Benghazi Links and Articles

DiGenova: Whistleblowers 'Are Trying To Rescue The Country From The Sleepwalking It's In'

by Debra HeineMay 6, 2013 10:17 AM PT

In response to Benghazi Witness: 'You Should Have Seen What (Clinton) Tried to Do to Us That Night':
In an interview on WMAL, this morning, Mark Thompson's lawyer, Joe diGenova charged that due to media malpractice, the country has been sleeping through the Benghazi story..
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Benghazi Witness: Special Forces Told to Not to Provide Backup in Benghazi

by Elizabeth SheldMay 6, 2013 9:51 AM PT

CBS News is reporting that Benghazi witness Greg Hicks 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."
Hicks also reported that SOCAFRICA commander Lt. Col. Gibson and his team were prepared to board a C130 from Tripoli before the attack on the Benghazi annex. Gibson received a call saying "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."
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Suddenly Benghazi No Longer 'Fox-Induced Hysteria'?

by Ace Of SpadesMay 6, 2013 9:50 AM PT

Where do we go to get our reputations back?A review of the hyperpoliticized reactions of the left to criticism of and well-founded questions about Benghazi on the right demonstrates, once again, that They accuse us of Their Own sins.
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Benghazi Witness: 'You Should Have Seen What (Clinton) Tried to Do to Us That Night'

by Elizabeth SheldMay 6, 2013 5:05 AM PT

Mark I. Thompson will make the allegation that Hillary Clinton "tried to cut the department's own counter-terrorism bureau out of the chain of reporting and decision-making" as they responded to the Benghazi attacks.
Thompson is a former Marine and the current deputy coordinator for operations in the agency's counter terrorism bureau. He will appear before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday to testify about the Benghazi attacks.
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Benghazi Eye Witness: Requests for Help Refused

by Elizabeth SheldMay 5, 2013 4:07 PM PT

Sharyl Attkisson at CBS News reports that an eyewitness on the ground at Benghazi was refused repeated requests for help.

"We relied on Washington for dispassionate assessment," one eyewitness told CBS News. "Instead, they [Washington officials] were asking us what help we needed. We answered: 'Send reinforcements!' "
But they were told immediate help wasn't available.
Embassy personnel say they repeatedly asked the Defense Attache on site in Tripoli for military assistance.
"Isn't there anything available?" one Embassy official says he asked. "But the answer was 'no.'"
"What about Aviano?" the official pressed, referencing the NATO air base with US assets in northeastern Italy. "No," was the answer.

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Whistleblower Lawyer: ARB's Gen Pickering 'Became Physically Ill' at Thought of Dealing with Hillary

by Debra HeineMay 4, 2013 9:00 PM PT

When the Accountability Review Board’s report on Benghazi came out, last December, John Bolton noted that the State Dept. was basically investigating itself, and suggested that their assertions might not hold up to scrutiny.
It looks like the ARB's findings are indeed not holding up to scrutiny. The report is being savaged by the attorneys who are representing material witnesses who they say were ignored by the ARB.
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