The FBI has recovered personal and work-related e-mails from the private computer server used by Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s success at salvaging personal e-mails that Clinton said had been deleted raises the possibility that the Democratic presidential candidate’s correspondence eventually could become public. The disclosure of such e-mails would likely fan the controversy over Clinton’s use of a private e-mail system for official business.
The FBI is investigating how and why classified information ended up on Clinton’s server. The probe probably will take at least several more months, according to the person, who described the matter on condition of anonymity because the investigation is continuing and deals with sensitive information.
A review by Clinton and her aides determined that about half of the 60,000 e-mails she exchanged during her four-year tenure as secretary of state were of a personal nature, the presidential candidate has said.
Those e-mails, she said, mostly dealt with planning for Chelsea’s wedding, yoga routines and condolence messages.
Clinton said the personal e-mails were deleted from the server and her staff turned over paper copies of the remaining work-related e-mails in December to the State Department for processing and archiving. The FBI obtained Clinton’s server from the Colorado-based company managing it.
Recover E-Mails
Outside computer specialists have said the FBI has the technical capability to recover deleted e-mails. The exact number of personal e-mails recovered by the FBI could not be learned.
Once the e-mails have been extracted, a group of agents has been separating personal correspondence and passing along work-related messages to agents leading the investigation, the person said.
Since the existence of the e-mail system became public in March, Clinton has seen her standing in polls slide, particularly in regards to questions about her trustworthiness. She also has been heavily criticized by congressional Republicans who have raised questions over whether the private server jeopardized the security of sensitive data.
Internal government watchdogs have determined that classified information ended up on the system. Their findings sparked the FBI inquiry.
Clinton’s attorney, David Kendall, did not respond to phone calls or e-mails seeking comment. Nick Merrill, a spokesman, said, “We’ve cooperated to date and will continue to do so, including answering any questions about this that anyone including the public may have.”
Iowa Caucuses
The bureau’s probe is expected to last at least several more months, according to the person. That timeline would push any final determination closer to the Democratic presidential primary calendar, which kicks off Feb. 1 with the Iowa caucuses.
A bureau spokeswoman, Carol Cratty, declined to discuss any aspect of the investigation. Emily Pierce, a spokeswoman for the Justice Department, also declined to comment.
Clinton is not accused of any wrongdoing. She has said she is confident that material in her e-mails wasn’t marked as classified when it was sent and received through her server. For anyone who mishandled such information, prosecutors must prove that they knowingly did so to charge them with a crime.
The former secretary of state has said she decided to use a private e-mail address -- hrod17@clintonemail.com -- to conduct all of her electronic correspondence as a matter of convenience, to avoid the need to carry two devices, one personal and one professional. She served from 2009 through 2013 as the nation’s top diplomat.
E-Mails Posted
As the result of public information lawsuits, the State Department has posted almost 8,000 of those work-related e-mails on its website. The State Department has determined that dozens of the e-mails contained classified information.
Many of the work-related e-mails contain schedules, press clippings, staffing updates, speech notes, and requests to aides for tech support. Some e-mails are simply requests to speak with people over secure phone lines.
In 2013, the Clintons turned the private server over to a Colorado-based technology company to manage. The firm, Platte River Networks, installed the device in a New Jersey data center and managed and maintained it.
Andy Boian, a spokesman for the Platte River, said the FBI last month asked the company to hand over the server. Platte River asked the Clintons what it should do, and within 24 hours a representative for the Clintons told the company to provide the device to agents, Boian said.
There has been some question as to whether Clinton deleted her messages or took the more thorough and technical step of “wiping” the server. Boian said Tuesday that Platte River had “no knowledge of it being wiped.”
Clinton’s use of a private e-mail system is being examined by congressional committees that have the power to subpoena the FBI to obtain the messages. The e-mails also may be sought under public-information laws.
The FBI isn’t likely to hand over any such messages until its investigation has been completed. Even then, public records laws provide exceptions protecting personal information.
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Strategic policy expert and former CIA officer, Clare Lopez, shares the damming verdict reached by the Citizen's Commission on Benghazi; namely that under Obama, the U.S. has "switched sides" in the war on terror and now openly supports Al Qaeda Jihadists. Joining Lopez on the commission were several high-profile individuals including Ret. General Paul Vallely, Ret. General Thomas McInerney, Ret. Admiral James Lyons Ret. Lieutenant Colonel Allen West, among others from the defense and intelligence community. Later in the program, Gary Marbut, discusses the egregious actions of the EPA in their attempt to suppress ammunition production by a Bozeman, MT company.
We recently published an article about the allegedly very close relationship between Hillary Clinton and Mohammed Mursi’s wife, Naglaa Mahmoud. This is a developing story and there will definitely be more dots to connect. A follow-up report will be published soon but on the show today, I teased some of what’s still coming. One of the ways to verify or discredit claims allegedly made by Mahmoud involves looking at secondary evidence. There is also a new figure introduced into this potential scandal. http://barracknow.blogspot.com/2013/12/todays-barrack-show-december-15-2013.html
Obama sends Joe Biden to Israel because he refuses to go to Israel to attend one of the greatest leaders and Prime Minister Israel has every had. Hillary also refuses to go. But he went to Mandala's funeral, took "selfies" with the UK and Dutch Prime Minister, made a total ass out of himself, and was a disgrace to the USA. Israel will not let him speak or make a mockery out of a sad occasion.
