EXCLUSIVE: CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack, sources

EXCLUSIVE: CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack, sources say


By Jennifer Griffin

Published October 26, 2012

FoxNews.com

Fox News has learned from sources who were on the ground in Benghazi that three urgent requests from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the U.S. Consulate and subsequent attack nearly seven hours later were denied by officials in the CIA chain of command -- who also told the CIA operators to "stand down" rather than help the ambassador's team when shots were heard at approximately 9:40 p.m. in Benghazi on Sept. 11.

Former Navy SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty were part of a small team who were at the CIA annex about a mile from the U.S. Consulate where Ambassador Chris Stevens and his team came under attack. When they heard the shots fired, they radioed to inform their higher-ups to tell them what they were hearing. They were told to "stand down," according to sources familiar with the exchange. An hour later, they called again to headquarters and were again told to "stand down."[


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Re: EXCLUSIVE: CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack, sou

"Stand down". Way to go!

Re: EXCLUSIVE: CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack, sou

Impeach Obama NOW

Re: EXCLUSIVE: CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack, sou

Travis, brace yourself. It's just a matter of time before the liberal tards come in here and start offering up excuse after excuse, and trying to defend this debacle all over again....

Prepare for it, because you know some liberal will try to defend this crap.....

I said from day one of this attack, that something was different. Something wasn't right. Now we are learning of the cover up, and all the lies that the Obama administration has told the American people for going on 6 weeks now.

This story is going to sink Obama for good. It's such a big story, and I'm literally sick to my stomach the way the MSM ignores it, downplays it, and how the administration is now trying to say that they called it terrorism from day one. It's so bull****.....The left knows nothing but to lie. They got caught with their pants down over a stupid foreign policy strategy, and when it blows up in their faces, they simply lie their asses off.

I'm thankful the election is in 11 days. For the first time, I have a good feeling about Romney winning. He might not be the total answer to all our problems, but dear Lord, removing Obama is a giant leap in the right direction.

Re: EXCLUSIVE: CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack, sou

matthew25 said:

They were told to "stand down," according to sources familiar with the exchange. An hour later, they called again to headquarters and were again told to "stand down."

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Sounds like that one time, when CIA personnel had Osama Bin Laden in their sights during the Clinton Administration, and their higher ups told them to stand down.

Re: EXCLUSIVE: CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack, sou

According to military protocol, because this was a Flash Cable about a "missing" US Ambassador, the POTUS would have to make the call. Understand something, a US Ambassador has a priority equal to 4 stars. Meaning, that if a Flash Cable comes to the White House situation room about a "missing" US Ambassador, a LIVE PERSON must WALK the information to the highest person nearest the President, and verify delivery. So there's no way Obama didn't know about this attack right away.

Also, records show that Obama had an Oval Office meeting just 50 minutes into the attack with Leon Panetta and Hillary Clinton. The decision would have been made, or in this case, not made, in that meeting. You have the 3 Principles in the room. You have the POTUS, you have the Sec. of State, and you have the Sec. of Defense all in the same room together just 50 minutes after the attack started in Benghazi.

Now, what do you think they were discussing? Halloween costumes?

Flash Cables aren't emails. They are like IM's directly to the situation room in the White House and relating Operation Posts for the geographical area. There's no way to argue that Obama didn't know what was happening, because it involved a 4 star level US Ambassador. The Cables, by protocol, must be WALKED IN PERSON to the POTUS directly, or the highest person nearest the POTUS, and a confirmation of delivery MUST be posted. In short, there is a system in place for situations like this to ensure that the POTUS is informed as quickly as possible.

The story being advanced by many in the administration, including Joe Biden himself, is that Obama wasn't told anything. Remember when Biden said in the VP debate, "we weren't told anything", and "we didn't know anything"? Remember when he said that? That's a lie outright.

Time to face the music liberals, your boy is cooked.