Posted on 05/09/2013 12:49:47 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thanks for posting this, Ernest.
bkmk
Well done!
There were only a couple things I remember that aren’t included here, and that I thought were relevant. Maybe others can add more.
1. Greg Hicks stated that when he provided testimony to the ARB there was no stenographer present, nor any recording devices. He was never allowed to see the final ARB report to know whether his witness had been transcribed correctly. When Issa asked him if he thought that might mean his testimony contained in the ARB report could have been inaccurate or editorialized, Hicks replied in the affirmative.
2. Hicks said that, while he had lawyers present during his ARB testimony, others who provided testimony did not. He also said that no other person he had spoken to that gave testimony to the ARB board had been allowed to see the final report that included their “presumed” comments.
2. Hicks stated that there were additional surveillance cameras still lying around in boxes at the Benghazi compound because no one had ever been sent to install them.
IMO, #9 points directly to one man and one man only: President Obama. #9 is shocking. This should be a President’s very FIRST act upon learning we are under attack. One precision guided missile launched from an F/A-18 (night attack) outside the the front gate of the consulate would’ve scared the living sh!t out of the bad guys. Just the shock wave of a high-speed fly by might have even done the trick. They’d have no idea what was coming next and would’ve scattered like rats.
But survivors at the base were afraid to retrieve the body because the hospital was one under the control of Ansar Al-Sharia whom Beth Jones initially fingered as the terror group responsible.
So WHY DID THEY SAY THEY WERE FRIENDLY LOCALS?
P.S. If Reagan or even Bush were President, they’d not asked for permission. They’d do whatever it took to save American lives rather than wait for permission.
Because all evidence suggests that they were.
Excellent ‘cliff’s notes’ summation!
The article is excellent...well laid out....thanks for pointing to it.
Were they friendly...or has it been spun that way?
Travis can talk about the Cross Border Authority the President has to issue in luie of not having permission from a government . skipping over some details there.
This is very helpful!
No, not different. The hospital was under the control of Ansar Al-Sharia. The locals who pulled Stevens’ body out of the rubble, hours after the attack, were not Ansar Al-Sharia.
Anshar al Sharia was one such.
There are photos on FreeRepublic of the al-Queda banner...flag flying on buildings in 2012 before the attack.
I never read anything definitive about them being friendlies.
My impression is that they were painted that way by an administration still clinging to the youtube fantasy. I'm not doubting you necessarily...just never read otherwise.
Their behavior on video when retrieving the body did not look friendly to me.
Hicks also testified that he was not allowed to read the classified report, which tells me that his testimony almost certainly was inaccurate or editorialized.
People of Benghazi trying to save Chris Stevens life before his death
Video Purports To Show US Ambassador Dragged From Benghazi Consulate - UPDATES
Obama spoke about the Libyans being friendly the day after the attacks. I perceived this as too premature and an attempt to downplay the severity of what happened:
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=117832
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