WHY Obama refuses: 1. He hates Israel 2. He hates Jews
both Michelle and Obama hate Israel and Jews PLO fund rasier in 2003
3. He is a MUSLIM\and a member of Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood and the PLO . He was the toast master at a PLO fund raiser to buy arms to be used in terrorist attacks on Israel .
Obama and Michelle seated with Palestinian Liberation Organization Leader Edward Said at Khalidi Muslim fundraiser, in 2003
4 He wants to see Israel Destroyed WHY Hillary refuses: 1. She hates Israel 2. She hates Jews 3 She has a Muslim woman HUMA ABEDIN who is her Deputy Chief, a member of the Sisterhood of the Muslim Brotherhood, and is connected to the Holy Land Foundation 4. She wants to see Israel destroyed
Hillary Clinton Facing Criminal Charges Over Muslim Brotherhood Connection, Incitement of Violence
As Hillary Rodham Clinton faces a pivotal year; weighing a 2016 presidential run whilst continuing her attempts to prevent national exposure of her role in the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi, she could now be facing criminal charges in Egypt, over her known Muslim Brotherhood connections and her collusion with the wife of ousted Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi to incite violent revolution in the north African nation.
A complaint filed with Egypt’s Attorney General alleges that Naglaa Mahmoud, Morsi’s wife, was working – with Clinton’s help – to incite armed rebellion aimed at toppling Egyptian top General and Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
After the Muslim Brotherhood-back government of Egypt was overthrown after the military responded to popular, nationwide demonstrations, the new Egyptian government started work on bringing criminal charges against the Brotherhood in an apparent drive to completely outlaw the fundamentalist organization. The numerous known ties between the Obama administration and the Muslim Brotherhood – none of which have been revealed in the American mainstream media – were destined to be exposed during this process. Those ties include:
1) Barack Obama’s half-brother, Malik Obama, has been implicated in fund-raising operations for a known terrorist organization and is said to be involved in the management of funds for the Muslim Brotherhood. These connections were previously explored in anAugust article in the Guardian Liberty Voice.
According to a World Net Daily report, the Vice President of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt, Tehani al-Gebali, said that she wanted “to inform the American people that their President’s brother Obama is one of the architects of the major investments of the Muslim Brotherhood.” She went on to say “The Obama administration cannot stop us; they know that they supported terrorism.” Al-Gebali was referring to sustained efforts made by the US administration, along with Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsay Graham, to punish Egypt for ousting the Muslim Brotherhood government and attempting to bring about the release of Morsi and other key Brotherhood figures from detention.
2) Mohamed Elibiary, who has made no secret of the fact that he is an Islamist and Muslim Brotherhood supporter, is a member of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Security Advisory Council. He was appointed to that position in September, 2010. He is not the only person linked to the Muslim Brotherhood who holds an influential position within the US government.
Elibiary once tweeted “yes I do consider the United States of America an Islamic country with an Islamically compliant constitution.” He has been an outspoken advocate of the spread of Islamism and sharia law, the Islamist judicial system which, among other elements, strips women of almost all basic human rights.
3) Huma Abedin, who is a close friend of Hillary Rodham Clinton and her former Chief of Staff, has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Saleha Abedin, Huma’s Pakistani mother, has been identified as one of the leaders of the Muslim Sisterhood. Huma, who was raised in Saudi Arabia, is also the wife of former Democratic Congressman and failed New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner.
Muhammad Morsi is set to go trial in January, along with a number of other Brotherhood leaders, and the talk of possible criminal charges being brought against Hillary Clinton stem largely from her long-time friendship and co-operation with Naglaa Mahmoud. Egyptian television reporter Nasr Qaffas has reported extensively on Mahmoud’s interview with the Turkish Anatolia Press agency. According to the agency, Mahmoud said “I have between my fingers, a treasure trove of secrets from the White House and Mrs. Clinton fears my wrath.”
Mahmoud described how she was befriended by the Clintons in the 1980s, when she and her children lived in the US. “We have a long friendship of many years.” She said, referring to Hillary Clinton. “This friendship increased further when my husband became the legitimate president of [Egypt].” She added “We also have routine business dealings with the Clintons.”
Remarking on the 2016 US presidential campaign, Mahmoud said “Hillary depends on us tremendously to help her succeed in the coming presidential elections, just as we helped Barack Obama win twice.” It was not made clear how Obama’s election was allegedly aided by the Muslim Brotherhood.
World Net Daily also reported that Egyptian lawyers have also filed charges against Barack Obama with the International Criminal Court. According to Egyptian newspaper reports, the charges specifically cite “intentional murder, genocide, slavery, forcible transfer of population, imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty, torture and the intentional infliction of severe pain or suffering physical or mental person is under the control of the accused, rape, persecution, enforced disappearance of persons, apartheid and other inhumane acts.”
It remains to be seen how criminal charges brought against Hillary Clinton in an Egyptian court will affect her prospects for a White House run. Numerous Muslim Brotherhood sources are threatening exposure of a significant body of evidence linking the White House – and Obama and Clinton, specifically – to Muslim Brotherhood violence. Presumably, their motive is to pressure the Obama administration into securing not only Morsi’s release, but his return to power in Egypt. If any of these links are solidly corroborated, the trial of Brotherhood leaders could become the focal point of a vast international scandal; ultimately linking the Obama administration directly to terrorist activities.
