http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/10/198791.htm#.UHmUMQQjpX0.twitter
I think this is the exact link,correct me if I am mistaken.
This is a transcript of what state dept. major spokespeople #1 and #2 briefed the press on a huge conference call late at night.
I have yet to read the entire thing but I will.
Once again thanks very much for this,explains a lot of what questions I had. I get sick of guessing.
I haven’t read the real documents either, but some former military guy said that those 450 miles could be travelled by military jet in 20 minutes, not hours, and another 10 minutes to get the planes in the air.
The other thing that I read in the transcripts was that on 9/12, the first plane carried State Dept officials, not military. The second plane arrived with the military. So, the State Dept wanted to get in there first, ahead of anyone. Seems a little backwards.
One more thing about the cameras, you notice that they have full detail of what was happening inside the consulate, that had to come from the cameras in the consulate, then they have pictures from the air of what was happening on the street that had to have come from the drone. So, two sources of video.