Tuesday, May 07, 2013


Benghazi Whistleblower: Nearby Rapid-Reaction Troops Were Told to Stand Down


From Ace of Spades: 

Obama and Hillary claimed there was no stand-down order and it was all a right-wing confabulation.

Then the entire leftwing political messaging machine went into overdrive to cover-up for them.

Now, via CBSNews' Sharyl Atkisson, a whistleblower is directly contradicting them and, by implication, branding them liars.
The deputy of slain U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens has told congressional investigators that a team of Special Forces prepared to fly from Tripoli to Benghazi during the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks was forbidden from doing so by U.S. Special Operations Command South Africa. 
The account from Gregory Hicks is in stark contrast to assertions from the Obama administration, which insisted that nobody was ever told to stand down and that all available resources were utilized. Hicks gave private testimony to congressional investigators last month in advance of his upcoming appearance at a congressional hearing Wednesday. 
According to excerpts released Monday, Hicks told investigators that SOCAFRICA commander Lt. Col. Gibson and his team were on their way to board a C-130 from Tripoli for Benghazi prior to an attack on a second U.S. compound "when [Col. Gibson] got a phone call from SOCAFRICA which said, 'you can't go now, you don't have the authority to go now.' And so they missed the flight ... They were told not to board the flight, so they missed it." 
No assistance arrived from the U.S. military outside of Libya during the hours that Americans were under attack or trapped inside compounds by hostile forces armed with rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and AK-47 rifles.
Ambassador Hicks Says He Was Stunned By Government Blaming Attack on Youtube Video
Hicks, who did not appear on the show but whose reactions were featured based on transcripts of interviews with Issa's committee, said he was stunned by what UN Ambassador Susan Rice claimed on five different news shows on Sep. 16. 
When she appeared on Face the Nation, she followed an interview with the President of Libya who claimed he had "no doubt" it was a terror attack. Moments later, Amb. Rice contradicted him and claimed a spontaneous protest was more likely. 
Acting Ambassador Hicks watched the Sunday shows and said he found this contradiction shocking. "The net impact of what has transpired is the spokesperson of the most powerful country in the world has basically said that the President of Libya is either a liar or doesn't know what he's talking about," he accused. Hicks added, "My jaw hit the floor as I watched this...I've never been as embarrassed in my life, in my career as on that day." 
Hicks believes the stunning failure of diplomacy on the Sunday news shows explains why it took the FBI three weeks to gain access to the Benghazi site. The U.S. had effectively humiliated the Libyan President on national TV. That decision, he believed, probably compromised our ability to investigate and track down those responsible.

1 comment:

Christine said...

Just picked this up:

Did you know: General David Petreaus testified today before Congress that according to the CIA's official story almost immediately after the attack in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11th, 2012, they told the White House, Department of State, and others that they had an assessment that the attack WAS a terrorist attack? Did you know, that testimony proves that someone, in between the CIA's highest office, and the White House itself the story was altered to ensure the public was deceived to make Obama look better? Did you know that very person who altered the CIA's story COULD have been Obama himself? How high does this cover-up go? Could this be one of the biggest, PROVABLE, conspiracy theories in decades? Check out the evidence at: http://ow.ly/fmI9w and SHARE this with your friends. People should know what is going on.