush, are his assistants on the outside. Also amusing is Breslin commenting on a “Plan B,” referring to anything that goes awry. At the head of “Escape Plan” is director Mikael Håfström, who actually had a firm grasp on suspense with 2011’s “The Rite.” Here, he knows how to manipulate without giving away every single solitary plot twist. Both Stallone and Schwarzenegger embrace their age well here, even more so than in their roles in “The Expendables 2” last year. That even applies to earlier this year when Schwarzenegger looked old and tired in the very mediocre “The Last Stand.” Stallone, however, embraced his turn as a hitman in “Bullet to the Head.” Ironically, I gave both movies a grade of a B-. The only requirement when viewing “The Escape Plan” is to leave your brain at the door. A high IQ is not necessary to enjoy the trite and ridiculous scenarios that encapsulate the shenanigans here. Grade: C+
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A Batman, still learning to be Batman, was promised to us in “Arkham Origins,” by new developer Warner Bros. Games Montréal and a prequel to boot. These developers were up against the wall from the start with the daunting shadow of “Arkham Asylum” and “Arkham City” looming over them. “Arkham Asylum” is widely considered to be the first movie game that doesn’t suck. “Arkham City,” its follow-up, improved and fixed things most gamers hadn’t even considered broken. It gave gamers what we didn’t know we had always wanted. In the first hour or so this message doesn’t come across apart from a more brutal Batman and Bruce not shaving. The Batman of the past apparently sported the cape, cowl and 5 o’clock shadow. After the initial tutorial mission and some plot progression, however, the game developers drop their bomb in a single elegant phrase. “Someone named the Joker,” Batman tells Alfred. I believe that moment is the hook. It’s the point when you’ve stopped just playing the new Batman game and you started living the story. In this game we get to live through a historic event, the first time the caped crusader meets the clown prince of crime. The game takes place in a single night, Christmas Eve. Eight assassins are hired by Black Mask to kill the Bat. The assassins are Bane, Deadshot, Deathstroke, Copperhead, Firefly, Electrocutioner, Shiva and Killer Croc. Some of these are pretty traditional fan favorites, but some, like Copperhead, have been given massive reworks which help define the games personality. In my arrogance I believed myself capable
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of beating the game in a single night on normal difficulty. The scum of Gotham quickly cured me of my naiveté. I finally admitted defeat after having my face pounded in for the fifth time at 4 a.m. outside the Royal Hotel. I would not be able to finish this game in a night. Here is where I applaud the game developers. I had grown overconfident on a diet of easy games. “Arkham Origins” is not the hell of “Dark Souls” a game known for its unforgiving difficulty. Instead, this game shows you that being the Bat is not easy in any mode. Bullets hurt. Being the wuss that I am, I upgraded to bullet-resistant armor first, I still died. The game does a great job of making you think about encounters instead of barging in yelling “SPARTA!” Combat is as fluid as ever, the same counter trigger allows you to take on 10 assailants and win untouched like Batman. The system rewards you for learning timing, prioritizing targets and using counters. The incentive for mastering the system comes in two parts. First you get a rating after each fight; the better you fight, the more experience you earn and level up faster. The second and more motivational part for me was, you can almost hear Batman sigh when he gets hit by a thug because you missed a counter. It’s almost like the character says, “Really? You couldn’t dodge that.” The few boss encounters I fought focused heavily on the combat system and learning precisely how to counter and when to attack. These fights, although extremely frustrating, gave a greater sense of satisfaction upon completion. So now I stand looking down on the Royal Hotel. Alfred wishes me a Merry Christmas, letting me know it’s just hit midnight. The Joker is meeting the remaining assassins inside and I have work to do. Check back next week for part two.
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November is the time of year when many students begin giving up on school as a whole. Stress begins eating away their bodies, and with finals almost a month away, it’s not uncommon to feel discouraged about, well, everything. Karen Cuttill, Richland’s counseling services coordinator, had one word to share with students: self-care. As straightforward and easy as self-care seems, there are many components that students can follow in order to create a stressfree learning experience. The most important component of good self-care is to have good time management. This can be difficult during college. Many students are juggling four or five classes and a job, and in a Richland Collegiate High School student’s case, eight classes and perhaps a job. Cuttill recommends that every student have a planner. Buying a planner can seem a bit unnecessary at first, but visually scheduling time can yield flexibility. She advises students to block out class time, travel time, work time, personal commitments such as a date night every Friday or a club that meets every Tuesday, and free time as well.
“Block the heck out of Monday through Friday. Do everything on the weekday,” said Cuttill. Not only that, but she emphasized the importance of having free time. “It doesn’t help if you don’t take time for fun,” Cuttell said. Everyone can agree that it is always necessary to have time for enjoyment. If something traumatic happens, such as the loss of someone, Cuttill suggests taking time to just think about whatever is on your mind. Don’t let it get in the way throughout the day. Recuperation is always important, especially after finishing a long week of cramming and attempting to keep up with the fast-paced lectures of your professor. The No. 1 reason that students aren’t successful is because personal things get in the way, Cuttill said. It is important to realize how much is available at Richland at no cost. Counseling, tutoring and even yoga and meditation classes are offered by the Office of Student Life every Thursday in El Paso Hall, Room E-076 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Things can become difficult during this time of students’ lives, but always remember to just keep pushing and be patient – hard work will always pay off, even if it is not immediate. Use what is available and take care of yourself. As novelist Nora Roberts says, “If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.”
