Debate about what really happened prior to and during the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that killed four Americans has been scrambled by a 7,000-word New York Times story that concludes there was “no evidence” al Qaeda or any other international terrorist group was involved.

The story by reporter David Kirkpatrick also asserts that “contrary to claims by some members of Congress, it was fueled in large part by anger at an American-made video denigrating Islam.”