Bookmarking for later read.
Substantiates what many of us FReepers have discussed all along.
" The CIA, now under the direction of John Brennan, who had moved back to the agency from the White House, sought once again to limit DIA/CENTCOM’s access to the documents. And some analysts at the CTC were becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the analysis in “Letters from Abbottabad.” According to three sources with knowledge of the handling of the documents, at least one CTC analyst drafted a memo—sometimes referred to as an “affidavit”—describing how the conclusions of the study would have been different had analysts been provided access to the full range of documents. The Weekly Standard asked CTC director Liam Collins about the memo in April. He responded: “I’m not tracking you on that.” Collins denied that anyone at CTC had written or distributed such a memo, and he reiterated his denial this month.
But one U.S. intelligence official, told of Collins’s claim, scoffed, “It exists. Period.”
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"CIA-Brennan-cover-up" seems to come up a lot.
I watched Bret Baier interview 3 of the CIA contractors last night (a special will be run on Fox tonight with the full interview - covering details in their book, "13 Hours").
In the clip on Baier's show last night they said that the station chief [whose identity is concealed; he's referred to as "Bob"] WAS ON THE PHONE in front of these CIA contractors, as they kept telling him that they had to go and help Stevens; they were repeatedly told by "Bob" (who was on the phone) "no" to wait and to "stand down." The CIA contractors believe that if they had those lost 30 minutes back, Amb Stevens would be alive today. After waiting 30 minutes the CIA commandos defied orders and took off in an attempt to help the Americans only 1/2 mile away.
Yet, the NYT's account twists it:
NYT: New Book Says C.I.A. Official in Benghazi Held Up Rescue "....American officials have previously acknowledged that the Central Intelligence Agency security team paused to try to enlist support from Libyan militia allies. But the book is the first detailed account of the extent of the delay, its consequences for the rescue attempt, and who made the decisions.
The commandos’ account — which fits with the publicly known facts and chronology — suggests that the station chief issued the “stand down” orders on his own authority. He hoped to enlist local Libyan militiamen, and the commandos speculate that he hoped the Libyans could carry out the rescue alone to avoid exposing the C.I.A. base.
No meaningful Libyan help ever materialized.
In an emailed statement on Thursday, a senior intelligence official said “a prudent, fast attempt was made to rally local support for the rescue effort and secure heavier weapons.” The official said “there was no second-guessing those decisions being made on the ground” and “there were no orders to anybody to stand down in providing support.”
The commandos were former members of American Special Forces teams hired by the intelligence agency as private contractors. Two of the team, both former Navy Seals, died fighting the attackers at the C.I.A. base later that night. Five others are credited as co-authors of “13 Hours,” which was written with their cooperation by Mitchell Zuckoff, a professor of journalism at Boston University. Mark Geist, Kris Paronto and John Tiegen are credited by name, and two of the authors use pseudonyms......"