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Who Outed the CIA Annex in Benghazi?
The Daily Beast ^ | May 21, 2013 | Eli Lake

Posted on 05/24/2013 4:39:47 AM PDT by don-o

On Wednesday, Deputy CIA Director Mike Morrell—along with CIA officers who were at the Agency’s Benghazi base on the night of the attack—testified at a classified hearing before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. In the closed hearing, according to U.S. officials with knowledge of the proceedings, Morrell was asked by Republican members about how the second wave of attackers knew to go to the CIA annex, which was a mile away from the diplomatic mission. Morrell responded that at this point the CIA did not know whether the attackers had known the location of the annex or learned about it on the evening of the attack, according to these sources.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ansaralshariah; benghazi; cia; ciaannex
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1 posted on 05/24/2013 4:39:47 AM PDT by don-o
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To: Jim Robinson

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2 posted on 05/24/2013 4:40:17 AM 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: MestaMachine

benghazi ping


3 posted on 05/24/2013 4:47:38 AM 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: annieokie; penelopesire; maggief; Protect the Bill of Rights; thouworm; SE Mom; Nachum; onyx; ...
Another 'mystery'.

Anyone wanting on or off this ping list, please advise.


4 posted on 05/24/2013 4:49:32 AM PDT by MestaMachine
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To: don-o

My first guess would be the White House.


5 posted on 05/24/2013 4:51:59 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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Testimony: Elements of Militia State Dept. Hired to Station Members Inside Benghazi Compound Were ‘Complicit’ in 9/11/12 Terrorist Attack
6 posted on 05/24/2013 5:03:02 AM 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: don-o
This official said the Special Operations team that arrived by aircraft that evening from Tripoli was tailed by the attackers on the drive from the Benghazi airport to the CIA annex.

I've been out of the loop last few days, but this is the first time that I have seen in print that a Special Operations team flew in that night from Tripoli. My understanding was that Woods and Doherty (X Seals) were already there. My assumption is that they were attached to the CIA facility from the beginning. Did I miss something?

7 posted on 05/24/2013 5:14:15 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: don-o

I remember a game room posting on the Internet by Sean Smith on 9/11/12 that said ‘in case we die tonight, there are members of our Libyan security team taking pictures inside the compound’ (paraphrase). They knew they were sitting ducks. But it was important for the Bamster to claim Al Qaeda was ‘decimated’. He also wanted the Libyans to know we trusted them........


8 posted on 05/24/2013 5:15:29 AM PDT by originalbuckeye (Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy)
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To: Texas Fossil; MestaMachine
Special Operations team flew in that night from Tripoli.

I believe this was known. My memory is that it was a small team, maybe two men?

9 posted on 05/24/2013 5:23:26 AM 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: don-o

But not Woods and Doherty?

2 additional men?


10 posted on 05/24/2013 5:26:44 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: Texas Fossil
Was special ops team barred from Benghazi rescue?

First, one team of reinforcements had already been dispatched from Tripoli the night before and was at the CIA annex at the time the second attack occurred at 5:15 a.m. The special ops team mentioned in Hicks' testimony would have been the second team dispatched. More importantly, according to Hicks the Libyan C-130 that would have carried the second team to Benghazi left the Tripoli airport "sometime between 6:00 and 6:30 a.m." The second and final attack had taken place an hour earlier. In other words, the second team would have arrived in Benghazi several hours after the second attack and could not have offered any assistance.

11 posted on 05/24/2013 5:36:37 AM 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: don-o
The State Department’s own ARB says the Special Operations team from Tripoli arrived at the annex at 5 a.m. Benghazi time. “Less than 15 minutes later, the Annex came under mortar and RPG attack, with five mortar rounds impacting close together in under 90 seconds,” it says.

That statement does not tie with the above statement.

12 posted on 05/24/2013 5:42:47 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: don-o
Thread linked in Five myths about Benghazi

Anyone who has Benghazi info to file, please contribute on that thread

13 posted on 05/24/2013 5:43:54 AM 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: Texas Fossil

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444620104578008922056244096.html

wsj timeline indicates team from Tripoli arrived a 0100 Benghazi time


14 posted on 05/24/2013 5:54:35 AM 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: don-o

If I had to take a shot in the dark, I’d say February 17 Martyr’s Brigade.


15 posted on 05/24/2013 6:05:46 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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To: Texas Fossil

I am not clear on how many men were on the team that arrived from Tripoli at 0100 or 0115.

Q: So you had mentioned that the first team from Tripoli to Benghazi arrived at 1:15?

A: Right.

Q: And was there a second team that was organized? Could you tell us about the second team?

Greg Hicks interview with committee in April

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57583014/diplomat-u.s-special-forces-told-you-cant-go-to-benghazi-during-attacks/


16 posted on 05/24/2013 6:16:19 AM 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: don-o

Good question.

But another good question: Who leaked this info from a classified hearing?


17 posted on 05/24/2013 6:31:28 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved! -Ps80)
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To: don-o; MestaMachine

TV Ad: Hold Obama Accountable for Benghazi Scandal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DtZBC35gYCo


18 posted on 05/24/2013 6:52:27 AM PDT by Whenifhow
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To: don-o

Good morning. To honor your 1,000th post, Jay Carney has Tweeted that in lieu of buying him birthday gifts, he is requesting that his friends make donations to FR instead.


19 posted on 05/24/2013 7:43:20 AM PDT by ken5050 (Due to all the WH scandals, MSNBC is changing its slogan from "Lean Forward" to "BOHICA")
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That’s great, Ken. Not seeing that Jay-Bob is giving a briefing today, though. Perhaps the Friday document dump will have to suffice.


20 posted on 05/24/2013 7:46:04 AM 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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