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DEVASTATING!… CBS Publishes Benghazi Investigation – Pummels Administration
thegatewaypundit.com ^ | 5-5-2013 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 05/05/2013 5:24:41 PM PDT by servo1969

CBS released information on the Benghazi 9-11 massacre today that could potentially bring down the Obama Administration.

Buried in their report (down in paragraph eight) CBS reported, “Throughout the night, sources say Americans on the ground in Libya at times felt helpless and abandoned… But they were told immediate help wasn’t available.” But, 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. CBS reported:

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…

…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. National Security Council Spokesman Tommy Vietor told CBS News the CSG was not needed.



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 113th; 20120911; administration; aviano; benghazi; benghazihearings; cbs; clinton; corruption; csg; democratcorruption; democrats; expendable; hillary; libya; nsc; obama; patrickkennedy; rice; soshillary; susan; tripoli
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To: Secret Agent Man

Ping to #56.


61 posted on 05/05/2013 5:51:33 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: servo1969

“Good Christians! they with bended knees
Ingulf’d the wine, but loathe the lees,
Averting, (so the text commands,)
With ardent eyes and upcast hands,
The cup of sorrow from their lips,
And fly, like rats, from sinking ships.”

Jonathan Swift
AN EPISTLE TO ROBERT NUGENT, ESQ. [1766]


62 posted on 05/05/2013 5:51:38 PM PDT by servo1969
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To: JohnBrowdie; Pride in the USA
If the attack had occurred the week after the election, those four people would still be alive.

Exactly, and that is the biggest outrage. We must not rest until the guilty are punished.

63 posted on 05/05/2013 5:51:57 PM PDT by lonevoice (Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived)
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To: Viennacon
"....that could embolden him enough to run against Hillary for 2016, with the advantage of the bully pulpit."

You mean the BOZO pulpit?

64 posted on 05/05/2013 5:52:18 PM PDT by DJ Frisat ((optional, printed after my name on post))
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To: Stosh

The next question is “Why were they left to die?”
Were Dumb0 and Hildabeast using Huma to run Lybian arms to the Muslim Brotherhood or AQ so they could overthrow Israel and moderate governments? The world sharia movement seems to get positive press in left-wing circles. I have always observed that leftists gravitate toward evil and this seems no different.


65 posted on 05/05/2013 5:53:28 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Barraq 0bama - Commander of Operation Fetal Position)
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To: servo1969
You must remember that two, not one, flag/general officer was relieved of their duties immediately after the September 11, 2012 attacks.

Why?

Could it be that they pulled out their previously approved and coordinated with everyone contingency plans and were running down a checklist getting ready to send help?

I worked that side of the street, contingency special operations for many years and know what should have happened. I also know what didn't happen.

As i have told a decade's worth of students - remember that special operations has a very large political component.

66 posted on 05/05/2013 5:53:36 PM PDT by Nip (BOHEICA and TANSTAAFL - both seem very appropriate today.)
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To: servo1969

PING!


67 posted on 05/05/2013 5:54:07 PM PDT by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
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To: Matchett-PI
Sources close to the congressional investigation who have been briefed on what Thompson will testify tell Fox News the veteran counterterrorism official concluded on Sept. 11 that Clinton and Kennedy tried to cut the counterterrorism bureau out of the loop as they and other Obama administration officials weighed how to respond to -- and characterize -- the Benghazi attacks.

Okay, Hillary. The ball's in your court. Are you going to respond that you were just following orders, or are you going to regurgitate "What difference does it make?"

68 posted on 05/05/2013 5:54:19 PM PDT by randita
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To: mardi59
Hillary is going to throw Ozone under the bus and say she asked him about more security and he said no.

she would never say that. She wouldn't need to say it. She would point to some intermediary while Obama 's admin would point to some other intermediary. If they interviewed the two intermediaries they would refer to yet some other intermediaries or some process BS. You would never unravel the pack of lies from this administration. Hillary is a Jedi Master of lies and deception. You think people like Boner could touch these people? :-)

69 posted on 05/05/2013 5:54:33 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: servo1969

70 posted on 05/05/2013 5:55:10 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Moslems reserve the right to detonate anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: Chode

This time, when a left-wing radical throws a temper tantrum during a hearing, the truth seekers shouldn’t back down as if they’ve lost the argument. They should respond in kind by raising up out of their chairs, pound their fist on the table and say “HOW DARE YOU!!!’ and bring it hard!


71 posted on 05/05/2013 5:55:21 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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To: JohnBrowdie

Exactly.


72 posted on 05/05/2013 5:55:23 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: servo1969
Fiat justitia ruat caelum

The spellchecker sez wha? Fiat is a car.

73 posted on 05/05/2013 5:56:10 PM PDT by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)
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To: servo1969

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.


74 posted on 05/05/2013 5:56:53 PM PDT by Ben Mugged (The number one enemy of liberalism is reality.)
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To: plain talk

If Kankles thinks there is a chance that her career could be wrecked she would throw her mother under a bus. :)


75 posted on 05/05/2013 5:57:14 PM PDT by mardi59 (IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!!!!!)
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To: samadams2000

Hillary was with Huma and Barak was kanoodling with Reggie Love ...


76 posted on 05/05/2013 5:57:39 PM PDT by dodger
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To: servo1969

IMO: All was kept quiet to get him back in office.


77 posted on 05/05/2013 5:57:59 PM PDT by LiveFreeOrDie2001 (Elections have consequences - NOW LOOK what we have to deal with...)
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To: Mark17
As much as I would love to see that. There isn't a snow balls chance in Hades this will ever happen.

Talk of impeachment is ridiculous. Let the truth come out on this and see Dear Leader begin melting away. Parlay that into a sweep of the 2014 election and we can stymie him. Make him the lamest lame duck ever.

78 posted on 05/05/2013 5:58:10 PM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: servo1969
Fiat justitia ruat caelum

"Let justice be done though the heavens fall"

And Send These Criminals To Hell

79 posted on 05/05/2013 5:58:20 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: servo1969
CBS released information on the Benghazi 9-11 massacre today that could potentially bring down the Obama Administration.

A pipe dream.

It might damage Hillary and prevent her being the next president.

My guess would be that Biden is managing this attack on Hillary.

80 posted on 05/05/2013 5:58:21 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
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