Bombshell: Pentagon 'Didn't Know' Benghazi Annex Existed

WND ^ | January 20, 2014 | Aaron Klein

[opentalk]

Raises major questions about what U.S. was doing in secretive facility.

The extensive Senate report on the Sept. 11, 2012, Benghazi attack dropped a major, unreported bombshell: The commander of U.S. forces in Africa was not aware of the existence of the besieged CIA annex.

The staggering detail raises the question of what was transpiring at the fated annex and nearby U.S. special mission and why key members of the Defense Department, including those responsible for responding to emergency situations, were not aware of it.

Questions now must be also raised as to why, on the night of attack, command of an elite unit known as C-110, or the EUCOM CIF, was reportedly transferred from the military’s European command to AFRICOM, or the United States Africa Command.

... Page 77 of the report further divulges that Gen. Carter Ham, then-commander of U.S. Africa Command, “was not even aware there was a CIA annex in Benghazi at the time of the attacks.”

Continued the Senate report: “We are puzzled as to how the military leadership expected to effectively respond and rescue Americans in the event of an emergency when it did not even know of the existence of one of the U.S. facilities.”

On the night of the attack, Ham was placed in charge of the C-110, a 40-man Special Ops force maintained for rapid response to emergencies. The force was trained for deployment for events like the Benghazi attack. Command was transferred from the military’s European command to Ham in the middle of the attack

[hummingbird]

"...ensuring that the President of the United States is provided all the information and intelligence he needs to do his job."

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All Obama needed to do his job was what time AF1 was leaving for Vegas fund raiser./s

Jarrett and Hillary and Panetta and Petraeus were to handle the rest. He would have delegated the actual WORK to them.

He does not WORK on the level of seriousness. He DELEGATES TO THE USUAL SUSPECTS, IM(Very)HO.

Wonderful post, Yosemitest....links very appreciated.

POST contains LOTS for study and catching up!

TIA.

[rodguy911]

Stevens was know to have had foot in mouth disease and had long since become a liability to the regime.If it was know that he was gay and the regime "sort of let him die" due to death by bad terroriststhat would not have looked too good for the upcoming elections. Only one of many reasons why Benghazi is so important. They don't want history rewritten,truth has to stay buried.

Stevens often talked to all the wrong people with his "trust all people all the time attitude", and had trouble keeping state secrets from what I read. Wish I had links but its been a while ago.

[Yosemitest]

Thank you for noticing,
but "Jarrett and Hillary and Panetta and Petraeus" don't have the LEGAL AUTHORITY to issue a "STAND DOWN" ORDER.
Only one person has that authority, and that's the COMMANDER IN CHIEF, and that authority CANNOT be delegated.

[Faith]

Well done! FReepers are the best researchers in the country.

[flowergirl]

maybe Bin Laden was/is being held at the annex...

[Durus]

This isn't a bombshell. Plenty of people, including myself, have been reminding people right from the beginning that this was not a consulate. It was a CIA safe house that was supposedly secret.

It contradicts all of their claims which is why this inconvenient fact has been simply ignored. Now that other people are paying attention to this maybe they will ask these simply questions.

1) Why was our ambassador at a CIA safe house?

2) What business did he have there that couldn't have been done at an official location like the embassy?

3) Who knew he was going to be there?

[huldah1776]

Lord Of The Flies, Lord of the Flies.

[Ann Archy]

Never saw it.