Just in history Ariel Sharon has shown more backbone then this Usurper of a President and never sold his people out to Muslim Countries as Obama has sold the USA out to Muslim Countries who spit on our flag, wipe their backsides with it, and chant death to America.
Loretta Lax Miller feels dealing with these countries by with holding aid and American Money from them is the start of the answer. She feels using the money for our American Children and the schools are a priority and help private sector to create jobs. She believes in removing the foothold of UN Agenda 21 and keeping their policies out of our Sovereign Country.
I was told I need a disclaimer on this blog. That my blog is a lie by the Hillary and Obama people. That I am a lie. Interesting when the truth of the matter is thrown into these Hillary and Obama's clowns faces they being to conjure up all sorts of insults thinking this is going to stop you, It only confirms I am right with your threats and certifiable lies .
from http://www.capitalisminstitute.org/the-benghazi-cover-rup/
Truth Wins: The Benghazi Cover-Up is Beginning to Collapse
Though still treading lightly, Democrats appear to be backing away from President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over their handling of the Benghaziterror attack and their past comments. This has taken many people by surprise because, up to this point, theDemocrats as a group have largely supported the Obama administration’s explanation of Benghazi and blamed the Republicans for trying to create a scandal where there is none.
Several prominent Democrats have appeared on Sunday morning news shows, including Fox News Sunday and Meet the Press, to discuss the various facts that have come to light as a result of an ongoing investigation into the Benghazi embassyattack.
The list of Democrats backing away from Obama is growing and includesRepresentative Stephen Lynch (D-MA), who is on the Government Oversight Committee, and Representative Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD), who is the Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee. This is still just thebeginning. Watch the interviews below:
Stephen Lynch (D-MA) admits that the Benghazi Talking Points were simply false
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD), also conceded that the reports were edited in order to reflect something that wasn’t true, though he claims this was during a “volatile” time. Don’t expect these Democrats to be the last.
The media is turning on Obama and Hillary as well, though not fully, yet. Remember, almost any level of criticism is a step in the right direction, considering the media has been acting as the “fourth branch” of government for the last four years.
The Democratic concerns emanate from the fact that the CIA talking points explaining the circumstances surrounding the Benghazi embassy attack were changed by the Obama Administration to eliminate mention of Islamic terrorism. This raises the question of whether the changes were meant to cover up catastrophic decisions by the State Department concerning embassy support and security. I think we know the answer: yes.
The level of incompetence, sheer evil, and negligence on Hillary’s part is simply breath taking. The fact that millions of Americans still want her to be president is an example of the philosophical sickness that’s eating away at America’s moral fabric
6 Ways Benghazi Proves Hillary Should Never Be President
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appears to be the front runner for the Democratic nomination to run for President in 2016, despite the fact that her actions surrounding the terror attack on theBenghazi Consulate prove she shouldn’t be allowed to run a non-profit, much less a whole administration.
The entireObama Administration has handled the attack poorly, but Hillary should shoulder most of the blame, due to her position and involvement.
The American people need only to look at her behavior before, during and afterBenghazi to know how she would handle a similar crisis if she were to be elected President. If anything, we should be looking for ways to file criminal charges — not give her the most powerful political office on earth.
1. She blatantly lied. Hillary Clinton deliberately lied about the cause of theattack. The American people were told that the attack was the result of a spontaneous riot in protest of a little-seen Youtube video that spun out of control. Anyone could see that it was obviously a planned assault by a terrorist outfit. Yet, Hillary and other members of the administration blamed the video for over a month.
2. She said it didn’t “matter”. When Hillary finally found time to testify before Congress about the Benghazi attack, she claimed that her lies did not matter. Despite multiple Congressmen pointing out facts of the attack that disproved the administrations narrative, she arrogantly dismissed their questions.
Pressed by Senator Johnson about why she had lied, she famously exploded “what difference, at this point, does it make?” She also lied under oath in these hearings, claiming she had no foreknowledge of the security situation in Benghazi. Documents and emails obtained from the State Department, bearing her signature, prove otherwise.
3. Her “investigation” was a fraud. After the attack, Hillary directed the StateDepartment to conduct an internal investigation into what went wrong. That was like having a criminal on trial act as his own prosecutor, judge and jury.
The fraudulent investigation discovered nothing noteworthy, mostly because it did not interview any of the survivors of the attack, nor any of the high-ranking State Department officials involved. Sticking only to interviewing mid-level and insulated employees, the investigation served only as an attempt to cover-up Hillary’s mistakes.
4. She could have stopped the attack. New evidence and information have revealed that the Benghazi attack could have been stopped. Numerous documents and emails show that the State Department, including Hillary Clinton, were well aware of the dangerous lack of security at the Consulate, yet they did nothing to remedy the situation.
Furthermore, anonymous special ops witnesses and whistleblower survivors have said that military assets were near the region and could have easily reachedBenghazi in time to save lives and prevent the second attack.
