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Eric. The 7 Most Common Types of Information Sources for Creating a Winning Research Paper. 9/18/2013 via Writingspot.co.uk. Generic Attribution 2.0 License.
- Where: This is from the US Department of State Website, which is a .gov address. It is a very official report detailing the events leading up to the Benghazi attack.
- Who: There is no specific author because this is a transcription directly from the meeting of the State Department officials investigating the attack in Libya.
- When: The time stamp on this transcription is from October 9, 2012, about one month after the attack so tensions are still running pretty high and everyone is still in a frenzy to understand what happened and why there was such little security at the American consulate in Benghazi.
- What: This source is very important because it details all of the events leading up to the attack, with the people who were directly involved in making those decisions. Whenever you are investigating a controversy, or anything for that matter, you need a good background to understand exactly what happened, and that is what this source provides.
- Where: The host of this source is NPR; Arizona Public Media. NPR is known for being a pretty objective news source, meaning they have respected writers, who report the news without adding much bias.
- Who: The author of this piece was Erica Ryan. She has been working with NPR for some time now and has helped write several pieces of political importance, including the coverage of the 2010 and 2012 elections, and she previously wrote for the Associated Press. She began as a local reporter and has worked her way up to be an accomplished successful writer for a few national news media outlets.
- When: This story was published on December 19, 2012 and then edited one day later. This would have been right after the elections, so there were still questions flying around, aimed especially at the White House and the State Department about why there wasn't enough security.
- What: This is probably my most important source as far as what actually happened during the attack. This is the most detailed re-telling of the events I have found and it is really helpful in simply describing the events of the actual attack.
-Where: This source was found on the online version of the New York Times. As we know, the NY Times is a world renowned resource and publishes hundreds of respectable, well-spoken writers. Although the NY Times may provide some bias to the piece, it is still a very valid source of information.
- Who: There are actually three authors of this piece, but the main author is Pulitzer-prize winning American journalist Mark Mazzetti. Mazzetti has worked in the news for over ten years now dealing with world affairs and the Washington Bureau, and he as worked for such news outlets as the Los Angeles Times, US News, The Economist, and presently works for the New York Times. He has spent time in the Middle East as a reporter in Afghanistan and Baghdad and was awarded the Pulitzer prize for his book detailing the intensifying violence in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Basically, he is a seasoned reporter and journalist and has reported on government affairs for over ten years now, making him a very credible source.
- When: This story was released on January 15, 2014. At this time, fears were still heightening concerning the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, bringing only more tension to the Middle Eastern conflicts. ISIS had just claimed Fallujah, sparking more concern across the Middle East about their strength.
- What: This source provides information about the attack could have been prevented, meaning this is most important to my stakeholders from the State Department who were in charge of monitoring the amount of security in Benghazi at the American Consolate. So if it was discovered that more action could have and should have been taken by our government prior to the attack, then that poses a big problem for Clinton and her chiefs of staff at the State Department.
- Where: This story comes from cbsnews.com and is a direct video recording of Hillary Clinton's opening statement in front of the House Benghazi Committee responsible for investigating the attack. CBS tends to be less partisan than other news outlets and provides a credible source to this project.
- Who: There is no actual author of this piece since it is a video recording likely taken by a member of the CBS news team during the hearing. But since this is a raw video, the source of it is very credible.
- When: This hearing and the video took place on October 22, 2015, three years after the attacks on Benghazi. At this time, Hillary Clinton has already announced her candidacy for president of the United States, so she is under intense scrutiny from the public, especially regarding this issue and how it was handled.
- What: This opening statement helps to provide some more background information on the attack from one of the main stakeholders in the issue. Obviously, Clinton is also trying to defend herself and honor those killed during the attack, so the statement is not just strictly facts.
- Where: The source of this piece is similar to the last source in that it is simply a video published online by Fox News Network, from the full hearing of the Benghazi House Committee with Hillary Clinton. It was published by the Fox News YouTube channel and is simply a video recording from the hearing.
- Who: Again, there is no specific author to this video since it was just live streamed by a Fox News camera man on October 22. The video was not tweaked at all, so it is a credible source.
- When: The video was live streamed on October 22, 2015, right after Hillary Clinton announced her candidacy for president and tensions are increasing over ISIS in the Middle East and towards the government in general.
