Other emails and memos have shown that the State Department under Hillary Clinton, as well as other agencies, knew while the attack was happening that it was being led by terrorist mercenary groups that had been planning the assault for some time.
Despite that, the White House and State Department maintained for weeks that the attack was spontaneous and inspired by an obscure Internet video. Obama Administration officials insisted they were presenting the best information they had available at the time, which we now know is not true, and even told the United Nations the story about the video, along with the conclusion that there should be no counterattack.