Yes..and no.
Trav knows more about this than I do.
(I’ll let him explain if he wants.)
The embassy was “Sovereign US soil”, but the CIA mission was pretty much an undisclosed and “nonexistent” site that falls under grey hazy area.
Secret sites may have special political disposition, may not.
Depends on alot of things.
Like I said, Trav would know more on that.
But, running weapons through Benghazi was shady, and likely violated some....local agreements and disposition of forces treaties if any existed?
Trav, any way to elaborate, correct, and make it easy to understand?
If you read the linked articles at #51, you will be, IMHO, fully up to speed. Even Ken Timmerman was hoodwinked by the “it was a problem at state” excuses for no outside rescue being sent. Read all the comments after Timmerman’s article where it’s obvious he has no clue about CBA and how the POTUS as CINC relationship to the military totally supercedes State or CIA in extremis.
But that night, our “top general” the CINC hid like a dirty coward, in order to not be pinned down to either grant or deny CBA. If he doesn’t give that order, IN WRITING, then the military can’t cross a national border without that nation’s knowledge and permission. Either way, it would be on the official record. Obama granted CBA. Obama did NOT grant CBA. Known to all, on the record.
With CBA, the CINC can order the OBL raid into Pakistan, or a rescue in Benghazi. For example, Reagan ordered the air raid on Libya after the German disco bombing. He didn’t get “permission” from the Libyans, or the State Dept, or the CIA! HE ORDERED IT! That is a classic example of “granting CBA.”
It’s all about CBA, and after three years, 99.9% of people still don’t get it.
Obama could have and should have granted CBA. In under 2 hours from the first attack, F-16s would have been strafing the borders of the consulate, rotating in from Sigonella after their first flight from Aviano.
Shortly after, Spectre gunships from Sigonella would have been on station to blast the holy hell out of any attackers who got within a kilometer of the consulate. The Ambassador would have been saved, and the secret annex would have probably been kept secret.
But Obama hid like a dirty coward to avoid being pinned down to grant or deny CBA.