- What: This source provides direct commentary from Hillary Clinton, who was the Secretary of State at the time of the attack and leading up to the attack. She is probably the person coming under the most scrutiny and attack because of what happened, especially now that she is running for president. Her account of what happened and direct emails with Chris Stevens, the ambassador killed in the attack provide critical information into understanding why the attack happened.
- Where: This video was found on Foxnews.com. Fox news, although known for being rather right wing, is still a valid news source, they simply add some bias into their reports and it is up to the audience to decide how they will interpret it.
- Who: There is no specific author of this piece, it just simply says it was published by Foxnews.com The video was from the Senate report on Benghazi and the report below details what was said.
- When: This video and report was published on January 15, 2014, the same day the Senate report was given. Interestingly enough, this is also a slight rebuttal of sorts to the New York Times article I discussed earlier. They are both reporting on the same thing, but say slightly different interpretations of what was said and what it means to the attack.
- What: This video of the Senate report and the interpretation of what was said is a very important source to me because it deals with the main conflict surrounding the Benghazi attack. There is a lot of speculation as to whether the attack was in result of protest or if it was a planed and coordinated attack, so if Al Qaeda was indeed involved then it was definitely a planned attack and the State Department should have known about it.
- Where: This report was made by the Accountability Review Board, which was the primary investigative committee of the Benghazi attack, which interviewed everyone involved with Benghazi and relations with Libya. This report comes directly from the state.gov website.
- Who: This report does not have a specific author either, because it comes from the transcripts of the Accountability Review Board's interviews with witnesses and those working on relations with Benghazi. It was likely written a transcriber in the committee.
- When: This report was released in 2014, two years after the attack happened and everyone involved was questioned. However, this was released prior to the hearing of Hillary Clinton and the further release of her emails that were found on a private serve, so the ARB is still missing some information that came out during that hearing.
- What: This report provides valuable information about not only the attack, but who should held accountable for the attack. This is perhaps one of the most controversial topics surrounding the attack; who should be held most responsible and this report details who and why because of their role in the issue.
- Where: This report was found on the website for the House Intelligence Committeee which provided an investigative report of the attack and described exactly what happened, including debunking some of the false reports that came out right after the attack that were either false or misleading due to misinformation.
- Who: The report was made by Chairman Mike Rogers and Ranking Member CA Dutch Ruppersberger. They are each high ranking members of the House Intelligence Committee who have served on the committee for quite some time now. They are just providing a report of the findings of the committee as a whole.
- When: The report was published on November 2, 2014 about 11 about 10 months after the Senate report and after more emails from Clinton's private server came out.
- What: This is a very good source because it shows the progression of information that came out regarding the hearings and interviews from the people involved with Benghazi and how Clinton's emails affected the information that was since discovered and released.
- Where: The news website this article comes from is abc news, which is a credible news source for US news especially, but they also provide credible stories about world news as well.
- Who: The story was written by journalist Jonathan Karl. Jonathan Karl has worked with news in Washington for about 15 years now and was recently named ABC News' White Correspondent in 2012. He also contributes to Good Morning America, World News with Diane Sawyer, and Nightline. Basically he is a seasoned political writer.
- When: This story was published on May 22, 2014, about 4 months after the release of the Senate report, detailing what happened and who was responsible. This was also the same month the government completed their trade of a Taliban member for a Sargeant in the US Army.
- What: This story is a valuable source of information because it provides more information as to what the State Department was trying to claim following the attack on the US consulate. There was speculation as to whether or not the attack was in response to a YouTube video made to be anti-Islamic. What is really interesting is that the report says the White House contacted YouTube during the attack, as in our men were still on the ground fighting for their lives, and the government immediately tried to blame a video and the protest it evoked.
- Where: This article was found on the website, discoverthenetworks.org which is an independent news organization that analyzes news stories and claims to be a "guide to the political left". The fact that they have a .org url means they are privately funded, so they are likely not influenced by any partisan group directly.
- Who: There is no author of this article, it seems more like this was created on a blog-type platform where there is no specific author and they use a number of sources as well to compile their article.
- When: This article was released sometime in mid-2014. Although there is no specific date which is odd, all of their sources date prior to or in January of 2014. Additionally, the information provided does not include the hearing of Hillary Clinton which just occurred in late 2015 and still very recent news.
- What: This is yet another summary detailing the attacks on Benghazi, but it is a more comprehensive description of the events that took place before, during, and after the attack. This is valuable to me because some news outlets released more information than others, so having several sources that provide a "comprehensive" summary of events in very useful to draw information from.
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