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Continued from page 5 As far as alleged photographic evidence, some conspiracy theorists claim to see a person in a grainy, black-and-white image with bright spots. Commonly referred to as “Badge Man,” the real culprit is the brain -- specifically, pareidolia. Moore said that, from an evolutionary standpoint, humans developed to see faces as a way of determining threats. Witnesses also claimed to see smoke on the knoll, but there’s been little evidence to support this, as the type of gun used doesn’t produce a significant amount of smoke.
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Cuban government Although tensions ran high between the U.S. and Cuba during Kennedy’s presidency, Fidel Castro and the Cuban government didn’t pull the trigger, even from afar. Moore said Oswald’s movements leading up to the assassination have been thoroughly tracked. While Oswald did attempt to enter Cuba through Mexico, he never made it, Moore said. “One thing I talk to my classes about is that ‘who benefits’ is not evidence of guilt,” Moore said. “‘Who benefits’ can provide leads for investigation, but the only thing that counts as evidence is actual evidence.” Moore said that although Castro may have ‘benefitted’ in some sense, after the assassination attempts on his own life, there isn’t any evidence to support the claims. So, why do the conspiracy theories persist? It’s a combination of misconceptions and “information silos” created, in part, by the Internet, Moore said. “The Internet was suposed to inform and educate people,” he said and instead, it’s created an echo chamber. Even when presented with disconfirmatory evidence, Moore said people who study the psychology of belief have found that that once a belief is planted, it’s often difficult to dislodge. “It takes effort to step out of personal newsgathering,” he said.
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OPINION
Benghazi: Separating fact and fiction RAYMOND THOMAS PRONK Staff Writer
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President Barack Obama speaks as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and others listen during a transfer of remains ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base for the Americans killed during the Benghazi attack.
According to an Associated Press story by Paul Schemm and Michael Maggie, “Within 24 hours of the attack, both the embassy in Tripoli and the CIA station chief sent word to Washington that it was a planned militant attack,” and “there was no sign of a spontaneous protest against an American-made movie denigrating Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.” The terrorist attackers numbering about 150 are suspected of being members of the powerful militia organization Ansar al-Shariah. Their members espouse a jihadist al-Qaida-like ideology. They fought in the Libyan
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civil war that overthrew the 42-year dictatorship of Moammar Gadhafi. Gregory Hicks was deputy chief of mission and charge d’affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, on Sept. 11. He was called to testify before the House Oversight Committee that is investigating Benghazi on May 9. Hicks said, “I thought it was a terrorist attack from the get-go. I think everybody at the mission thought it was a terrorist attack from the beginning.” On Oct. 28, Fox News interviewed Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). He said, “So I am calling for a joint select committee. … The
people who survived the attack in Benghazi, have not been made available to the U.S. Congress for oversight purposes. I’m going to block every appointment in the United States Senate until the survivors are being made available to the Congress.” The truth is, it was known from the beginning that the terrorist attacks were planned and well-organized by a militia group called Ansar al-Shariah and had absolutely nothing to do with a YouTube video. The Benghazi cover story was a lie repeatedly told to deceive the American people during an election year.
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The Benghazi cover story was that an awful, offensive, crude and disgusting online video that insulted believers in Islam led to a spontaneous protest that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya. On Sept. 14, 2012, during a transfer of remains ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made remarks to the families of the four Americans killed in Benghazi. She briefly reviewed the careers and lives of the deceased: Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, Glen Doherty and Ambassador Chris Stevens. Clinton said, “We’ve seen the heavy assault on our post in Benghazi that took the lives of those brave men. We’ve seen rage and violence directed at American embassies over an awful Internet video that we had nothing to do with.” On Sept. 16, 2012, United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice appeared on all five Sunday morning TV news shows. The interviewers on all five shows asked Rice to provide the Obama administration’s explanation for the murder of the four Americans in Benghazi. On ABC’s “This Week,” in response to a question by Jake Tapper, Rice answered, “But our current best assessment, based on the information that we have at present, is that, in fact, what this began as, it was a spontaneous -- not a premeditated -- response to what had transpired in Cairo. In Cairo, as you know, a few hours earlier, there was a violent protest that was undertaken in reaction to this very offensive video that was disseminated.” Rice repeated this explanation on all five shows. On Sept. 25, 2012, President Barack Obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York. He also repeated Rice’s explanation for what happened in Benghazi. “That is what we saw play out in the last two weeks, as a crude and disgusting video sparked outrage throughout the Muslim world. Now, I have made it clear that the United States government had nothing to do with this video,” Obama said.
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