(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/gss-120912-libya-consulate-attack/gss-120912-libya-consulate-03-4x3.photoblog600.jpg)Esam Omran Al-fetori / ReutersAn interior view of the U.S. consulate, which was attacked and set on fire by gunmen in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 12.By Jim Miklaszewski, NBC NewsIntelligence indicates that militant or terrorist groups were attempting to combine forces in the month preceding the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday.
Follow @NBCNewsWorld (http://twitter.com/NBCNewsWorld) "There was a thread of intelligence that groups in that environment in eastern Libya were seeking to coalesce," Gen. Martin Dempsey said in a briefing to Pentagon reporters, adding that there was nothing specific in the intelligence that indicated an attack on the U.S. consulate was imminent.
Dempsey said the intelligence was widely shared with all U.S. departments and agencies.
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That attack was prempted and was not related to the protest about a so called protest