Did Gowdy ever figure out who gave the stand down order?
Looks like it was pre-ordained by the 7:30PM White House meeting:
With Ambassador Stevens missing, the White House convened a roughly two-hour meeting at 7:30 PM, which resulted in action items focused on a YouTube video, and others containing the phrases "[i]f any deployment is made," and "Libya must agree to any deployment," and "[w]ill not deploy until order comes to go to either Tripoli or Benghazi." [pg. 115]It might not be the exact wording "stand down," but it sure as heckfire had that result.
WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT 7:30 PM MEETING? BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS!!!
Cursory reading on my part (not of the report directly) assigns a conflict between Panetta (send help) and the State Department. No help was sent. No individual in State is named.
There was no need for a stand down order if Obama never granted permission to cross the border.
“Did Gowdy ever figure out who gave the stand down order?”
Even if he had, would he even tell us?