5. She has silenced whistle blowers. The White House has censored the truth about what happened in Benghazi, helped along by the complicit mainstream media. From the beginning, all attempts to uncover the truth have been stonewalled at every turn and met with lies, half-truths, or silence.
Witnesses have been hidden. The few who have stepped forward claim they were threatened to remain silent. Certain members of the military who may have spoken out about Benghazi have died, disappeared, or fallen from public view in disgrace. By all appearances it seems the White House, and Hillary Clinton, are involved in a full-scale cover-up.
6. She had no plan for defense. It is now quite obvious that Hillary had no plan for dealing with an attack like Benghazi. From the ignoring of prior threats andattacks before 9/11 and the removal of a highly trained security force, to the denial of requests for additional security measures and the lack of communication betweenthe State Department and the military, it is apparent that Hillary Clinton is quite incompetent when it comes to securing the interests of America and the lives of Americans serving those interests abroad.
Can we take the risk of expecting her to be any more competent in dealing with a similar situation as President? The answer is obvious. Keep that woman out of the White House, whatever it takes.
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Again Hillary Clinton and Obama had their hands in this Kenyan massacre. Read below and see. Because of Hillary and Obama's interference with the recent Kenyan and Somalian wars, Americans are being killed again. What movie are they going to blame this on? Iron Man 3? World War Z? Or maybe Obama's own movie Zero Dark Thirty? Oh I know, they will blame the recent Disney movie Planes. And through all of this Hillary R. Clinton wants to be your president. Maybe it's time for her to be the President of her own cell block while in prison for treason.
US Embassy worker's wife killed in Kenya mall massacre: At least 59 dead and 175 injured at the hands of Al-Qaeda linked terrorists as troops attempt to end bloody siege on second day of violence
Kenyan security forces are locked in a stand-off with the terrorists 24 hours after the gang began shooting
Canadian diplomat Annemarie Desloges, 29, and pregnant Kenyan radio journalist Ruhila Adatia among the dead
Secretary of State John Kerry said the wife of a US diplomat working at Agency for International Development killed
Security guards wheeling out bodies in shopping carts from Westlands Shopping Center in Nairobi
Somalian terrorist group al-Shabaab, which has links to al Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack which they live-blogged on Twitter
Terrorist organization released a statement saying it warned Kenya to remove troops from Somalia
Two gunman have been killed by authorities, as many as eight more remain with one believed to be a woman
The upscale mall is a favorite shopping spot for expats and wealthy Kenyans
Witness says attackers told shoppers non-Muslims were the targets
PUBLISHED: 18:58 EST, 21 September 2013 | UPDATED: 11:45 EST, 22 September 2013
The wife of a U.S. embassy worker has been killed in a terror attack on a Kenyan shopping mall which left at least 59 people dead, authorities said today.
Secretary of State John Kerry, who offered assistance to Kenya in the incident, earlier told Reuters that several U.S. citizens had been hurt and the wife of a diplomat working for the U.S. Agency for International Development was killed.
Up to 15 hostages are still trapped inside a shopping mall in Kenya that was stormed by armed Islamic extremists on Saturday. As many as 175 people were injured in the Nairobi terror attack unleashed by up to 15 gunmen with links to al Qaeda.
The latest reports on Sunday revealed that the terrorists were scattered throughout the multistory center and the military had not yet gained control of the situation.
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Rescue mission: An image from AFP TV shows military forces taking position inside the shopping mall
Laying siege: Armed police crouch down and take position during a gun battle with Islamic terrorists at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday
Kenyan policemen and soldiers taking position as they battle Somali militants who have killed 59 people and injured 175 at a Nairobi shopping center
A Kenyan soldier holding a dog by its leash enters the main gate of Westgate Shopping Center as the military tried to overpower the terrorists on Sunday
Escape: Women carrying children run for safety after al Shabaab terrorists stormed Westgate shopping center in Nairobi, Kenya armed with guns and grenades
Ordeal: People come out from hiding under a car next to bodies in a car park as police search for the armed radicals
Escape: This family, who had been trapped inside the shopping centre, support each other as they escape from the scene
Kenya's interior minister Joseph Ole Lenku said the military had identified the attackers' locations but that the operation is very 'delicate'.
'We have confirmed the location of the criminals but will not give (out) the details,' he said. 'We don't want to lose innocent life.'
A State Department official told MailOnline on Sunday: 'The situation is ongoing. There are no new reports of American citizen casualties.
'The United States remains committed to continuing our close cooperation with the Kenyan government to combat the shared threat of international terrorism.'
As the massacre unfolded, witnesses described terrifying scenes in which men, women and children of all ages and nationalities were brutally cut down.
Around 1,000 people were evacuated from the mall with many running from the center with their hands raised while others crawled on their bellies to safety.
Fleeing: A police officer holds a gun to provide cover for customers running out of the Westgate shopping mall following the terrorist massacre that began on Saturday around noon (local time)
A wounded soldier is removed from an ambulance at an emergency staging area near the Kenyan mall where gunmen shot dead at least 59 people
Bloodied: Elaine Dang (right), an American believed to be from San Diego and working in Kenya, was injured on Sunday. She is now recovering in hospital
A Kenyan police officer runs towards a crowd outside the Westgate mall in Nairobi on Sunday as authorities fought to free hostages who have now been trapped inside for more than 24 hours. Pictured right, people walk and crawl out of the shopping center with their hands raised following the militant attack
Anxious: Onlookers stand along the road and look from a distance at Westgate Shopping Centre, where gunmen are holding hostages, in Nairobi on September 22, 2013
A 29-year-old female Canadian diplomat Anne-Marie Desloges and a pregnant Kenyan radio journalist Ruhila Adatia have been named among the dead.
