Intelligence sources tell Fox News they are convinced the deadly attack on  the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was directly tied to Al Qaeda -- with a  former Guantanamo detainee involved.

That revelation comes on the same day a top Obama administration official  called last week's deadly assault a "terrorist attack" -- the first time the  attack has been described that way by the administration after claims it had  been a "spontaneous" act.

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