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Posted on 11/01/2012 4:16:38 PM PDT by Calpublican
A detailed CIA timeline of the assault on U.S. facilities in Benghazi paints an anguishing picture of embattled Americans waiting for Libyan local security forces that didn’t come and courageous CIA officers who died on a rooftop without the heavy weapons they needed, trying to protect their colleagues below.
It’s a story of individual bravery, but also of a CIA misjudgment in relying on Libyan militias and a newly formed Libyan intelligence organization to keep Americans safe in Benghazi. While there were multiple errors that led to the final tragedy, there’s no evidence that the White House or CIA leadership deliberately delayed or impeded rescue efforts.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Looking for the scapegoat once again
Sure, ComPost...our Seals were painting a mortar with a laser because they believed in Libyan militia airpower, predators, and AC130 gunships.
They also believed in the Easter Bunny and the tooth fairy.
WaPo spinning like mad to try and save their boy, the Kenyan Communist.
They make themselves look like fools when they put forth this kind of cover story for the administration.
I guess Barry's new fifteen minute rule for cutting red tape doesn't apply to "Libyan authorities".
Security for State Department personnel is CIA’s call...? This is the Wash-Post first foray into the subject in weeks and the premiss is 180 degrees out of phase....surprise!
Obama should have been on the phone with the President of Libya to facilitate things. Three hours at the airport? And then they know the hospital is surrounded by an a AQ linked organization? Why wasn't this called a terrorist attack rather than a spontaneous attack linked to a video.
Now that we have the timeline, the investigation really begins. And that timeline was available on September 11 and 12. Obama and Hillary lied their asses off to us and it makes the ceremony at Andrews a disgusting farce.
When our embassy is under attack, the only terms in any negotiation should be "get the hell out of our way and we will let you live".
When our embassy is under attack, the only terms in any negotiation should be "get the hell out of our way and we will let you live".
notice the story talks about the involvement of the GRS, a detail coming out tonight about how they were not used.
washpoo trying to get ahead of the story to control spin
also, the crew arrived at the airport THREE HOURS after it started... and then they waited another THREE hours before getting out of the airport
pathetic
we had / have a delta team within ONE HOUR of that embassy... WHY weren’t they deployed?
When our embassy is under attack, the only terms in any negotiation should be "get the hell out of our way and we will let you live".
Exactly right. The CIA should not have been calling the shots on this or been the lead agency. The WH should have been in charge. And Obama and Hillary should have been on the phone immediately getting the Libyan government to rush protection to the annex at a minimum. I can understand the consulate being attacked without adequate host government protection, but there is no way that almost seven hours later the annex was without host country protection. Sending 6 people from Tripoli was not adequate.
Oh,....OK....if WaPo says so...
Well I guess by now the traitors have had time to come up with a plausible sounding story.
But how to explain all the contradictory stories that have already been published?
Also, what is the source of this story? I could have done much better than this :)
And, why has it taken this long for such a simple timeline to be published?
I call BS on this.
Your "defense" is so easily picked apart, and makes you look like a complete A$$hole.
If anything, this article raises even MORE questions about Obama's incompetence.
I never thought it would happen, but the MSM is actually hurting the One by tying itself in knots trying to defend the indefensible.
keep in mind, we had live comms... and it SHOULD all be recorded somewhere
congress must DEMAND to be able to review ALL data and render a judgement (won’t be able to declassify... but the congressman should have clearance)
of course, the congressman must not be out to bury the story
The title, "In Benghazi timeline, CIA errors but no evidence of conspiracy," will not tamp down the controversy but rather add gasoline to the fire. Ignatius may not understand what he has provided, but I will bet a million dollars that there will be plenty of former WH, intel, and military officials will go ballistic when reading this. The fire has been started and it will spread to the WH by tomorrow. This article raises so many questions, it is impossible to list them all.
a. 1 hour
b. 2 hours
c. 4 hours
d. 7 hours
Obama says when the initial phone call came, he gave an order to “secure those Americans”;
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/22/transcript-presidential-debate-on-foreign-policy-at-lynn-university/
Obama “Now with respect to Libya, as I indicated in the last debate, when we received that phone call, I immediately made sure that, number one, that we did everything we could to secure those Americans who were still in harm’s way;”
“.......there’s no evidence that the White House or CIA leadership deliberately delayed or impeded rescue efforts.”