A renowned Ghanaian poet and statesman Kofi Awoonor was killed. The esteemed professor was a former ambassador Brazil, Cuba and the United Nations.
Elaine Dang, 26, believed to be from San Diego, has been named as one of the injured and is recovering in hospital today. She tweeted on Sunday: 'I am recovering. Thank you for all the love and support - in Kenya and overseas. Terrorism knows no religion.'
She then posted a picture of herself and added: 'Proof that I am OK - hanging out with some of my best friends in Nairobi.'
The mall, a popular haunt for rich Kenyans and expats, is dotted with bodies lying in pools of blood. Some victims were shot dead as they sat in their cars, while others have been left with horrific injuries.
Kenyans lie on stretchers to donate blood for the victims of the Westgate terror attack on Sunday after the country's president urged volunteers to come forward following the atrocity
Carried to safety: A policeman carries a baby along with his machine gun (left) while a Red Cross worker holds a screaming child after masked gunmen stormed an upmarket mall and sprayed bullets on shoppers
Staging: Kenya Defense Forces soldiers prepare for the final push to rescue the hostages and neutralize the gunmen on Sunday in what was being described as a 'delicate' situation
Gunfire erupted briefly on Sunday inside the Nairobi shopping mall where Islamist militants are holed up with hostages.
The terrorists, using guns and grenades, slaughtered 59 people in the attack, according to Kenyan Interior Minister Joe Lenku. A large Kenyan security force has laid siege to the mall and taken control of its security cameras.
Five hostages were released on Sunday at around 2am local time. It is thought that Israeli soldiers are assisting with the rescue mission: 'The Israelis have entered and they are rescuing the hostages and the injured,' a source told AFP.
Two wounded Kenyan security forces officers were carried out of the mall this morning after a barrage of gunfire was heard.
Two gunmen have been killed by authorities, but as many as eight remain, CNN reported. Is is believed that one of the militant fighters is a woman.
Jonathan Maungo, a private security guard, told Reuters: 'They entered through blood, that's how they'll leave.'
Relief: Elaine Dang, an American who works in Kenya, tweeted this picture from her hospital bed and thanked her supporters
It's understood that security officials are probing the possible involvement of the fugitive ‘white widow’ of 7/7 London bomber Germaine Lindsay, Samantha Lewthwaite - a key al Shabaab bomb-maker and fundraiser.
Terrified shoppers told of how they huddled in back hallways and prayed they would not be found by the militants. When the way appeared clear, crying mothers clutching small children and blood-splattered men sprinted out of the mall.
At one burger restaurant, a man and woman lay in a final embrace after they had been killed, before their bodies were removed. Pop music was left playing over the loudspeaker.
Witness Elijah Kamau said the gunmen told Muslims to stand up and leave and that non-Muslims would be targeted, as they began their attack.
The gunmen threw grenades and then opened fire, sending shoppers and staff fleeing for their lives.
Charles Karani, 41, an IT engineer, said: ‘I hid under a car with my daughters, and I saw the men line up maybe 40 people and ask them who was Muslim, and if they were to prove it by saying the name of the Prophet’s mother. Those who got it wrong were shot.
'There was blood everywhere. Two ladies under the car with me had gunshot wounds on their legs.
‘Another Indian gentlemen was hit in the face by a bullet but he seemed not to be gravely hurt. Other people for sure are dead. I saw four people lying, not moving.
Somali-based militant group al-Shabaab, which is linked to al Qaeda, has claimed responsibility for the atrocity in which men armed with guns and grenades stormed the mall and targeted non-Muslims.
In what is believed to be a first, terrorists live-tweeted the attack on their Twitter account until it was suspended.
Multiple Kenyan news outlets have reported that the gunmen have been contained but not arrested. Hostages are thought to be scattered around the shopping center in separate locations from the gunmen.
Horror: Shoppers hurry down an escalator with their hands in the air as they make their way out of the shopping centre to safety
Army: Soldiers were drafted in to help police tackle the gunmen, who are now known to be terrorists from the Somali al-Shabaab organisation, which has links to al-Qaeda
Desperation: A crowd of people hold their arms out to catch a Kenyan woman as she jumps out from the air vent where she had been hiding from the gunmen
Spree: Shots are still being heard in the mall as police and terrorists engage in a stand-off
Hands up: Hostages of all nationalities head for the exit with their arms raised to show they are not carrying any weapons
Identified: Canadian diplomat Annemarie Desloges, 29, was shot dead by the gunmen at the Nairobi mall. Pictured right, with her husband Robert on their wedding day
The savage execution of at least 40 people took place on the International Day of Peace, which is usually celebrated by temporary cease-fires in conflict zones in order to allow for humanitarian aid, according to the United Nations.
'We have reports of American citizens injured in the attack, and the U.S. Embassy is actively reaching out to provide assistance,' Marie Harf, deputy spokesman for the State Department said in the statement.
