Posted on 11/11/2012 2:03:04 PM PST by barryobi
Military expert Paula Broadwell, who was allegedly improperly involved with resigned CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus, confirmed in October that the CIA annex in Benghazi asked for reinforcements when the consulate came under attack on September 11
Broadwell was speaking at her alma mater, the University of Denver, on October 26. Her lecture, which is on YouTube under the title "Alumni Symposium 2012 Paula Broadwell," now has added value, because based on the recent disclosures, it can now be assumed that she indeed knew exactly what it was that Petraeus knew about the attack.
Broadwell confirmed the reports on Fox News that the CIA annex asked for a special unit, the Commander in Chief's In Extremis Force, to come and assist it. She said that the force could indeed have reinforced the consulate, and that Petraeus knew all of this, but was not allowed to talk to the press because of his position in the CIA.
"They were requesting the – it's called the C-in-C's In Extremis Force – a group of Delta Force operators, our very, most talented guys we have in the military. They could have come and reinforced the consulate and the CIA annex. Now, I don't know if a lot of you have heard this but the CIA annex had actually taken a couple of Libyan militia members prisoner, and they think that the attack on the consulate was an attempt to get these prisoners back.
"The challenging thing for Gen. Petraeus is that in his new position, he's not allowed to communicate with the press. So he's known all of this – they had correspondence with the CIA station chief in Libya, within 24 hours they kind of knew what was happening."
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DREAM ON......Patre_ass is a DEMOCRAT.....they LIE and CHEAT.
If I recall right, it was reported that some of the people attacking the mission and/or the CIA Annex were captured. They were released to somebody. Broadwell is saying that there were prisoners at the mission or annex BEFORE the attack ever started. If true, where are they?
I don't for a moment think that he wants America destroyed by communism.
That's completely out of character for Petraeus. He's not perfect, but he loves this country.
The "p" in Democrat stands for PATRIOTISM!! (kudos to another freeper)
There may be forces at work that we are not aware of. Have faith.
Petraeus may be a democrat...but he is not a communist. In fact, he may not even be a democrat.
I know this is a trying time...but we need to stay calm. Please try (and I will too).
Rooster.
He’s a Democrat.....anyone, and I mean ANYONE who would work for the Marxist Obama is at the very least a Democrat. I HATE Democrats and wouldn’t trust them with ANYTHING of value. THEY ARE SKANKS! His WIFE IS A SKANK!
Seems she was the one who threw lover boy under the bus by blabbing their pillow talk. She knew it was confidential and he wasn’t supposed to talk about it but she was in front of the cameras and just couldn’t help herself. Seems they both deserve each other.
Okay, so now we know that there is someone else, Broadwell, who has information on what actually happened at the Benghazi consulate. It wouldn’t surprise me if Obama had asked for Petraeus’ resignation. Obama probably wouldn’t trust Petraeus under these circumstances.
I saw that...but don’t think that “by all accounts” fits.
By some accounts, people she was able to con, maybe.
Has anyone considered that Obama’s inaction and dereliction of duty might be that he couldn’t immediately get in touch with George Soros to find out what to do?
I don’t want to get too far ahead of things, or to indulge in wishful thinking, but I am continually reminded of a bit of history.
Richard Nixon after winning a second term soon found himself embroiled in a scandal and had to resign.
OBAMA owns all of this mess. HE ALONE is the meat, HILLARY and others are the as sauce. BBQ them.
You have jumped to all sorts of uncorroborated conclusions. The FBI did nothing because they discovered nothing suggesting Petraeus was passing on classified info.
And, folks, get a clue. People in DC have private lives and private email accounts. Everyone.
Petreaus needs to man up and wup odumbi’s traitorous butt!
“You have jumped to all sorts of uncorroborated conclusions.”
I concur I incorrectly inferred Petraeus may have shared classified intelligence regarding Benghazi. I hadn’t realized news about Libyan prisoners already was out there.
FWIW, FBI evidently DID find classified documents on Broadwell’s computer—a big no-no (recall that CIA director John Deutch resigned after classified material was found on his home computer). But they also ascertained that Petraeus was not the source of these. http://www.ydr.com/old-politics/ci_21965212/petraeus-resigns-from-cia-after-admitting-extramarital-affair
Its a big no-no because? Reserve officer aside, she does not hold a position of confidence in the government. Was it marked classified or was it information that was determined to be classified which she got through investigative journalism. A lot of things that the US government would like to keep classified is in fact in the public domain or easily deduced by knowledgeable individuals with no inside access.
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