The story says the boots on the ground made their own decisions throughout the night with no interference from Washington. Duh. The agents in Libya whether in Tripoli or Benghazi were totally on their own. Their cries for help were ignored by Washington.
Probably never more than a handful of Agency people within range. They tried anyway, probably hoping to buy time until the cavalry arrived.
The cavalry never came. Imagine how cynical you’d have to be as a member of the CIA and still could never imagine that the POTUS himself would leave you to die like that, never lifting a finger.
This treachery will echo long and have consequences that we can’t begin to imagine. This is as big a betrayal or bigger than the USS Pueblo.