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The story in Benghazi is heating up and it is hitting the main stream media.\u00a0 McClatchy just released a story saying the \u201cCIA sent security team to the Benghazi consulate 25 minutes after attack, refuting claims of delay.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/2012\/11\/01\/173372\/us-says-help-was-sent-to-benghazi.html<\/a><\/p>\n

This is a major development.\u00a0 It means the White House\u2019s efforts to stonewall this story has totally collapsed.\u00a0 This story just hit the main stream media.\u00a0 No news outlet can continue to ignore this.<\/p>\n

You would think from the headline that the White House has now explained everything and there was no delay in providing assistance.\u00a0 That certainly is the spin being provided by the main stream media.\u00a0 But there is a lot more to this story then how long it took the CIA compound to respond.<\/p>\n

At 9:40 p.m. the CIA compound in Benghazi received an urgent request for help from the Benghazi Consulate.\u00a0 This was only a mile away and CIA personnel could hear gun shots and sirens wailing.\u00a0 The few trained military personnel available immediately gathered up their weapons and were ready to roll.\u00a0 This was probably the last chance to save Ambassador Stevens life.\u00a0 But they were delayed in leaving for 24 long minutes.\u00a0 The reason for the delay was that the station chief was on the phone trying to call the \u201cFebruary 17 Brigade, other militias and the Libyan intelligence service seeking vehicles with .50-caliber machine guns.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 No one responded so the base chief reluctantly let the rescue mission proceed.\u00a0 It was under the leadership of a career CIA officer.<\/p>\n

The team consisted of six members.\u00a0 They only get a few blocks before they are stopped.\u00a0 The scene must have been beyond chaotic.\u00a0 Our Consulate was under attack and here is our make-shift rescue squad, a couple of blocks away, reduced to begging the local militia to kindly lend them a .50 cal machine gun.\u00a0 They don\u2019t get the gun, but they do pick up three volunteers.\u00a0 The CIA team arrives at the Consulate at 10:20.\u00a0 They are engaged in a fire fight for 15 minutes and do not get into the main Consulate building until 10:40 p.m.,\u00a0 one hour after the first call for help.\u00a0 Odds are that Ambassador Stevens was already dead.<\/p>\n

They cannot find Ambassador Stevens.\u00a0 An unarmed drone shows up at 11:11 p.m., but it cannot provide much help.\u00a0 At 11:30 the CIA team leaves the Consulate with those State Department personnel still alive.\u00a0 It takes them six minutes to get from the Consulate to the CIA Compound.<\/p>\n

At 11:56 p.m. the CIA compound comes under fire.\u00a0 Eventually a 7 person rescue team is dispatched from Tripoli.\u00a0 They have to charter a plane.\u00a0 The plane arrives at the Benghazi Airport at 1:15 a.m., after a 45 minute flight.\u00a0 They then spend the next three hours at the airport trying to negotiate permission to leave while frantically developing a game plan.\u00a0 They finally leave the airport at 4:30 a.m. and arrive at the CIA compound at 5:04 a.m.\u00a0 There is a major fire fight and this is when the two former Navy seals are killed.\u00a0 Finally, at 6:00 a.m. a Libyan rescue team arrives, with 50 vehicles and escorts our survivors to the airport.\u00a0 The first group of Americans leaves Benghazi for Tripoli at 7:00 a.m.\u00a0 The final group leaves at 10:00 a.m.\u00a0 From Tripoli they depart for the U.S.<\/p>\n

It is easy to see why the White House was desperately hoping this story would not break before the election.\u00a0 This is nothing short of embarrassing.\u00a0 The most powerful nation on this earth comes under assault from terrorists and this is the best we can do?\u00a0 Are you kidding me? We have a CIA compound that didn\u2019t even have a vehicle with a .50 caliber machine gun.\u00a0 There were only six people available to provide any kind of military support.\u00a0 Benghazi was one of the most dangerous places on earth, but our Consulate fell so far short of the minimum security standards that someone had to sign a waiver to allow us to use it.\u00a0 Ambassador Stevens had sent cables pleading for help, but nothing was done.\u00a0 Actually, that is not true.\u00a0 It was worse than that.\u00a0 Security had been reduced.\u00a0 The National Guard Special Forces unit that might have saved the day wasn\u2019t available because it had been ordered back to the United States.<\/p>\n

The local heroes who tried desperately to save the day should be praised.\u00a0 The leaders who put them in this impossible situation must be held accountable.<\/p>\n

The White House did not even convene the Counter Terrorism Security Group (\u201cCSG\u201d) during this event.\u00a0 That is the whole point of the CSG.\u00a0 The\u00a0purpose of the CSG is to coordinate a response to a terrorist attack.\u00a0\u00a0This is probably why General Ham and Admiral Gaouette were so angry.\u00a0 The White House and the CIA were trying to handle this with a key stone cop\u2019s response while the greatest military force in the history of the world was apparently kept in the dark.<\/p>\n

My prior blog, \u201cSend in the Drones\u201d unfortunately may have been accurate.\u00a0 The following article shows that there are drones and Special Forces teams in Libya desperately trying to find \u201csomeone.\u201d\u00a0 There is still a potential that they will kill or capture someone giving President Obama once last chance to spike the football.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/post\/34820407527\/pentagon-secret-u-s-military-commandos-deployed-to<\/a><\/p>\n

The White House is now claiming there was no delay in response because:<\/p>\n

Instead, they said the often outmanned and outgunned team members made all the key decisions on the ground, with no second-guessing from senior officials monitoring the situation from afar.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Let me word that a little differently.\u00a0 The White House sat on its collective ass and watched our local personnel engage in a desperate life and death struggle without even considering offering guidance or assistance.\u00a0 Our local people were put in this position as a direct consequence of the gross incompetence and dereliction of duty by the State Department, the Defense Department, the CIA and the White House.\u00a0<\/strong> I wonder if anyone in the main stream media will notice.\u00a0 If they do notice, will they care?<\/p>\n

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TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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