Posted on 01/26/2016 6:16:44 PM PST by Utilizer
For years, the Obama Administration has stood behind two excuses (given under oath) for not sending a quick reaction force to assist in rescuing American citizens during the Sept. 11, 2012 al Qaeda-linked attacks on the U.S. consulate and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya, which resulted in the deaths of four Americans. The first excuse being: There were no forces available that could have responded quickly. The second reason was: Even if they had scrambled more people, they couldn't have gotten there in time to make a difference.
Now, an email, hidden for three years, has come to light and refutes the Obama Administration's narrative as to why our boys at Benghazi weren't given the reinforcements that may have saved their lives.
Former Defense Department Chief of Staff, Jeremy Bash, sent an email to the State Department early into the attacks that clearly states that we had multiple quick reaction forces ready to action on the objective, which adds further significant proof that the rescue forces were deliberately stopped by the White House.
Bash's email, sent to top State Department officials just three hours into the eight hour ordeal said, "...we have identified the forces we could move to Benghazi. They are spinning up as we speak. They include a SOF (Special Operations Forces) element that was in Croatia, and a Marine FAST unit out of Roda, Spain." Meaning, there were at least two elite units that were at REDCON-1 (all personnel geared up, seated on the aircraft, weapons ready, with the engines started). They just needed clearance from the Commander in Chief to enter Libya. That clearance never came.
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Dereliction of Duty !!!
FOR BOTH OF THEM
Only the President can give an order for our military to enter another nation .. the SOS cannot do it. Obama told the SOS and an Obama staff person to take care of it .. and then he disappeared.
The people he put in charge did not have the authority to do what was requested. There’s a special name for it .. but I can’t recall it at the moment.
YES, THAT’S IT “CBA” .. CROSS-BORDER AUTHORITY .. ONLY THE PRESIDENT CAN GIVE SUCH AN ORDER.
It means that our military cannot arbitrarily enter into another country without the express consent of the President.
Excellent .. I knew it was something to do with the border.
Otherwise, lives might have been saved. You can’t have that!
Bambi and Hillary intentionally withheld Cross Border Authority, which would have been necessary for help outside Libya.
I was unaware that the POTUS can “punch out” on the work timeclock whenever he wishes.
The buck stops at his desk. We have a congress FULL of traitors who refuse to do a THING about this. They should ALL hang.
Exactly.
Benghazigate: Obama Chose Not to Save Ambassador Stevens' LifeThe hour is 5 p.m., Sept. 11, Washington time, and the scene is an Oval Office meeting among President Obama, the secretary of defense, the national security adviser and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi has been under assault for roughly 90 minutes.
The next we know, Hillary and Valjar are conferring and hatching the video spin around 10-10:30pm, after confirming Stevens is dead.
I have never read anything about where Valjar was but it was established that Ubama called Hillary about 10:PM.
WH: Obama Called Hillary at 10PM on Night of Benghazi Attack About Same Time Clinton | CNS News(CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama called Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at about 10 p.m. on the night of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told CNSNews.com.
When the communications officer at Amb. Stevens consulate sent the IDNS it was sent out as a distress call to every situation room in DC and every regional mil command around the world. That's when all of the units who could possibly respond start to "spin up." In this case that included Sigonella Italy, Aviano Italy, Rota Spain and, if memory doesn't fail me, units in Croatia.
First, Aid the Living (White House watched real-time our people be murdered in Libya)
"At 5 p.m., President Obama met with Vice President Biden and Secretary of Defense Panetta in the Oval Office."
Yeah. Different outfits have different names for them.
I know I got CIR from reading Travis McGee’s posts and thought I got “Imminent Danger Notification System” from him too but I don’t see it in the posts I linked to. At the time I was learning the official terminology from those whose word was highly credible which included TM, Col. Hunt and Lt. Col Tony Shaffer. Memory is fading but maybe I got the latter term from Col. Hunt.
Yes. And the lesson of Watergate was that the coverup is WORSE than the underlying offense.
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