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Boriqua
I'm confused and I can care less to actually watch ESPN. So there was a guy with a fake "perfect" girlfriend that he was in love with for 3 years, she died, and the entire world is like "OH NOES" even though fake relationships like that happen fairly often... But can someone please summarize it, whether or not he knew (cause I've read/been told he didn't even know?!) how it happened, why it happened, why it's so big on the news, and why do we have to care? Thanks, need to keep up with that particular lingo cause the idiots at my college are still abuzz with it even though it happened awhile ago.
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On September 11, 2012, Te'o said that he suffered the loss of both his grandmother and girlfriend within the span of one day. Te'o told many media outlets that his girlfriend, Stanford University student Lennay Kekua, endured a car accident and died after battling leukemia. Te'o did not miss any football games for Notre Dame, saying that he had promised Kekua that he would play even if something had happened to her. Many sports media outlets reported on these tragedies during Te'o's strong 2012 season and emergence as a Heisman Trophy candidate. After receiving an anonymous email tip on January 11, 2013, reporters Timothy Burke and Jack Dickey of the sports blog Deadspin conducted an investigation into the identity of Kekua. On January 16, they published an article that said they found no record of a woman named Lennay Kekua and that the story of her death was a hoax. According to the report, the pictures published in the media supposedly of Kekua were actually taken of Diane O'Meara an acquaintance of Ronaiah Tuiasosopo. Ronaiah has been described as a family friend or acquaintance of Te'o
Notre Dame addressed the story on the same day as the report. The university said in a statement that "Manti had been the victim of what appears to be a hoax in which someone using the fictitious name Lennay Kekua apparently ingratiated herself with Manti and then conspired with others to lead him to believe she had tragically died of leukemia." In a press conference, Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick confirmed the university had hired private investigators to uncover the source of the hoax, and he clarified that Te'o's relationship with Kekua was "exclusively an online relationship". This conflicted with Te'o's father's previous account of their relationship, which said they had met after a football game and that she visited him in Hawaii. Te'o had told a Sports Illustrated interviewer that she had seen him at a USC game when he was a sophomore when they were just acquaintances. Swarbrick said that Te'o informed Notre Dame of the hoax on December 26 after receiving a call on December 6 from the woman he knew to be Kekua claiming she was still alive. Te'o mentioned Kekua's death in at least four separate interviews in the days following the phone call
In response to the growing suspicions that he was involved in the hoax, Te'o agreed to a January 18 interview with Jeremy Schaap in which he maintained his innocence. Te'o explained that he had lied to his father and others about meeting her in person, because he thought he would be seen as "crazy" for having a serious relationship with a woman he had never met. Te'o said he was angered and confused by the December 6 phone call, and he continued to speak of Kekua because the situation was unclear to him. He explained that Tuiasosopo represented himself as the cousin of Lennay Kekua and that the two men had communicated online over the last several years and met once in person at the 2012 Notre Dame/USC game. Te'o also revealed that Tuiasosopo had confessed to him that he was the perpetrator of a hoax. On January 24, the New York Daily News reported that a lawyer for Tuiasosopo, Milton Grimes, told the newspaper that Ronaiah Tuiasosopo was the voice of Lennay Kekua. Speaking on-camera for the first time about the hoax with Katie Couric on January 24, Te'o thought that the voice played on three voicemails from Kekua "sounds like a girl", a sentiment with which many agreed. Relatives of Ronaiah Tuiasosopo later reported that the voicemails were left by Ronaiah's female cousin, Tino Tuiasosopo
On September 11, 2012, Te'o said that he suffered the loss of both his grandmother and girlfriend within the span of one day. Te'o told many media outlets that his girlfriend, Stanford University student Lennay Kekua, endured a car accident and died after battling leukemia. Te'o did not miss any football games for Notre Dame, saying that he had promised Kekua that he would play even if something had happened to her. Many sports media outlets reported on these tragedies during Te'o's strong 2012 season and emergence as a Heisman Trophy candidate. After receiving an anonymous email tip on January 11, 2013, reporters Timothy Burke and Jack Dickey of the sports blog Deadspin conducted an investigation into the identity of Kekua. On January 16, they published an article that said they found no record of a woman named Lennay Kekua and that the story of her death was a hoax. According to the report, the pictures published in the media supposedly of Kekua were actually taken of Diane O'Meara an acquaintance of Ronaiah Tuiasosopo. Ronaiah has been described as a family friend or acquaintance of Te'o
