why is hillary clinton blamed for benghazi attack
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. In a memo sent to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a day after the Sept. 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi, Libya, longtime friend Sidney Blumenthal blamed demonstrators who were protesting âThe Innocence of Muslimsâ video on YouTube.or instance, Blumenthal also flagged a Salon article for Clinton on Oct. 1, 2012, addressing the âJimmy Carter Strategy,â that warned of the Republicansâ potential intent to exploit the Benghazi attacks to damage President Barack Obama a month before the election. Clinton then forwarded the message to Sullivan.