Posted on 07/10/2014 8:10:26 AM PDT by don-o
WASHINGTON The House Armed Services Committee today released nine declassified transcripts of interviews jointly conducted by the Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in connection with the September 11, 2012 attack on Americans in Benghazi, Libya. These classified interviews were undertaken as part of HASCs examination of the actions of the Department of Defense before, during, and after the attack. These interviews were conducted between January and April 2014. The transcripts were declassified by the Department of Defense at HASCs request.
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Question for anyone: I am reading the transcripts and wonder if it is routine to redact the names of those asking the questions.
You’re welcome.
Just finished the 9th transcript. General Ham. All of these people had a DOD lawyer with them at these hearings. Ham says there was no AC-130 in the region. What about Warning Orders? Not every order is an execute order. Maybe too much emphasis on Special Operations on this. I think any reasonably trained American Infantry Platoon or Company could execute a mission to seize and secure an objective.
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