Clinton on Meetings with al Qaeda Before Attack: ‘I Know Nothing About This’

 POMPEO: "Put the next poster up, please. Madam Secretary, you’re not likely to know who these two folks are, do you?"
CLINTON: "I do not." 
POMPEO: "One on the left is Mohammed Al Zawahari. He was the head of Ansar al Sharia group based in Benghazi. The man on your left is one on the left is Wissam Ben Hamid. Were you aware your folks in Benghazi Libya met with that man within 48 hours before the attack?" 
CLINTON: "I know nothing about any meeting with him." 
POMPEO: "On September 11th, on the day that he was killed, Ambassador Stevens sent a cable to the State Department talking about his meeting with Mr. Ben Hamid. Are you aware of that cable?"
CLINTON: "No, I’m not."
POMPEO: "He said in his cable, he said they, they-- he referred to Wissam Ben Hamid, they wanted an introductory meeting. They were here, they asked us what we needed to bring security to Benghazi. So your officials were meeting with this man on the ground in Benghazi, Libya, discussing security two days before that. But in August of that same year, the United States government had said that this very man was quote, 'a young rebel leader who allegedly fought in Iraq under the flag of al Qaeda.' Were you aware that our folks were either wittingly or unwittingly meeting on the ground with members of al Qaeda hours before the attack?"
CLINTON: "I know nothing about this, congressman."
POMPEO: "I think that’s deeply disturbing. The fact that your team was meeting —"
CLINTON: "I’m sorry, which team is this?"
POMPEO: "It could have been -- we don’t know exactly who —"
CLINTON: "Well, it would be helpful —"
POMPEO: "It would have been one of your State Department employees, Madam Secretary. I don’t know which one. Perhaps you could enlighten us or we can get the records we need to do so. To date we have not been able to learn that."
CLINTON: "Since we didn’t have an ongoing significant presence of State Department personnel in Benghazi, I don’t know to whom you are referring."
POMPEO: "Mr. Chairman, I yield back balance of my time."