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Three More Officials to Testify Over Benghazi Attacks (Staff begged as 'ready' help not called)
CBS News ^ | Sunday, May 5, 2013 | Sharyl Attkisson

Posted on 05/05/2013 5:10:59 PM PDT by kristinn

SNIP

Throughout the night, sources say Americans on the ground in Libya at times felt helpless and abandoned.

"We relied on Washington for dispassionate assessment," one eyewitness told CBS News. "Instead, they [Washington officials] were asking us what help we needed. We answered: 'Send reinforcements!' "

But they were told immediate help wasn't available.

Embassy personnel say they repeatedly asked the Defense Attache on site in Tripoli for military assistance.

"Isn't there anything available?" one Embassy official says he asked. "But the answer was 'no.'"

"What about Aviano?" the official pressed, referencing the NATO air base with US assets in northeastern Italy. "No," was the answer.

Two of the four Americans killed that night died hours after the first attack began.

SNIP

Counterterrorism sources and internal emails reviewed by CBS News express frustration that key responders were ready to deploy, but were not called upon to help in the attack.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 20120911; benghazi; benghazicoverup; benghaziresponse; benghaziwb; christopherstevens; hillaryclinton; libya; patrickkennedy; seansmith
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To: DAC21

you need to substitute Valarie Jarretts name where you now have Obamas.


Agreed. Barry was most likely sitting in the lazboy watching ESPN. Probably whacked out on some pills. Jarrett would have been calling the shots after the 4 pm meeting.


101 posted on 05/06/2013 9:34:59 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: kristinn


102 posted on 05/06/2013 9:37:34 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (I'm afraid to go visit any American college because of all the foreign students with bombs.)
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To: manc

103 posted on 05/06/2013 9:53:28 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.~Thomas Jeffer)
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>> Counterterrorism sources and internal emails reviewed by CBS News express frustration that key responders were ready to deploy, but were not called upon to help in the attack.

“Stand down” (let them die...)


104 posted on 05/06/2013 9:59:38 AM PDT by Gene Eric (The Palin Doctrine.)
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To: kristinn
Thank you Sharyl Attkisson!

The only MSM reporter to investigate Benghazi-Gate.

105 posted on 05/06/2013 9:59:59 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Enchante

CNN is sniffing at the story, I was in a coffee shop a couple of hours ago and saw a headline about it on their news ticker, and now this:

http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/05/benghazi-whistle-blower-hicks-internal-review-let-people-off-the-hook/?hpt=hp_t2

Perhaps the MSM clowns can be embarrassed into finally pursuing the real facts which they ought to have nailed down in Sept - Oct 2012 before a national election!

The MSM could be thinking that if they cover it now it will be a distant memory when 2014 comes around....


106 posted on 05/06/2013 10:04:42 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: concerned about politics
Fast and Furious was designed to blame Americans for guns in Mexico and help push for stricter gun laws once the dead started showing up. That wasn't suppose to get out to the public, either.

And Obama just followed through on that intent by actually SAYING it in Mexico this past week.

107 posted on 05/06/2013 11:07:53 AM PDT by conservativebabe
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To: madameguinot
Keep asking yourself why they weren’t on this 4 months ago.

I know why they were not covering this before the election. The lamestream media refused to cover anything that might hurt Our Glorious Leader's re-election campaign.

I am just amazed that they are even covering it now. After all, what difference does it make now?

108 posted on 05/06/2013 11:14:20 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: Lucky9teen

many reports are saying he spoke with his security advisor for just two minutes and then went to bed and to sleep.

If oabma had gone to the situation room he would have seen the attack, he was not there, nor was he there for nearly 8 hours as he wanted to be fresh for his Vegas trip in the morning,.
Also if he had been there then he would have given the stand down order, he would have known all about the attack and he would have also known much more.

What kind of a man would have just given up on those dying, those attacked, and then lied because he cared about his Vegas and election?

Quite simply the man was not doing his job, he then lied about it and got others to lie to protect him as he always does and it’s high time our side get some balls and not let him get away with this like he got away with Egypt, Libya and the war he caused, fast and furious, death of a border agent , debt, and the military which is certainly going down fast and not in a sexual way either.


