Posted on 07/31/2013 6:53:04 PM PDT by xzins
A Marine operations commander told lawmakers Wednesday he gave troops in Libya permission to respond to a September 2012 attack on a U.S. mission in Tripoli.
Testifying in closed session before the House Armed Services Committee, Col. George Bristol contradicted claims by some congressional Republicans he had issued a stand-down order following the attack, in which U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stephens and three other Americans were killed, The Hill reported.
Bristol, who commanded Joint Special Operations Task Force-Trans Sahara at the time of the attack, said he gave the Tripoli security team leader, Lt. Col. S.E. Gibson, permission to act freely in response to the attack, The Hill said, citing a description it had received of the committee's members-only briefing.
Gibson told Congress last month he was ordered not to send his team to Benghazi because they were needed in Tripoli in the event of an attack on the U.S. Embassy.
Republicans argue the United States wasn't prepared to respond adequately to the Benghazi attack.
They accuse the Obama administration of downplaying or covering up the administration's handling of the attack, its lead-up and aftermath during the heat of the 2012 presidential campaign.
"Colonel Bristol has experience that could be valuable in deepening our understanding of the events of that day," a committee source told The Hill.
"Of particular interest to the committee is what our posture was in the weeks and months that preceded the attack," the source said.
Bristol, a seasoned combat commander, stepped down from his task force commander post in March.
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So it's time to put Obama under oath and find out who he gave the order to and why it wasn't carried out.
THANK YOU...THANK YOU....THANK YOU!!! Needs to be on EVERY THREAD!!
Then why weren't they there trying to save their fellow brothers in arms?
I just don't buy it that an elite unit of the US military stands down and lets Americans die.
Our problem though is outside of conservative internet sites and one cable news network nobody is hearing about this. I'm sure the lack of coverage is why the FBI aren't investigating the IRS scandal as well.
Let’s bring Gibson and this other flack, Bristol, in, let them sit side by side, and testify under oath. Let the public look into their eyes and face and determine who is lying.
Thanks! I just *borrowed* it :)
Well, this guy is talking about troops already in Libya, so there was no need for CBA in order for these guys to act.
Travis, it is time to explain again to the Freepers re who is the only person who can authorize across borders actions.
I love Marines! I suspect the honorable Marines in that photo just want to puke every time the corrupt communist President returns their salute with his lame-azz hip hop pansy hand flap.
Unless I see a soucre, I'm calling BS on that quote.
I'm amazed and the number of military experts on this thread that can't even get this Marine's rank right.
That a good sign that we have a bunch of arm chair commandos.
So far, I've seen a Colonel called a General, and a Lt Col called a Colonel and a Lieutenant.
Right after hiring a clerk from the same law firm that has represented Obama in the eligibility challenge...
Methinks this guy and David Carter should both be given some truth serum so we can find out who really decides what they say and do. Maybe Denise Lind too... And all the folks in the chain of command who either did or didn’t pass along and act on Terry Lakin’s concerns.
And while we’re at it, let’s find out who in the chain of command set up Extortion 17 and why. We know this regime considers it “national security” to snoop in private emails in order to “pressure” military leadership; was Extortion 17 named that because somebody down the line knew exactly what happened? If so, who was it?
At this point, media, Congress, courts, bureaucracy, law enforcement, and military are all compromised beyond hope. They all need to be cleaned out with Clorox if the Republic is to continue to exist as a free nation.
To which 'general' are you referring?
The Blind Sheik asked Morsi, who in turn asked Obama to release him. 0bama thought that too risky, so he arranged for Hillary to set up the faux hostage taking of Stevens so he could release the BS, giving him an election bump. When the election bump turned into an election pit, 0bama decided to virtually ignore everything about Benghazi the night it turned sour. And he still is.
Hillary and Morsi planned it together. Hillary stripping Stevens of security, and Morsi sending the attackers to get Stevens. Woods and Doherty changed everything. Notice how 0bama is flooding Egypt with millions $$$ aid money, regardless who's in charge. This is hush money. They know the truth about Benghazi. Apprehension of the attackers isn't happening either. 0bama is afraid they might also talk.
And then these reporters get into their Mercedes like Michael Hastings did?
I think we all need to realize what the Breitbart and Hastings deaths were meant to do: scare the chit out of any media people who were considering turning on the Soros coup. They were very, very visible suspicious deaths in LA at critical times when reporters could be doing real investigating and reporting - followed by the media falling mum on those critical investigative stories lurking just below the surface.
Before any of these other scandals will get legs in the media, the grand-daddy scandal has to be dealt with: the coup’s hostage takeover of the media through threats made good.
Time to break out the truth serum.
Someone is fudging.
I never took it to be a quote. From the start I knew it was bitter, ironic parody.
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