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Obama Inc. Blocking Access to AFRICOM Colonel with Benghazi Info
Front Page Magazine ^ | 7-5-2013 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 07/05/2013 5:42:16 PM PDT by smoothsailing

July 5, 2013

Obama Inc. Blocking Access to AFRICOM Colonel with Benghazi Info

Daniel Greenfield

A suspicious mind would suspect that Obama Inc. has something to hide about Benghazi and doesn’t want to risk having the same kind of testimony from the military end that we saw from top diplomatic personnel who turned whistleblowers.

Fortunately I’m not the suspicious type at all. I’m sure this is all just some sort of misunderstanding involving the DOD being unable to find one of its own key people.

Marine Corps Col. George Bristol was in a key position in the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) chain of command the night of the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. As such, he’s high on the list of people that some Republican members of Congress want to interview. But they don’t know where he is and the Pentagon isn’t telling.

Pentagon spokesman Major Robert Firman told CBS News that the Department of Defense “cannot compel retired members to testify before Congress.”

“They say he’s retired and they can’t reach out to him,” Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, told CBS News. “That’s hogwash.”

Bristol, a martial arts master, was commander of Joint Special Operations Task Force-Trans Sahara based in Stuttgart, Germany until he retired last March. In an article in Stars and Stripes, Bristol is quoted at his retirement ceremony as telling his troops that “an evil” has descended on Africa, referring to Islamic militant groups. “It is on us to stomp it out.”

Members of Congress in both the House and Senate, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., have asked the Pentagon for assistance in locating Bristol so that they can question him about events the night of the terrorist attacks in Benghazi. But those efforts have come up empty.

“The Department of Defense has been entirely forthcoming on all matters related to our response to the attacks in Benghazi from the outset,” said Pentagon spokesman Firman. He added that “any congressional committee can call the witnesses it needs” through subpoena, if necessary.

Bristol does have a LinkedIn profile so it can’t be that hard to find him.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina; US: Utah; War on Terror
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To: smoothsailing

Impeachment File on Benghazi Coward “B. Hussein Obama,” formerly known as Barry Soetoro, a Legal Citizen of the Sovereign Nation of Indonesia.


21 posted on 07/05/2013 7:02:06 PM PDT by Graewoulf (Traitor John Roberts' Commune-Style Obama'care' violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: smoothsailing

Unless they have changed the rules recently, the Colonel, although retired, is still in the Ready Reserve. His current whereabouts and contact information can be obtained through the DOD Ready Reserve component.


22 posted on 07/05/2013 7:23:30 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (The short list would be the list of all administration officials that are NOT pathological liars!)
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To: smoothsailing

If the good Col is smart the DOD really does not know where he is.


23 posted on 07/05/2013 8:10:29 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: annieokie; penelopesire; maggief; Protect the Bill of Rights; thouworm; SE Mom; Nachum; onyx; ...
Sorry I'm so late but In case you missed it.

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Benghazi Index

24 posted on 07/05/2013 8:22:34 PM PDT by MestaMachine (My caps work. You gotta earn them.)
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To: SatinDoll

Hmm, well, with the current thuggery in the White Hut the truth can get you killed if the criminal-in-chief thinks you would tell the truth.


25 posted on 07/05/2013 10:27:35 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: smoothsailing

Bristol does have a LinkedIn profile so it can’t be that hard to find him.


He and I have one shared LinkedIn connection. I could find him. Could our congressional investigators be having such a hard time?


26 posted on 07/06/2013 4:11:00 AM PDT by OwenKellogg (Fundamental transformation is destroying the USA.)
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To: OwenKellogg

The two congress critters quoted in the article, Rep. Jason Chaffetz and Sen. Lindsey Graham, are a couple of drama queens.

No one with a LinkedIn account is making much of an effort to hide.

If I had to hazard, I’d say Bristol is getting his ducks in a row, providing for the safety of his family, and he’ll step forward when he’s ready.


27 posted on 07/06/2013 10:11:23 AM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: OwenKellogg

www.linkedin.com/pub/george-bristol/60/361/62


28 posted on 07/06/2013 9:58:46 PM PDT by FortWorthPatriot ("If this be treason, make the most of it." - Patrick Henry, 30 May 1765)
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To: smoothsailing

bttt


29 posted on 07/07/2013 5:33:58 AM PDT by Guenevere (....)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

And...... where are his retirement funds deposited every month?


30 posted on 07/07/2013 5:38:39 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Who will shoot Liberty Valence?)
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To: SunkenCiv

And I’m pretty sure Congress CAN compel a retired officer to testify, just as it can call any retired officer back to active duty.


31 posted on 07/07/2013 5:43:41 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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To: bert
And...... where are his retirement funds deposited every month?

That isn't important. I live in Philippines now, but my SS deposit goes into my WV bank. I then use my Mastercard to buy and get cash.

They KNOW where he is... They have every reason to keep him hid!

How many ways can they be called TRAITORS!


32 posted on 07/07/2013 5:46:04 AM PDT by WVKayaker ("...the press had better learn from their experiences of being duped "...-Sarah Palin 5/17/13)
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To: Sirius Lee

/bingo


33 posted on 07/07/2013 7:04:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: bert

Call USAA.... the bank knows where he is...


34 posted on 07/07/2013 4:31:29 PM PDT by ptsal (Repubicans swallowing more kool-aide from Rove & Kristol)
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