Then you have Patraeus saying basically 'we did not NOT offer help because no one asked for help' to CYA himself and the CIA.
Woods and Doherty worked for a CIA group. They supposedly disobeyed orders to 'stand down' which would imply that they asked for permission to engage. So, who was giving the 'stand down' orders? How far up the chain did that go?
Woods or Doherty laser painted the attackers. That would assume that air assets were anticipated -- drones, planes, guided missiles. That data was immediately transmitted to HQ [where ever HQ was]. We know from reports that one done was filming and another drone came into the theater -- one of those drones was reported to be armed.
Panetta at Defense defended his rear by saying 'you don't send others into a zone where you don't know what is going on.' [Really, Mr. Secretary? Military have been doing that since the revolutionary war.]
Even more devastating, is this [
FR source thread link]:
"This was in the middle of the business day in Washington, so everybody at the White House, CIA, Pentagon, everybody was watching this go down," Shaffer said on Fox News’ Justice with Judge Jeanine. "According to my sources, yes, [Obama] was one of those in the White House Situation Room in real-time watching this."
Woods and Doherty denied,disobeyed, their orders to stand down three times!! These guys are true American heroes.They deserve the highest civilian and military honors available and if they don't get them we need to be marching in dc.!! One of them was referenced to have said during his last moments,I always thought they would have come. Words that should go down in history!
The urgent request from the CIA operators to go help were “when shots were heard at approximately 9:40 p.m.”
EXCLUSIVE: CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack, sources say
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/26/cia-operators-were-denied-request-for-help-during-benghazi-attack-sources-say/#ixzz2AVbdH1VP
an urgent request from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the U.S. consulate and subsequent attack several hours later on the annex itself was denied by the CIA chain of command — who also told the CIA operators twice to “stand down” rather than help the ambassador’s team when shots were heard at approximately 9:40 p.m. in Benghazi on Sept. 11.