I don't get how the NYT article is being used as support on the left. It doesn't dispute the fact that there were warnings for months previous to the attack on Western targets in the region. It shows that while there were protests related to the video, the actual attack was organized by, maybe not Al Qaeda, but Ansar al-Sharia. They even say it wasn't spontaneous. If anything it shows a continued lack of knowledge about the different groups in the area. Too many people are hung up on the name Al Qaeda as if it's one all-encompassing entity.
I've never been on the conspiracy bandwagon here. I'm still just waiting to see who they hold accountable for this since it was promised that our government was doing everything in it's power to capture and bring them to justice.