We have enough to deal with both mentally and physically these last few days before election without having to expend our time, energy and Jim's bandwith on a bunch of damn conspiracy theories proliferating like dandelions pushing up in vacant lots in springtime.
Leni
Panetta told Pentagon reporters. “And as a result of not having that kind of information, the commander who was on the ground in that area, Gen. Ham, Gen. Dempsey and I felt very strongly that we could not put forces at risk in that situation.”
They had live feed from security cams on the compound, live audio from two sources on the compound and live feed from two surveillance drones above. Were they waiting for the jihadis to give them a call and give them live feed from their side of the fight with their cell phones?
If Panetta's words there are true then he and both of those generals should be sacked for cowardice under fire.