Posted on 05/21/2013 1:01:08 AM PDT by Pharmboy
More whistleblowers will emerge shortly in the escalating Benghazi scandal, according to two former U.S. diplomats who spoke with PJ Media Monday afternoon.
These whistleblowers, colleagues of the former diplomats, are currently securing legal counsel because they work in areas not fully protected by the Whistleblower law.
According to the diplomats, what these whistleblowers will say will be at least as explosive as what we have already learned about the scandal, including details about what really transpired in Benghazi that are potentially devastating to both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
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Stevens’ mission in Benghazi, they will say, was to buy back Stinger missiles from al-Qaeda groups issued to them by the State Department, not by the CIA. Such a mission would usually be a CIA effort, but the intelligence agency had opposed the idea because of the high risk involved in arming “insurgents” with powerful weapons that endanger civilian aircraft.
Hillary Clinton still wanted to proceed because, in part, as one of the diplomats said, she wanted “to overthrow Gaddafi on the cheap.”
This left Stevens in the position of having to clean up the scandalous enterprise when it became clear that the “insurgents” actually were al-Qaeda – indeed, in the view of one of the diplomats, the same group that attacked the consulate and ended up killing Stevens.
snip... likened it to the Mike Nichols film Charlie Wilson’s War about a clueless congressman who supplies Stingers to the Afghan guerrillas. “It’s as if Hillary and the others just watched that movie and said ‘Hey, let’s do that!’” the diplomat said.
He added that he and his colleagues think the leaking of General David Petraeus’ affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell was timed to silence the former CIA chief on these matters.
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There is an outside chance that the Libyan compounds were 'redition sites'. The head of the gang who attacked in Benghazi has said on al jazeera that he was 'going in to get his four people', whatever than means. If ol' bin Laden is still alive and being interrogated, he is definitely a hot commodity, too hot for Gitmo or the US. What better place to hide him for interrogation than Bosnia, so Stevens might have been seen as a bargaining chip to get ol'bin released, secretly. No criminal act is beyond the possibilities for this lawless regime now in power.
He was thinking with the wrong brain.
Best case scenario, IMO. Stevens and others as the sacrificial lambs.
I agree, giving Stingers to rebels in Libya makes no sense what so ever. I doubt this story is true as written.
Too, perhaps the calculus was that it would have been even more embarrassing to potentially lose additional American assets to our own equipment in the hands of AQ. That would have been even harder to explain right before an election.
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." - Sir Walter Scott
From the timing it was obvious that he was being silenced. What was really galling was the press's absolute incuriosity about it.
I think Ham gets a pass because he was due to retire anyway, so it’s easy for Obama to shrug it off by saying he’s retired to take care of his sick wife, no time for comments, etc. That works well for Obama, because people are afraid to call for his testimony or statement because they might appear unfeeling and give Obama the chance for another “righteous indignation” moment.
Two people were led off in handcuffs in the Benghazi attack, but I think I heard that the Libyans had released them.
This telling Hildebeast video confirms all of this "explosive stuff" about Libya ... and imho has NOT been given the attention it deserves.
'Warmonger' Hitlery: We came ... we saw .... he died ..... (followed by sickening laughter)
Convince me that this 'video' didn't incite the wrong people in Libya to murder our Ambassador at some later date ....
Many people believe that an SA-7 and a Stinger are the same thing. The Stinger is American made. The SA-7 is not made in America.
“Has anyone heard reasons why General Ham seems to have disappeared? Since he retired, it would seem that he’s free to testify with no worries that it could damage promotion possibilities.
He would be a key witness, but almost nothing is said about him one way or the other.”
I have been saying this since this all started. Where is this guy? Hopefully, Issa, Gowdy, Chaffetz etc. know his real story, can reach him and are holding him to testify when it can do the most damage to PIAPS and Obozo.
This certainly paints a pretty clear picture of it all. The CIA had executed Obama’s foolish plans in Tunisia and Egypt but things weren’t progressing fast enough in Libya. Khaddaffi was embarrassing the WH daily with his charades so Obama and Clinton turn the State Department into a paramilitary organization while the CIA washes its hands and moves on to Syria.
What could go wrong?
People on that Russian flight were saying explosions at 8K and 9K meters, that’s out of the range of the Grinch.
I’m guessing the SA-7 can hit those ceilings?
I agree that General Ham is the most important witness-to-be that can tie a lot of loose strings together. He did disappear and I pray that the thugs in the WH don’t have any information about him or his family that he doesn’t want out so he is just being silent
ESPECIALLY Muslims. There are no ‘gentleman’s agreements’ with Muslim extremists. Remember The Battle of Tora Bora!!!!
You’re the best, maggief!
Partially correct. Holders of MANPADS also include the Department of Energy's NNSA OST teams, Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), CIA SAD/SOG, and the United States Secret Service (USSS). There was also talk of federal court officers having access to MANPADS for USSC and Capitol Air Defense, but it was cheaper to make some Avenger units Active-Gaurd Reserve (AGR) and ADSW duty permanent.
I signed for Stinger trainers (Smokey Joes) in the late 90s. My predecessor had to hand count all the DOE/OST Redeyes and Stingers in Albuquerque after the TWA 800 disaster.
It has been discussed that manpads cannot take down a KC-135, but can a stinger?
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