Source: Only President Could Have Made 'Stand Down' Call On Benghazi

Breitbart ^ | 5/7/13 | Kerry Picket

[Nachum]

A source with intimate information about the events that happened on the ground in Benghazi the night the U.S. Consulate and the CIA annex was attacked by terrorists told Breitbart News that, ultimately, only the President of the United States, or someone acting on his authority, could have prevented Special Forces either on the ground or nearby from helping those Americans who were under deadly assault.

According to the source, when the attack on the Consulate occurred, a specific chain of command to gain verbal permission to move special-forces in must have occurred. SOCAFRICA commander Lieutenant Col. Gibson would have contacted a desk officer at the time, asking for that permission.

That desk officer would have called Marine Corps Col. George Bristol, then in command of Joint Special Operations Task Force-Trans Sahara. From there, Bristol would have made contact with Rear Admiral Brian Losey, then Commander of Special Operations Command Africa. Losey would have contacted four-star General Carter Ham, commander of U.S. AFRICOM at the time.

[itsahoot]

Hey. I'm no crook.

He left office broke, can't say that of any other president in my lifetime.

[SE Mom]

Breathtaking. All of it.

[combat_boots]

Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R- UT) told Breitbart News on Wednesday that he has been “thwarted” by the State Department from seeing any Americans who survived the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi. Many people forget that there were Americans who survived the Benghazi attack, some of whom were badly injured and are still recovering.

“My understanding is that we still have some people in the hospital. I’d like to visit with them and wish them nothing but the best but the State Department has seen it unfit for me to know who those people are—or even how many there are,” Rep. Chaffetz said. “I don’t know who they are. I don’t know where they live. I don’t know what state they’re from. I don’t even know how many there are. It doesn’t seem right to me.”

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/12/12/Chaffetz-Benghazi-State-Dept

[Marine_Uncle]

Yeah. It does not seem to be the nature of the office to leave empty handed. :)

[SJackson]

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Can't be, he was sleeping like a baby all night.

[no-to-illegals]

only the President of the United States, or someone acting on his authority, could have prevented Special Forces either on the ground or nearby from helping those Americans who were under deadly assault

zer0 is being given an out? Using plugs? plugs would have had to have said no ... who else would have authority besides zer0?

[Monkey Face]

He is SUCH an effing Pretender. I hope he takes a long (and I mean LONG) time dying. AIDS would be too good for him, and his Beard deserves the same.

But who am I to judge?

[onyx]

Travis McGee has been tireless telling us this all along.

[frogjerk]

Obami wants to command everything he has no right to and doesn’t want to command everything he should.

[C210N]

I don’t even know how many there are. It doesn’t seem right to me...

From the most Semi-open administration in US History.

[semi-open, as you can semi-see everything about them... from the fence semi-on Penn Av]

[mcmuffin]

[combat_boots]

Exactly.

[GeorgeWashingtonsGhost]

Where's Hillary? I don't think we're going to have a hearing tomorrow. I think the Dems are going to sabotage it by constantly interrupting, grand standing, changing the subject, diversions, blah blah blah..

The pubs better not let this happen.

[Tuketu]

I hope it ends, but Libs don’t live on this planet. Wish I could recall all names and retrieve the mil memo a friend sent. Seems Gen Ham was purportedly initially arrested for refusing to stand down. Also another Gen in Italy was sendin assistance and was stopped and subsequently transferred...McDill?

You guys are smart enought to come up with the truth. In part check SNOPES as they must have some refutations as they are allegeded to be in Os pocket, along with Google?

[ConservativeInPA]

Ah, so Valerie Jarrett, an Iranian, make the call.

Fixed it for you.

[cornfedcowboy]

It is all about CBA IMHO. Was it requested? What was the response? Answer those two questions.

[Travis McGee]

I figured that sooner or later the media would pick up on it.

[luvbach1]

Uh, IIRC, the House votes to impeach, the Senate votes to remove.

OK, he could be impeached and then finish his term.

[devolve]

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- It is not “if” for Opansy -

It is only when and how

Opansy will end up like Mussolini and Hitler in a blender

His fear and paranoia show that

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[Shady]

It darn well ought to be.