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WaPo: CIA rushed to save diplomats as Libya attack was underway
Washington Post ^ | November 1, 2012 | Greg Miller

Posted on 11/01/2012 4:23:39 PM PDT by maggief

The CIA rushed security operatives to an American diplomatic compound in Libya within 25 minutes after it had come under attack and played a more central role in the effort to fend off a night-long siege than has been publicly acknowledged, U.S. intelligence officials said Thursday.

The agency mobilized the evacuation effort, took control of an unarmed U.S. military drone to map possible escape routes, dispatched an emergency security team from Tripoli, the capital, and chartered aircraft that ultimately carried surviving U.S. personnel to safety on Sept. 12, U.S. officials said.

The account, which was provided to news organizations Thursday by senior U.S. intelligence officials, is the most detailed chronology presented so far of an attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans, including two CIA security officers. The attack has become a flash point in the U.S. presidential campaign.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; christopherstevens; davidpetraeus; glendoherty; libya; obama; seansmith; shadowwars; threatmatrix; tyronewoods
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To: kabar

And his actions (or lack thereof) have sent a very dark message to all in harm’s way.


61 posted on 11/01/2012 8:01:06 PM PDT by CheneyChick (01/20/2013)
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To: kabar
How the Hell did this empty suit ever get to be President?

How, indeed. Correctly answering that question is how we save ourselves from the mess we find ourselves in.

62 posted on 11/01/2012 8:07:53 PM PDT by GBA (Vote as if your Freedom depended on it...)
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To: kristinn

About the only justification they might have for inaction, would be to ensure the Tripoli embassy was adequately guarded in a broad based coordinated attack on all US embassies in the region,..in which case the Siganella resources would have been more intelligent or another AFRICOM assigned resource, instead of those from Tripoli.

IMHO, we are witnessing many stories released concurrently which support the Administration’s effort, despite the facts.

COVERUP.

They’ll spend 10x as many resources covering up what happened, than what they would have risked by simply performing their duty originally.

This will merely document they need 10X as many resources in the future for COVERUP ops than their legitimate duties.


63 posted on 11/01/2012 8:17:22 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: kabar
Thanks very much for your reply.

The elephant in the room for this whole timeline is the absence of leadership and participation by the WH, SECSTATE, and the counter-terrorism task force.

Yes, but the article is all about the CIA efforts. The absence of leadership is there with or without this article.

It adds some things - more things the WH hasn't commented on. Yes the WH should have/likely did know. Yes, they did nothing as far as we know.

But the article doesn't add much to this, a few more details. We still know they didn't respond, we still don't know what they were doing, who made the decision, how it was communicated, etc. etc.

The elephant was in the room before this article and remains in the room after it. The CIA just gets more CYA.

64 posted on 11/01/2012 9:02:30 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: kabar

IMHO, this CBS report is more damaging to the regime:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57544026/sources-key-task-force-not-convened-during-benghazi-consulate-attack/


65 posted on 11/01/2012 9:10:56 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: maggief

Seems to me the CIA expected our military to support them, only to be abandoned. Who is the only one who would/could order a stop to SOP?


66 posted on 11/01/2012 11:03:04 PM PDT by scott7278 ("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked..." - BHO)
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To: hosepipe

As sure as the sun rises in the East. Have you noticed no names of the “officials.”? Nor the names of the agencies?


67 posted on 11/03/2012 8:21:23 AM PDT by rkoliver
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