Posted on 10/26/2012 8:37:22 AM PDT by Snuph
Fox News has learned from sources who were on the ground in Benghazi that three urgent requests from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the U.S. Consulate and subsequent attack nearly seven hours later were denied by officials in the CIA chain of command -- who also told the CIA operators to "stand down" rather than help the ambassador's team when shots were heard at approximately 9:40 p.m. in Benghazi on Sept. 11. Former Navy SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty were part of a small team who were at the CIA annex about a mile from the U.S. Consulate where Ambassador Chris Stevens and his team came under attack. When they heard the shots fired, they radioed to inform their higher-ups to tell them what they were hearing. They were told to "stand down," according to sources familiar with the exchange. An hour later, they called again to headquarters and were again told to "stand down."
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Drudge has it up now.
This site is becoming a mirror to the Drudge Report.
Disgusting zero government.
FOX has been more fair and balanced lately. I may have to reconsider my ban on them.
Yes
Apparently as good soldiers do, they disobeyed orders and ran to the fight and not away.
They ARE heroes.
This is an abandonment of Soldiers under fire and heads should role.
What other information did he need? He needs to explain exactly what information he was looking for.
We beat Drudge by over 20 minutes actually.
Ping
This must be why 0bama has no events today. They are trying to figure out how the “video” or Bush could have caused this.
This is starting to look even deeper than I thought. It is starting to look as though the Ambassador and the others were deliberately set up to be killed. Now we have to start looking for deeper reasons for it all other than just the cover=up of the failure of the kenyan’s foreign policy and the desire to push sharia.
A conscious decision was made by the White House to let these American die.
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I read that a mortar used in the attack was a NATO piece.
Just keep your hands where I can see 'em...
Ping!
“stand down” -— help denied
Fox News has also learned that Stevens was in Benghazi that day to be present at the opening of an English-language school being started by the Libyan farmer who helped save an American pilot who had been shot down by pro-Qaddafi forces during the initial war to overthrow the regime. That farmer saved the life of the American pilot and the Ambassador wanted to be present to launch the Libyan rescuer's new school.
I don't believe this, not one bit.
Stephens has repeatedly requested security, obviously knew the area was hazardous. He's not gonna take a risk like that for a reason like this. Who was the Turkish guy he met with immediately preceding the attack?
Sorry. I saw the four posts by four people, all citing Fox, and then went to Drudge and it was his headline. Maybe he mirrors FR. :-)
‘Bout time the “Derelict-in-Chief” stood down....
re: “How sad is it that the Main Stream Media is standing on the sideline as one of the biggest scandals in modern time is unfolding.”
Exactly! The Drive-byes are too busy hotly pursuing the crucial “women in binders” or Mitt having testified in a 20 year old divorce case!
What I can’t understand is why has not CIA Director Petraeus spoken? It was his mission. I had considered him an honorable man and commander. I now begin to wonder.
Barack Hussein Obama is guilty of treason. It is time for the House of Representatives to inform the White House that they will begin impeachment proceedings. A landslide against this evil administration is not enough. Traitors should be dealt with. ASAP.
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