'We condemn this senseless act of violence that has resulted in death and injury for many innocent men, women, and children.'
Citing privacy concerns, the U.S. Embassy declined to identify the Americans involved but an official did tell the Associated press that four Americans were injured in the assault.
Terrorist gunmen remain at the scene and police officers supported by the army are still fighting to bring the situation to an end.
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta says he shares the grief of the nation - his nephew and nephew's fiancee are among the dead.
'We shall hunt down the perpetrators wherever they run to,' said President Kenyatta. 'We shall get them. We shall punish them for this heinous crime.
'We are as brave and invincible as the lions on our coat of arms, my government stands ready... I urge all Kenyans to stand together and see this dark moment through,' the clearly shaken president continued.
'The despicable perpetrators of this cowardly act hoped to intimidate, divide and cause despondency amongst Kenyans.We have overcome terrorist attacks before. We will defeat them again.'
He urged Kenyans to ‘remain calm and vigilant’ and asked them to donate blood to help treat the injured.
Here they come to save the day: Kenya Defense Forces arrive outside the Westgate Mall just after dawn, it didn't take long for the gunmen to start firing at them
Wounded: A Kenyan policeman sits clutching his stomach alongside his rifle while a colleague exchanges fire with the terrorists
Scared: Clearly distressed, this family join hands as they make their way out of the building. Bullet wounds can be seen in the glass behind them
Cat and mouse: A security officer points out the location of where some of the terrorists may be hiding to his colleagues, all three of whom have their pistols at the ready
A confidential United Nations report cited by the New York Times called the attack 'a complex, two-pronged assault' with two squads of gunmen opening fire while storming the mall from different floors. Witnesses told the paper one of the gunmen was a woman.
MASSACRE AT THE MALL: TIMELINE OF THE TERRORIST ATTACK
The timeline is on Kenyan time, seven hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time in the U.S.
Saturday, 12.30pm: Terrorists storm the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, an upmarket shopping center, through the front entrance.
Initially, shoppers believe the attack to be a robbery. Reports of grenade explosions
12.45pm: Up to 15 gun-wielding suspects swarm the mall as terrified shoppers run for their lives and others shelter in closets, refrigerators and back hallways.
1pm: Kenyan security forces launch an assault on the mall to flush out the gunman
3pm: The first bodies are removed from the mall including those who were shot dead at lunch tables and a couple lying in a final embrace.
4pm: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta says he has lost several family members before vowing that terrorists would be defeated.
Among the 39 being reported dead are the wife of an American diplomat along with Canadian and Ghanian diplomats.
9pm: al Shabaab, a Somali-militant group with links to al Qaeda, claim responsibility for the attack.
2am: Five hostages are released. Up to 15 remain inside while their relatives hold a vigil at a Red Cross center nearby
11am: Bursts of gunfire from the building as Kenyan security forces close in. Israeli troops brought in for support
Sunday 2pm: 59 people dead; with 175 injuredand 15 hostages still trapped
Several armed units and soldiers could be seen on Kenyan television streaming into the area surrounding the mall as the seige approached the 20-hour mark. Reports also indicated the gunmen were firing on authorities staged in the parking lot as the sun came up on Sunday. Continuous sporadic gunfire was heard throughout the morning.
Hannah Chisholm, visiting Nairobi from the UK, said she and 60 others barricaded themselves in a large storeroom.
'We kept running to different places but the shots were getting louder so we barricaded ourselves along with about 60 others into a large storeroom. There were children hiding with us as well as someone who had been shot,'she told the BBC.
'The gunfire was loud and we were scared but at that point we thought the gunmen were thieves so we assumed they wouldn't try to reach the storeroom,' she added.
Diplomat Annemarie Desloges, 29, was killed in the terror attack, the Canadian government announced along with another woman who has not been identified.
Mrs Desloges was shopping with her husband when the attack took place, according to the Vancouver Sun. She was a liaison officer with the Canada Border Services Agency, working on immigration issues, the paper noted. Mrs Deloges had been living in Kenya for two years.
Britain's Foreign Office said at least three UK nationals were killed in the attack and warned that the number of such fatalities is 'likely to rise as further information becomes available'.
It was reported today that a person holding dual Australian and British citizenship was killed in the attack.
French President Francois Holland said two French women were killed.
One South African citizen was killed, said the country's International Relations Department.
Two Indians were killed and four wounded in the attack, said Syed Akbaruddin, spokesman for India's External Affairs Ministry.
Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans said a 33-year-old Dutch woman died in the attack and that seven other Dutch citizens who were in the mall escaped unharmed. The victim's identity was not released.
A 38-year-old Chinese woman was killed in the shopping mall 'terror attack', the Chinese Embassy in Kenya said in a statement. Her son was injured and hospitalized in stable condition, according to the statement posted on the embassy's website.
Pregnant Kenyan radio journalist Ruhila Adatia was confirmed among the dead. Prior to going shopping for baby clothes, Ms Adatia was hosting a children's cooking competition in the mall's parking lot.
The popular presenter posted several pictures taken posing with fans to Instagram in the hours before the attack.
Fellow journalist Kamal Kaur, who was with Ms Adatia in the mall when she was shot dead, told KTN that her children had been injuries. Both children suffered shrapnel wounds to the legs and one had a head injury, she said.
