Slightly confused here: didn’t the attck last longer than 8 hours?
IIRC, not much longer. Keyword “benghazitimeline” I will look up also. MestaMachine may remember. She is doing a timeline.
In the beginning of reportage, there was much confusion about Benghazi timeline and Wash DC timeline (IMO, much of it on purpose). Benghazi is 6 hours AHEAD of us.
Stevens was in hospital by 1am Benghazi time and pronounced dead 45 minutes later. (around 8pm Wash DC time). I believe they knew Stevens was dead much sooner than what they have said, but it can’t be proved yet.
Sept 11 Benghazi/Wash DC is begging for an accurate timeline, but the coverup continues.
Benghazi: The CIA “Annex” and the Main Compound
One of the most important corrections that needs to be made in this account is that ex-Seal Glen Doherty arrived from Tripoli on a chartered plane with 7 others (IIRC) at Benghazi airport at about 1am (Benghazi time). They were detained at the airport for over 3 hours---apparently, best reports say, because they required Libyan escort.
Reports say that, at some point in time, this group of men intended to go to the Benghazi Hospital to recover Stevens body. That proved impossible because Al Qaeda surrounded the hospital. Instead, they headed to the Annex, where Doherty and Tyrone Woods (the ex-Seal at the Annex who defied the stand-down orders when the mission/consulate had come under fire) lost their lives shortly after.
There are good references on these facts (which I don't have at the moment but can be googled). This part of the story is rarely mentioned. Why I think these facts, if true, are critical is because they establish the time when Washington DC knew of Steven's death. Reports from the doctor who worked on Stevens is that he was brought to the hospital about 1am (Benghazi time). A team tried to resuscitate him for 45 minutes, and then he was pronounced dead.
If the Tripoli team was going to pick up his body, Washington DC knew Stevens was dead at least by 10pm Wash, DC time.
Obama, Hillary and everyone else monitoring events knew Stevens was dead by 10 pm. I have no way to prove this, but I suspect Obama also knew that even Doherty and Woods were dead before he went to bed to rest for his trip to Las Vegas the next day.
The administration had all night to work a story to sell to the public.
Two sourced timelines (imperfect, but workable as a jumping off point):
Let’s sum up the facts about Benghazi, shall we?
The Benghazi Timeline: Did Obama Watch Heroes Die on Live Video?