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A U.S. security team in Benghazi was held back from immediately responding to the attack on the American diplomatic mission on orders of the top CIA officer there, three of those involved told Fox News’ Bret Baier.
Their account gives a dramatic new turn to what the Obama administration and its allies would like to dismiss as an “old story” – the September 11, 2012 Benghazi attacks that killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
Speaking out publicly for the first time, the three were security operators at the secret CIA annex in Benghazi – in effect, the first-responders to any attack on the diplomatic compound. Their first-hand account will be told in a Fox News special, airing Friday night at 10 p.m. (EDT).
Top CIA officer in Benghazi delayed response to terrorist attack, US security team members claim | Fox News
So, I guess there was a stand down order. Did congress talk to these guys? Was the order justified? This new evidence appears to contradict the left wing talking points.
A U.S. security team in Benghazi was held back from immediately responding to the attack on the American diplomatic mission on orders of the top CIA officer there, three of those involved told Fox News’ Bret Baier.
Their account gives a dramatic new turn to what the Obama administration and its allies would like to dismiss as an “old story” – the September 11, 2012 Benghazi attacks that killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
Speaking out publicly for the first time, the three were security operators at the secret CIA annex in Benghazi – in effect, the first-responders to any attack on the diplomatic compound. Their first-hand account will be told in a Fox News special, airing Friday night at 10 p.m. (EDT)....
“We're starting to get calls from the State Department guys saying, ‘Hey, we're taking fire, we need you guys here, we need help,’” said Paronto.
After a delay of nearly 30 minutes, the security team headed to the besieged consulate without orders. They asked their CIA superiors to call for armed air support, which never came.
Now, looking back, the security team said they believed that if they had not been delayed for nearly half an hour, or if the air support had come, things might have turned out differently....
In the special, Baier also asks about the infamous YouTube video that was blamed for the violence in Benghazi.
Paronto laughed at the suggestion that the video played any role in the events of that night, saying he did not even know of the video until he was out of Libya and on his way home. “I didn't know about the video ‘till I got to Germany,” he said. “(I had) no idea about any video, no. No, sir.”...
Interesting.
So... IOW, we now have the confirmation from the people on the ground that there was indeed at least a local stand-down order (who sought to shut down the higher-tier organizations, and what happened with the guys who apparently eventually went rogue and went anyway we'll have to wait to find out), and that the idea that this was somehow a youtube video was indeed apparently a Washington DC fiction designed to cover a President in the middle of reelection.[/FONT]
New information nobody has heard before, Fox News exclusive, and coincidentally there's a book coming out. Written by the guy breaking out this new information. You'd better buy that book to find out what really happened!
They were ready to go, but got held back by the Top CIA Chief In Benghazi.
Bob.
Let's put this "breaking news" into perspective...
U.S. security team = 3 CIA operatives at the CIA annex building in Benghazi.
Unless those guys had shoulder held rocket launchers, I doubt they would've make a difference against the mob that attacked the U.S. Embassy or the compound in Benghazi. Nonetheless, I know that this "revelation" comes as a feather in the cap of those who are clinging to something substantial to hang around the President's neck concerning Benghazi, but this, IMHO, isn't it. Sorry, but 3 CIA operatives do not make a U.S. security team. They're just 3 guys with 9mm hand guns against 20-50 radicals with semi-automatic riffles and rocket launchers.
That CIA chief was on the phone with some one else just before issuing the stand down order.
Who could it have been ? Valerie Jarrett ?
I doubt it was Obama, he was upstairs in the White House packing for Vegas and rehearsing his speech that Al Qaeda was being decimated and was on the run.
I posted the following in the http://www.debatepolitics.com/break...nghazi-delayed-response-terrorist-attack.html thread.
I'll add to the above by saying the OP article does NOT say there was an official stand-down order given. What it DOES say, however, is the 3 CIA operatives asked to engage the enemy but NO RESPONSE was ever given. As such, they acted on their own WITHOUT ANY OFFICIAL ORDERS FROM CIA HQ one way or another.
Chaffetz is the twit that politicized and started all this bs about Benghazi.What does Jason Chaffetz have to do with this ? The PoliticFact claim is from 16 months ago.
What does Jason Chaffetz have to do with this ? The PoliticFact claim is from 16 months ago.
Chaffetz is the twit that politicized and started all this bs about Benghazi.
I think they'll fact check and find that the story only confirms what we already know. The CIA was acting on it's own.Do you think PoliticFact will be issuing a retraction and Chaffetz will be vindicated ?
The politicization of the attacks on Benghazi is BS. It's right up there with the Birthers and Truthers. Now there's the Benghazianiacs to add to the growing list of nutballs.Calling the terrorist attack in Benghazi and the death of four Americans "bs" are some pretty strong words.
But as Hillary Clinton said about four dead Americans, "At this point what difference does it make."
I think they'll fact check and find that the story only confirms what we already know. The CIA was acting on it's own.
The politicization of the attacks on Benghazi is BS. It's right up there with the Birthers and Truthers. Now there's the Benghazianiacs to add to the growing list of nutballs.
But as Hillary Clinton said about four dead Americans, "At this point what difference does it make."
It was the Obama White House who politicized the 9-11-12 terrorist attack and the murder of four Americans by blaming it on a You Tube video (cover up) and Obama claiming that Al Qaeda was being decimated and was on the run just to be given a second chance of being reelected.
It was the Obama White House who politicized the 9-11-12 terrorist attack and the murder of four Americans by blaming it on a You Tube video (cover up) and Obama claiming that Al Qaeda was being decimated and was on the run just to be given a second chance of being reelected.
Let's put this "breaking news" into perspective...
U.S. security team = 3 CIA operatives at the CIA annex building in Benghazi.
Unless those guys had shoulder held rocket launchers, I doubt they would've make a difference against the mob that attacked the U.S. Embassy or the compound in Benghazi. Nonetheless, I know that this "revelation" comes as a feather in the cap of those who are clinging to something substantial to hang around the President's neck concerning Benghazi, but this, IMHO, isn't it. Sorry, but 3 CIA operatives do not make a U.S. security team. They're just 3 guys with 9mm hand guns against 20-50 radicals with semi-automatic riffles and rocket launchers.
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