Both children were very close to Ms Adatia, she added, before talking about how excited the expectant mother was to be having a child.
Ms Dang, 26, is helped from the shopping mall covered in blood and is believed to be recovering in hospital
Killed in the attack: Ruhila Adatia, who was expecting a child, was at the Nairobi mall shopping for baby clothes when the terrorists struck on Saturday
Tragedy: Mrs Adatia, who was expecting her first child, was shopping for baby clothes when she was killed in the attack by al-Shabaab terrorists
Shaken: Journalist Kamal Kaur reported that she had been injured in the attack and that her children had suffered shrapnel wounds to the legs
Desperation: An injured woman, whose face and clothes are drenched in blood, lies on the ground outside the shopping mall screaming for help
Helping hands: An injured man is carried out of the Westgate shopping center after Saturday's attack
Scramble: People crawl on their stomachs to safety as security forces keep a lookout at the Nairobi mall on Saturday
Fleeing: A child runs to safety across the shopping mall
AL-SHABAAB AT A GLANCE
Translated from Arabic means 'the Youth'
Evolved from being the de-facto police in Mogadishu, Somalia into terrorism
Began suicide bombings in 2009 while attempting to overthrow Somali transitional government
The largest Somalian terror organization
Affiliated with al Qaeda
Has recruited members from many countries, including the U.S.
14 youths from Minnesota were charged in 2009 for trying to join the group
Also claimed responsibility for 2010 attack in Uganda that killed 74 at a soccer match
Main targets are Kenya and Uganda because they fund Somali government
'She was so excited about her baby, I don’t know what to do… I’m lost, I’m lost,' a hysterical Ms Kaur told the station between uncontrollable crying.
'Images of the day keep flashing in front of my eyes. Dead bodies, injured people, wailing, crying, scared, Ms Kaur tweeted hours after the attack.
'He stood there with a gun. Aiming it where the kids were. And the b*****d shot them,' Ms Kaur tweeted.
Al-Shabaab, also known as Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (HSM), claimed responsibility for the atrocity on Twitter.
The terrorist organization said that it had previously warned the Kenyan government that, if they did not remove military forces from Somalia, there would be 'severe consequences'.
'For long we have waged war against the Kenyans in our land, now it's time to shift the battleground and take the war to their land,' terrorists tweeted, before launching into a chilling account of the attack as it unfolded.
The militant group wrote: 'The Mujahideen entered Westgate Mall today at around noon and are still inside the mall, fighting the Kenyan Kuffar inside their own turf.'
The organization claimed it had killed more than 100 Kenyan 'kuffar', a derogatory term used to describe non-Muslims.
'Since our last contact, the Mujahideen inside the mall confirmed to @HSM_Press that they killed over 100 Kenyan kiffar & battle is ongoing.' the tweets continued.
'What Kenyans are witnessing today at #Westgate is retributive justice for crimes committed by their military, albeit largely miniscule in nature,' read the final tweet.
Twitter soon suspended the Twitter account, citing terms of service regarding violence or threats. Twitter has declined any further comment.
The gunmen were reportedly allowing Muslims to go free if they could prove they were Islamic.
Witnesses who escaped the attack said anyone who could recite a Muslim prayer to their captors was allowed to leave unscathed. But the attackers turned their guns on anyone who could not prove they were Islamic.
Kenyan police and soldiers have pinned down the remaining gunmen who opened fire, according to a security source at the scene.
'The attackers have been isolated and are pinned down in an area on one of the floors - the rest of the mall seems to be secure,' the source said.
Chilling: al-Shabaab terrorists live-tweeted the attack until Twitter suspended their account
Protection: A mother and her children lie on the floor as they attempt to hide while the gunmen armed with automatic weapons go on the rampage
Terrified: A young girl in tears is led away form the terror by a police officer
Safety: Shoppers and shop assistants raise their hands as they are escorted out by armed police
Children: A soldier carries one of the survivors to safety as armed police hunt for the gunmen
Hunt: Armed police search customers taking cover inside a bathroom at the shopping centre
Another survivor claimed that the gunmen told Muslims to stand up and leave and that only non-Muslims would be targeted when they opened fire at the upmarket mall of the Westlands district around midday on Saturday.
At least two dozen people, wounded and dead, were wheeled out on stretchers and in shopping cartss by security guards, while others were seen walking out of the building, clutching bloodied clothing around their injuries.
Locals and tourists who were out shopping on the sunny Saturday in Kenya ran screaming from the building and cars were left abandoned as attackers threw grenades and fired AK47s.
Over the course of an hour people streamed from the building, at least half a dozen covered in blood and clutching small children to them. At least one young boy is believed to have been among those killed.
'Militants went into the mall and executed people: women and children, anyone who got in their path,' New York Times staff photographer Tyler HIcks told the paper in an interview. Mr Hicks was in the mall during the attack.
Pools of blood everywhere: This close up shows the hand of a man killed by the gunmen
Gunfight: Police are still trying to escort people away from the site where fighting continues
Hostages: Police say armed men are still in the building and are holding prisoners
Release: Hostages move out in a line after being rescued from the mall
Deadly: Armed police search Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi for the last remaining gunmen
Search: Police scour the centre with guns to try and locate the terrorists still holding hostages
Internal Security Principal Secretary Mutea Iringo said 'terrorists and threats have been present in Kenya for quite some time now,' during an afternoon news conference.