109 posted on 05/06/2013 11:27:54 AM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: TigersEye; penelopesire; ConservativeMan55; AllAmericanGirl44; Nachum; Jet Jaguar

Just watched opening of CBS news for first time in 10 years, not one word about this story. So predictable.


110 posted on 05/06/2013 3:35:17 PM PDT by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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To: crosslink

The media in this country is a lost cause. Unredeemable.


111 posted on 05/06/2013 3:37:42 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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To: TigersEye; penelopesire; ConservativeMan55; AllAmericanGirl44; Nachum; Jet Jaguar

Slipped in a 30 second report woohoo, pathetic.


112 posted on 05/06/2013 3:39:18 PM PDT by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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To: penelopesire

Slipped it in between a story on sex abuse in military and white supremacist terrorist arrest. I need to take a shower after watching .


113 posted on 05/06/2013 3:41:50 PM PDT by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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To: crosslink
The MSM is throwing in 100% with this Marxist usurper. They had better hope he is successful in overthrowing the Republic because I guarantee that millions of Americans will not forget their perfidy.

Pat Caddell called it. Do you believe it yet?

Pat Caddell slams the media: They have become an “enemy of the people” Sept. 29, 2012(video 26:00)

Emotional Pat Caddell on the MSM ignoring Benghazi: “These people have no honor!” Oct. 27, 2012 (video at link 4:06)

The MSM are enemies of the people!

114 posted on 05/06/2013 3:42:43 PM PDT by TigersEye (If babies had guns they wouldn't be aborted)
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
If the U.S. couldn't find assets to respond in the 7 HOURS BETWEEN THE ATTACK ON THE CONSULATE AND THE ATTACK ON THE ANNEX (WHERE DOHERTY AND WOODS DIED), THEN.. We are all in danger.

General Ham Admiral Gaouette Relieved Of Duty
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-868910

Oh we had assets and these two guys were relieved of duty because they did not want to stand down and let our people die during the attack .


Our people died because THEY GAVE ORDERS not to go in and help them


0 and Hitlery are totally responsible for their deaths and their lack of support . The question is ....What were they trying to hide that they would refuse to send help and relieve people of duty in an attempt to cover it up ?

115 posted on 05/06/2013 8:19:27 PM PDT by Lera (Proverbs 29:2)
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To: JPG

I think that in addition to all the other dereliction of duty, Obama had already started cocktail hour by the time the attack started.

He demonstrates all the symptoms of an alcoholic. Long periods of unaccounted for time, inability to make morning meetings. Heck, he couldn’t even muster to attend morning intel briefings.

Yep, he just went to bed and slept it off.


116 posted on 05/07/2013 5:22:08 AM PDT by Liberty Ship ("Lord, make me fast and accurate.")
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To: kristinn

Go to CNN’s website 8:45am, 5/7/13, Bengazi cannot be found.


117 posted on 05/07/2013 5:39:32 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Keep your head up and keep moving forward!)
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To: CincyRichieRich

It’s buried in a list of stories on the “Politics” link on CNN. About 40 other stories were given higher priority, including honey bees, Michael Jackson, a shark bite victim and an alleged cure for grey hair. The Communist News Network is on the top of its game.


118 posted on 05/07/2013 8:01:23 AM PDT by littleharbour ("All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree. ~ James Madison)
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To: littleharbour

I really hope Issa takes strong control of these hearings tomorrow and tells Elijah Cummings to STFU when he tries to cover for Bozo and Hitlery. Just let Trey Gowdy and Jason Chaffetz go and they will get as much out of these witnesses as possible. I don’t have much hope that anything substantive will come out of all this that will severely damage Obama and Clinton, but maybe we will be surprised. As usual, I’m expecting the worst and hoping for the best!


119 posted on 05/07/2013 12:49:47 PM PDT by Batman11 (Obama is not American.. he has no clue what it is to be American.)
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To: kristinn

Was Beyonce and JZ in the situation room?

Maybe they were the ones making the calls.

Maybe Obama was just innocently snorting coke in the Lincoln bedroom during this snafu.


120 posted on 05/07/2013 1:45:17 PM PDT by PA-RIVER
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