Notre Dame addressed the story on the same day as the report. The university said in a statement that "Manti had been the victim of what appears to be a hoax in which someone using the fictitious name Lennay Kekua apparently ingratiated herself with Manti and then conspired with others to lead him to believe she had tragically died of leukemia." In a press conference, Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick confirmed the university had hired private investigators to uncover the source of the hoax, and he clarified that Te'o's relationship with Kekua was "exclusively an online relationship". This conflicted with Te'o's father's previous account of their relationship, which said they had met after a football game and that she visited him in Hawaii. Te'o had told a Sports Illustrated interviewer that she had seen him at a USC game when he was a sophomore when they were just acquaintances. Swarbrick said that Te'o informed Notre Dame of the hoax on December 26 after receiving a call on December 6 from the woman he knew to be Kekua claiming she was still alive. Te'o mentioned Kekua's death in at least four separate interviews in the days following the phone call
In response to the growing suspicions that he was involved in the hoax, Te'o agreed to a January 18 interview with Jeremy Schaap in which he maintained his innocence. Te'o explained that he had lied to his father and others about meeting her in person, because he thought he would be seen as "crazy" for having a serious relationship with a woman he had never met. Te'o said he was angered and confused by the December 6 phone call, and he continued to speak of Kekua because the situation was unclear to him. He explained that Tuiasosopo represented himself as the cousin of Lennay Kekua and that the two men had communicated online over the last several years and met once in person at the 2012 Notre Dame/USC game. Te'o also revealed that Tuiasosopo had confessed to him that he was the perpetrator of a hoax. On January 24, the New York Daily News reported that a lawyer for Tuiasosopo, Milton Grimes, told the newspaper that Ronaiah Tuiasosopo was the voice of Lennay Kekua. Speaking on-camera for the first time about the hoax with Katie Couric on January 24, Te'o thought that the voice played on three voicemails from Kekua "sounds like a girl", a sentiment with which many agreed. Relatives of Ronaiah Tuiasosopo later reported that the voicemails were left by Ronaiah's female cousin, Tino Tuiasosopo
Are Conservatives aware that there were at least 11 US embassy attacks under Bush?
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Probably not. Fox News didn't feed this information to the low-information bigots.
Further evidence that the Republican "outrage" is purely political.
And no, it wasn't the same the other way around. Democrats did not politicize the embassy attacks or try to attack Bush for them - before anyone tries a hand at the false equivalency card.
US Embassies & consulates attacked under Bush:
June 14, 2002, U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan
Suicide bomber kills 12 and injures 51.
February 20, 2003, international diplomatic compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Truck bomb kills 17.
February 28, 2003, U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan
Gunmen on motorcycles killed two consulate guards.
July 30, 2004, U.S. embassy in Taskkent, Uzbekistan
Suicide bomber kills two.
December 6, 2004, U.S. consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Militants stormed and occupied perimeter wall. Five killed, 10 wounded.
March 2, 2006, U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan
Suicide car bomber killed four, including a U.S. diplomate directly targeted by the assailants.
September 12, 2006, U.S. embassy in Damascus, Syria
Gunmen attacked embassy with grenades, automatic weapons, and a car bomb (though second truck bomb failed to detonate). One killed and 13 wounded.
January 12, 2007, U.S. embassy in Athens, Greece
A rocket-propelled grenade was fired at the embassy building. No one was injured.
July 9, 2008, U.S. consulate in Istanbul, Turkey
Armed men attacked consulate with pistols and shotguns. Three policemen killed.
March 18, 2008, U.S. embassy in Sana'a, Yemen
Mortar attack misses embassy, hits nearby girls' school instead.
September 17, 2008, U.S. embassy in Sana'a, Yemen
Militants dressed as policemen attacked the embassy with RPGs, rifles, grenades and car bombs. Six Yemeni soldiers and seven civilians were killed. Sixteen more were injured.
The University of Maryland database also lists 64 attacks on American diplomatic targets during the George W. Bush administration, including car bombs at the US embassy in Yemen and armed attackers assaulting a US consulate in Saudi Arabia.
SCE2AUX2: Wrong again, you low-information fool. Obama called the attacks "acts of terror" the very next morning after the attacks. Romney was proven wrong on this at the debates. Get with the program.
Obama is the most: Show us any evidence that Obama altered Petraeus' reports. BTW, you've already made it clear in past questions that you hate Obama because of his race, so your opinions are invalid.
sister_: No, and neither did Obama. He called it an act of terror. And if Obama did blame a video, what does that mean exactly? Is that a crime? A scandal? You're scraping at the bottom of the barrel for anything.
Nikki: Why is that any different? People were killed (including Americans). US sovereignty was violated.
Two Lanes: "And you never hear of a republican calling liberals names or whining about MSNBC at every turn."
Probably the biggest lie told all year. Republicans & Conservatives call Liberals names and whine about MSNBC ALL THE TIME.