'The casualties are many, and that's only what we have on the outside. Inside there are even more casualties and shooting is still going on,' Kenya Red Cross Society Secretary General Abbas Guled added.
There were unconfirmed reports of two large explosions, with several smaller explosions. Two people were reportedly injured on the road leading to the shopping center..
'We have officers at the scene trying to get out the group shooting inside. They have not been located,' a senior police official said earlier in the day, adding that 'officers are approaching the situation with caution because there are innocent civilians inside.'
Armed police arrived on the scene nearly half an hour later and could be heard shouting 'get out, get out' as scores of shoppers fled the building.
Dutch embassy employee Rob Vandijk said he had been eating at a restaurant in the shopping mall when gunmen threw hand grenades inside the building. Smoke billowed out of the entrance, which was believed to have been caused by the grenade attack.
Make-shift: An injured woman is wheeled out of the shopping center in a shopping cart
Shattered glass: A police officer tries to secure an area inside the Westgate Shopping Centre where gunmen went on a shooting spree in Nairobi
Shootout: Soldiers and armed police fire at the suspected terrorists as they try to wrest back control of the shopping centre
Special forces: The army and elite squads have been drafted in to help police flush out the gunmen
Shootout: A police officer takes up position at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi
Stand-off: Soldiers are still searching in and around the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi after the supposed terrorist attack
People began to scream and drop to the ground, he said, as machine gun fire rang out across the busy mall.
'I saw three of the attackers dressed in black and with covered faces and they were carrying heavy rifles,' said another witness.
Police helicopters circled over the building as sporadic gunfire could be heard more than two hours after the attack was launched, authorities cordoned off the roads surrounding the mall in central Nairobi's Westlands neighborhood. Manish Turohit, 18, who escaped after hiding in the parking garage for two hours, told reporters he saw gunmen with AK-47s and vests with hand grenades on them inside the center.
Police initially believed the attack was an attempt by about ten armed men to rob a shop. But Elijah Kamau, another survivor witness, said that the gunmen had announced that they were targeting non-Muslims as they began their attack at the center.
Some of those who escaped were 'challenged to recite a Muslim prayer and were then let out', according to Allan Sayers, who contacted MailOnline and said he was in the Westgate mall five minutes before the attack.
Mr Sayers said people were still in text and phone contact with some of the hostages.
'There are still many hostages still inside and reports of many more dead,' he added.
Wounded: A security officer helps an injured woman away from the building
Relief: A woman who had been held hostage makes it out alive from the mall, where seven are still being held
Injured: A security officer talks to his colleagues shortly after being helped from the scene having been wounded
Critical: A victim is wheeled into the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi for emergency treatment
Rescue: A woman is shipped to an ambulance in a shopping trolley by centre staff
Devastating: Injured people receive assistance from bypassers at the scene of the shooting
Family mall: Customers who had planned a Saturday of shopping were forced to run following a shootout between unidentified armed men and the police
'They don't seem like thugs, this is not a robbery incident,' said Yukeh Mannasseh who was on the top floor when the shooting started. 'It seems like an attack. The guards who saw them said they were shooting indiscriminately.'
One victim said that he had been shot by a man who appeared to be Somali, while others noted the gunmen were speaking in a foreign language.
'The gunmen tried to fire at my head but missed. There are definitely many casualties,' Sudjar Singh, who works at the shopping centre, told AFP.
'I saw three of the attackers dressed in black and with covered faces and they were carrying heavy rifles,' said another witness.
Errol Fernandes, a Kenyan businessman told reporters 'there were two guys – they came in from the car park on the roof. One had dreadlocks, he had an AK47 and was firing randomly.
Terrorist: Somali Islamist attacks are not uncommon in Kenya, although police have not confirmed the identity of the attackers
Horror: Customers are evacuated from the shopping centre covered in blood
Victim: Rescuers attempt to evacuate a man injured in the shooting
Killings: At least 59 people are believed to be dead, although police have not confirmed a death toll
Help: A man carries a boy away from the scene of the carnage earlier today
Shock: Witnesses said a half dozen grenades went off along with volleys of gunfire that started at midday
An AFPTV reporter said shortly after the attack he saw police and security guards trying to secure a multi-screen cinema complex inside the mall where many had taken shelter. She saw at least 20 people rescued from a toy shop on one of the upper floors of the building.
Attacks by Somali Islamists in Kenya often involve gunmen armed with automatic weapons and grenades, with targets including bars, nightclubs and restaurants in various parts of the country.
There was a suspected al-Shabaab attack which left five dead and three injured at a restaurant in the eastern city of Garissa in January, and in August last year one person was killed and six more were left injured in the Eastleigh area of Nairobi on the eve of a visit by Hillary Clinton, then the United States secretary of state.
The US Department of State has deferred to local authorities for information about the attack and has no plans for further comment at this time.
The NYPD on Sunday said that they have redeployed counter-terrorism units around New York City in response to an attack on a mall that left dozens dead in Kenya on Saturday. There has not been a specific threat to the city but authorities were not taking any chances.
