Petraeus believed terrorists behind Libya attack
By KIMBERLY DOZIERBy KIMBERLY DOZIER, AP Intelligence Writer?
?A Capitol Hill Police officer guards a staircase near the hearing room where former CIA Director David Petraeus is testifing before the House Intelligence committee on the Sept. 11, 2012 attack in Libya, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
A Capitol Hill Police officer guards a staircase near the hearing room where former CIA Director David Petraeus is testifing before the House Intelligence committee on the Sept. 11, 2012 attack in Libya, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Locked doors secure the hallway outside the hearing room where former CIA Director David Petraeus is testifing before the House Intelligence committee on the Sept. 11, 2012 attack in Libya, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, following the House Intelligence Committee hearing on the Sept. 11, 2012 attack in Libya and testimony by former CIA Director David Petraeus . (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
FILE - In this June 23, 2011 file photo, then-CIA Director-desigate Gen. David Petraeus testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Petraeus has resigned because of an extramarital affair. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., left, with Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., right, speaks during a media availability after a closed-door oversight hearing of the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, looking into the circumstances surrounding the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? A congressman says David Petraeus (peh-TRAY'-uhs) is telling lawmakers he believed all along that the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya was a terrorist attack.
The former CIA chief is testifying behind closed-doors before the congressional intelligence committees. It's his first Capitol Hill appearance since resigning last Friday over an extramarital affair.
Republican Rep. Peter King tells reporters after the House hearing that Petraeus focused his remarks on Libya.
Lawmakers say Petraeus told them that CIA talking points written after the attack in Benghazi that killed four Americans referred to it as a terrorist attack. But Petraeus says that reference was removed by other federal agencies that made changes to the CIA's draft.
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