Hmmmm...a big clue there. If there was an armed drone over Benghazi that night....it was being operated by the military (as a military asset) and not the CIA. I would think that Brennan would have no authority to make a call on the military for sure( he has no authority to make an independent strike call for the CIA either). He has to get an official sign off from the President.
If he did not get official sign off from POTUS, then our whole chain of command structure is broken and this country is in grave danger. If Obama was innocent in this mess, he would releases his order. He has not done that and will not do it until forced by subpoena from congress...if even then.
These are impeachment offenses...make no doubt. Dereliction of duty, abuse of power come to mind as well as treason for arming America’s enemies.
“If there was an armed drone over Benghazi that night....it was being operated by the military (as a military asset) and not the CIA.”
Pentagon establishes Defense Clandestine Service, new espionage unit
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The official said the new service is expected to grow “from several hundred to several more hundred” operatives in the coming years. Despite the potentially provocative name for the new service, the official played down concerns that the Pentagon was seeking to usurp the role of the CIA or its National Clandestine Service.
Does New Defense Clandestine Service Spell Big Changes for Military Intelligence?
Noah O. Braymen - May 8, 2012
The Pentagon is pulling together hundreds of officers from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) to create an intelligence service called the Defense Clandestine Service (DCS). The DCS is tasked with gathering terrorist network information, weapons of mass destruction, and other rising threats. Michael Vickers, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, and John D. Bennett, CIA counterpart leading the National Clandestine Service, arranged the various elements of the service. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta approved their plan on Friday, April 20, 2012.
This service will be composed of both military and civilian officers, and it will work alongside the CIA. According to Rep. C. A. Ruppersberger, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, the DCS plans are still in progress, but it will emphasize and expand the Pentagon’s human intelligence agencies. Particularly, it will focus on gathering information through personal contact with sources, not on the interception of communications along the lines of the NSA agencies based at Fort Meade.
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A plot foiled, but a US agency rift exposed
My guess is that Brennan would be whispering into zeros ear. I doubt they tried to let him make actual calls they can’t be that dumb.