Armed Services Chairman Denounces White House Benghazi Cover-Up and Muzzling of Military Leaders

The Foundery ^ | 11/04/2012 | Ernest Istook

[GregNH]

President Obama should come clean with the American people about what exactly happened in Benghazi, according to the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Representative Buck McKeon (R-CA).

In fact, the President is the only one who has all those answers, McKeon says.

“The whole thing smacks of a cover-up,” he says. According to McKeon, the military has been muzzled by unprecedented orders not to provide information to Congress.

Benghazi, Libya, is where the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed on September 11, 2012, by a terrorist attack, which reportedly was monitored live for several hours by President Obama from the White House Situation Room.

In an interview on “Istook Live!” Friday (Listen to the interview here), McKeon said he’s heard that the White House might be setting up the military as scapegoats: “One of the things I’ve heard is that maybe they’re trying to put some blame on the military that they disobeyed orders or they didn’t respond to orders.”

But the military “would have somebody taking down notes of everything that was said,” according to McKeon. Normally such orders from the President would be put into writing, he said. But just in case there was a delay in written orders, the commanders would have those notes.

“I know these people,” he said. “They are men of the highest integrity. They are unchallenged in their patriotism….They would do whatever they were commanded to do by their commander in chief.”

[GregNH]

We’re not getting anything. I have written to commanders in the field, 3-, 4-star admirals and generals, and the response I got out of the Department of Defense is that “we will not be able to answer your simple yes and no questions,” that I’m sure they already know the answers to. “We will not be able to answer them on your timeline (which was now a couple of weeks ago when I wrote the letter), and we do not know when we’ll be able to respond.” And the other requests that we’ve asked for briefings, “we will not be able to comply with.”

This is the first time I’ve seen where the military has been basically silenced, when they could not answer a direct yes and no question from the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.

We’re not able to do our job if we can’t get information, and the commander in chief or somebody that he’s over has told them that they cannot respond to us. I think the whole thing smacks of a cover-up, and the President could clear this all up if he would just go before the American people.

The one who knows it all, that could clear it all up, is out campaigning and is totally silent on the issue after telling us he wants us to have all the information as soon as he receives it.

[GregNH]

This is damming!

[waredbird]

But the military “would have somebody taking down notes of everything that was said,”

Hasn’t anyone ever heard of recordings. Everything the POTUS says is recorded so there is no misunderstanding of what he said. Remember Nixon. Where are the tapes?

[Candor7]

Now the country is beginning to see what iot means to have elected a fascist as president.

The constitution of the United States is not properly followed or defended.

God help us all if the fascist is re-elected, for it will mean a civil war.

[Candor7]

Now the country is beginning to see what iot means to have elected a fascist as president.

The constitution of the United States is not properly followed or defended.

God help us all if the fascist is re-elected, for it will mean a civil war.

[Travis McGee]

In an interview on “Istook Live!” Friday (Listen to the interview here), McKeon said he’s heard that the White House might be setting up the military as scapegoats: “One of the things I’ve heard is that maybe they’re trying to put some blame on the military that they disobeyed orders or they didn’t respond to orders.”

But the military “would have somebody taking down notes of everything that was said,” according to McKeon. Normally such orders from the President would be put into writing, he said. But just in case there was a delay in written orders, the commanders would have those notes.

Nothing that I have read to date is not fully explained within the context of cross-border authority NOT being granted by President Obama. I've been tweeting it out like mad, and did at least get a response from Judge Jeanine Pirro thanking me, and telling me she was printing out the below article that I penned.

Maybe Jeanine will take it up.

Benghazi's Smoking Gun: Only President Can Grant Cross-Border Authority (PJMedia link)

Free Republic thread link

http://tinyurl.com/ctc3786

[TigersEye]

Maybe Jeanine will take it up.

Oh, yeah! I have seen no one on television more POd than her. She seems to be as livid about this as I am and she has been getting this right. Two good signs IMO.

[Travis McGee]

At least she said she was printing it. But maybe that’s her canned Twitter response to anybody who asks her to read an article.

“Don’t call me, I’ll call you.”
“The check is in the mail.”
“Thanks, I’m printing it.”

Well, at least she responded. Nobody else did, out of about 40 talking heads I could find @twitters for.

[TigersEye]

Jeanine Pirro is very hot under the collar about this. She is also very clear about things and doesn’t need anyone to lead her to conclusions. An excellent interrogator of her guests. I will hold out that there is a very good chance she will read your piece and use that information to dig deeper and in interviews with guests. I don’t know when her next show is though.