Do their dead bodies count as evidence??
“Delayed” vs Denied—Truth vs Lied—25 minutes vs 6 to 7 hours of battle.... it all seems like such small and insignificant differences, huh.
Question: Will a CBS story be enough impetus for the other sycophants (ABC and NBC) to pick up what’s left of their dignity and cover the story...?
So the Navy Seals can extract a hostage from SOMALIA but we can’t extract people under fire in Libya???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CattX4r0swc
Obama is lucky the terrorists killed instead of took hostages. He'd be lucky to carry Chicago on Tuesday.
That is nothing less than an admission of craven cowardliness and a complete absence of leadership. In a back-handed and dishonest way WaPo has nailed it.
Good an official timeline, close. The holes in the story show up in the time line. Delay at the airport, hospital surrounded? Holes to cover the time needed to negotiate for the return of Stevens body? Time to secure what was left of weapons in the warehouses.
Ignatius back to his coverup mode. Gee, his honest reporting lasted about two paragraphs.
Guess the Wash. Post is now the DC edition of the Al Qaeda Gazette and Goat-Humping Herald
Your screen name is what I wanted to do when I read this story. It is so weak and full of holes as pointed out by you and others here.
Well, I guess if the first three or four or nine stories don’t work...run another one up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes.
This is sad.
>> but also of a CIA misjudgment
ESAD/s, Ignatus. Your scapegoating is no more believable than the ruse that involved defecating on the 1st Amenment.
>> >> The defenders have focused their laser sights earlier on several Libyan attackers, as warnings not to fire
>> 2nd question .... warning???
Agreed
The Obamunists using a bought columnist to carry their water. No surprise here.
This makes it sound like the kidnapping hypothesis may be right. Perhaps Ansar al-Sharia took him to the hospital after recovering him from the room as seen in the video. They were supposed to capture him alive, hence the celebration, they took him to the hospital and waited to see if he would survive in order to kidnap him.
No, no, no. Those were nice people who took him to the hospital. Hillary said so. The Libyans love us and loved Ambassador Stevens. It was that durn video . . .
They were.
“We can all rest easy now that this has been thoroughly investigated”
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) — The CIA was the real commanding agency at the attacked U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, not the State Department, senior U.S. intelligence officials said.
In addition, two of the four men who died in the Sept. 11 attack — former Navy SEAL commandos Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty — were actually CIA contractors killed defending the mission, not State Department contract security officers, as originally publicly identified, the officials told several news organizations on condition of anonymity.
The new information does not address the Obama administration’s various depictions of whether the assault was a protest that turned violent or a planned terrorist attack. But the officials reiterated early intelligence was patchy and often contradictory. They said talking points for members of Congress and senior administration officials did not at first discuss possible links between the attackers and al-Qaida because the information was classified.
“It wasn’t until after the points were used in public that people reconciled contradictory information and assessed there probably wasn’t a protest around the time of the attack,” a senior U.S. intelligence official said in a statement.
Congressional investigators say it appears the CIA and State Department weren’t on the same page about their respective security roles at the consulate, which the Journal said raised questions about whether the Benghazi security arrangement was flawed.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/11/02/US-officials-CIA-ran-Benghazi-consulate/UPI-44771351839600
LOL!
I've had that screen name since day one. Every now and then I think the time to change it has come. But then some stupid person (usually a politician, usually a mentally diseased liberal) does something stupid and I change my mind.
On paper but not in fact. They punted to the CIA if you believe the timeline. Malicious neglect.
The WH is ultimately responsible.
You don’t pour diesel fuel into the office/residence and set fire to it if the objective is to capture him.
Obama and Hillary have already claimed responsibility. They just don’t want the consequences that come with it.
Scratching my head. I had to read this several times. So they did not laser the mortars, instead the attackers firing weapons? Am I reading this right? We are supposed to believe the laser was used only in hopes of making the attackers go away and not because they wanted the attacker obliterated?
Thanks for your thoughts.
I think they were trying to smoke him out. I didn't say they were smart though.
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