The Annex team also had Ground Laser Designators, or GLD. This kind of laser equipment emits code and signal when there is overhead air support, unmanned aerial surveillance, drones or Spectre gunships, for instance.Read more: What laser capability did Benghazi team have?
Do you know if Ty Woods had a GLD on the roof? Terms are getting thrown around very freely, and all kinds of absurdities are the result, such as the idea that “Ty Woods was using a laser, proving that an AC-130U spectre gunship was overhead.”
I have dealt with a lot of reporters, and it’s my expectation that a half-dozen misinterpreted partial factoids will often be spun into a complete story that bears little relation to the final truth.