State Department denies concluding film sparked consulate attack in Libya

Posted on AllSides October 10, 2012

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The State Department denied Tuesday it ever concluded that the deadly consulate attack Sept. 11 in Libya was an unplanned outburst prompted by an anti-Islam movie, despite public statements early on by some in the Obama administration suggesting that was the case.

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