Trapped In The Wall: "Did George Bush ever have a CIA fire team on the ground, Marine quick reaction team only a few hours away on an airbase that was ready to support the SEALs trapped in the embassy, and then tell all of them not to do anything? Obama did. "
A complete LIE on your part. Obama NEVER told Marines not to act. You're a liar, and I invite you to provide a source showing that Obama gave an order for Marines not to intervene. You are a liar, and you hate facts almost as much as you hate Obama.
Ollicopter: Protests in reaction to the video occurred during the same day of the attacks - it's reasonable to make that mistake. Besides, why would that be a scandal whether Obama blamed the video or not? How is that a crime? You're an absolute clown.
SCE2AUX2: "No, YOU are the one who is wrong, you mendacious turd. Obama was referring to "acts of terror" IN GENERAL. NOT Benghazi."
He used the term "acts of terror" in a speech directly about Benghazi. Clearly that shows he implied that Benghazi was an act of terror. You hate facts.
But here's the thing - whether he blamed the video or not, how is that a crime or an impeachable offense? There is no proof it was deliberate. Many people thought the video was to blame because of the confusion over the fact that the attacks & protests of the video occurred on the very same day.
You are one low-information clown.
Trapped in The Wall: I read the entire article. I saw nowhere in the article it backing your claim that Obama told Marines not to protect the consulate. You just made that up. Again, I will repeat it - YOU ARE A LIAR.
Show me anywhere in that article that verifies your claims.
sister_: "Obama actually did blame a film for 2 weeks. He got his GF Rice to do the same plus his Press Secretary and others in the administration. You're the only person who seems to think it didn't happen."
No, you're just in the Republican bubble. The same bubble that told you Romney would win in a landslide. Many people don't side with your lies. Whether Obama blamed a film or not is irrelevant, because the allegation from the right that it was a crime/cover-up worthy of impeachment. Reporting faulty intelligence is not a crime. And mark my words, Republicans will come up short to find anything.
Paul: I don't see what your implications are - your videos say that the State Department knew of attacks while they were happening. A CIA security team was sent, but they were too late. Nothing you stated was a crime.
Trapped in The Wall: You wouldn't do anything, you coward. You're angry because I proved you to be a LIAR.
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I have never seen so many straw man attacks in my entire life!!! Trapped in a wall, the Teams got there in 25 min from the attack. - According to the timeline, the first call for help from the consulate was received at the CIAâs nearby Benghazi headquarters â referred to as a diplomatic annex by U.S. officials â at around 9:40 p.m., which is when the attack began.
âFewer than 25 minutes later, a security team left the annex for the mission,â said the timeline, which added that the group spent about 25 minutes trying to take out militants firing heavy weapons as it fought its way to the walled compound and then entered it under heavy fire.
At 11:11 p.m., according to the timeline, an unmanned surveillance drone arrived over the complex while the CIA security team, which comprised about six officers, rounded up the approximately 30 staff members on the consulate premises and prepared to move them to the annex. The security team at that point had recovered Smithâs body but had been unable to locate Stevens, who local Libyan guards had spirited out a backdoor to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead from smoke inhalation.
The CIA security team and the mission staff drove out of the consulate under fire and returned to the annex, which had come under sporadic small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/01/3078450/us-says-cia-sent-security-team.html#storylink=cpy
That's your article that is supposed to prove Obama did nothing
What is so stupid about these allegations is that Obama would have absolutely nothing to gain if he did hold back a rescue. Unless there is soon going to be a wild conspiracy theory cooked up.
I have never seen so many straw man attacks in my entire life!!! Trapped in a wall, the Teams got there in 25 min from the attack. - According to the timeline, the first call for help from the consulate was received at the CIAâs nearby Benghazi headquarters â referred to as a diplomatic annex by U.S. officials â at around 9:40 p.m., which is when the attack began.
âFewer than 25 minutes later, a security team left the annex for the mission,â said the timeline, which added that the group spent about 25 minutes trying to take out militants firing heavy weapons as it fought its way to the walled compound and then entered it under heavy fire.
At 11:11 p.m., according to the timeline, an unmanned surveillance drone arrived over the complex while the CIA security team, which comprised about six officers, rounded up the approximately 30 staff members on the consulate premises and prepared to move them to the annex. The security team at that point had recovered Smithâs body but had been unable to locate Stevens, who local Libyan guards had spirited out a backdoor to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead from smoke inhalation.
The CIA security team and the mission staff drove out of the consulate under fire and returned to the annex, which had come under sporadic small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/01/3078450/us-says-cia-sent-security-team.html#storylink=cpy
That's your article that is supposed to prove Obama did nothing
What is so stupid about these allegations is that Obama would have absolutely nothing to gain if he did hold back a rescue. Unless there is soon going to be a wild conspiracy theory cooked up.
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