As alleged mastermind behind the 2012 attack on the Benghazi consulate, Ahmed Abu Khattala, heads to a Washington, DC, court, the government has changed the narrative of the day. Instead of spontaneous retaliation for that dreaded YouTube video, the government accuses Khatalla of conspiring to attack the consulate, killing four Americans. Retired Army Lieutenant General William Boykin, who was the number two intelligence chief for the Pentagon, said the arrest of Khattala took so long because of politics. “The administration has known where this guy was since the end of September 2012,” he said. “I have spoken to special operations people, who were telling me that they could go after him and others any time the administration was ready to do so. It took so long because the administration had to see how the video story was going to play out and how big the whole Benghazi issue was going to be.” All along, the Obama administration played politics over security, but the intense scrutiny of the minority party compelled Obama to actually do his job. More…