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So the buck has been passed to (Secretary of Defense Leon) Panetta and

(General Martin) Dempsey and (General Carter) Ham. Dempsey is a

soulless administration toady and Ham is deeply invested in Libya.

Panetta is a Clintonite who is completely expendable, especially if the

charges get pinned to Hillary. But Panetta still seems filled with self-

loathing and Dempsey looks disgusted with him. Daniel Greenfield

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CharlesWoods,thefatherofTyroneWoods,saidinan

interview, And apparently even the State

Departmenthadalivestreamandwasawareoftheir

calls for help. This was my son, he wasnt even

there.Hewasatasafehouseaboutamileaway.He

gotthedistresscall.Heheardthemcryingforhelp.


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ThatswhyheandGlennriskedtheirlivestogothatextramile just to takecareof thesituation.AndIm

sure that shewasnt theonly one that received that

distresscall:Comesaveourlives.

WhenIheardthattheresaverygoodchancethatthe

WhiteHouseaswellasothermembersofthemilitary

knewwhatwasgoingon,andobviouslysomeonehad

tosay,Dontgorescuethem.Becauseeveryperson

inthemilitary,theirfirstresponseis,Weregoingto

gorescuethem.Weneedtofindoutwhoitwasthat

gavethatcommand.

Sowhogavethatcommand?

FoxNews has learned from sourceswhowere on the

ground in Benghazi that three urgent requests from

theCIAannexformilitaryback-upduringtheattackon

theU.S.Consulateandsubsequentattacknearlyseven

hourslaterweredeniedbyofficialsintheCIAchainof

commandwhoalsotoldtheCIAoperatorstostand

down rather than help theambassadors teamwhen

shots were heard at approximately 9:40 p.m. inBenghazionSept.11.

Former Navy SEALs TyroneWoods and Glen Doherty

werepartofasmallteamwhowereattheCIAannex

about a mile from the U.S. Consulate where

Ambassador Chris Stevens and his team came under

attack.


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Whentheyheardtheshotsfired,theyradioedtoinform

theirhigher-ups to tell themwhattheywerehearing.Theywere told tostand down, accordingto sources

familiarwith theexchange.Anhour later, they called

again to headquarters andwere again told to stand

down.

Woods,Dohertyandatleasttwoothersignoredthose

ordersandmadetheirwaytotheConsulatewhichat

thatpointwasonfire.Shotswereexchanged.Thequick

reactionforcefromtheCIAannexevacuatedthosewho

remained at the Consulate and Sean Smith, who had

beenkilledintheinitialattack.Theycouldnotfindthe

ambassador and returned to the CIA annex at about

midnight.

At that point, they called again for military support

andhelpbecausetheyweretakingfireattheCIAsafe

house,orannex.Therequestwasdenied.Therewereno

communications problems at the annex, according

those present at the compound. The team was in

constantradiocontactwiththeirheadquarters.Infact,

atleastonememberoftheteamwasontheroofofthe

annex manning a heavy machine gun when mortarswere fired at the CIA compound. The security officer

hadalaseronthetargetthatwasfiringandrepeatedly

requested back-up support from a Specter gunship,

which is commonly used by U.S. Special Operations

forces to provide support to SpecialOperations teams

onthegroundinvolvedinintensefirefights.


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The fighting at theCIAannexwent on formore than

four hours enough time for any planes based inSigonellaAirbase,just480milesaway,toarrive.

FoxNewshasalsolearnedthattwoseparateTierOne

Special operations forces were told to wait, among

themDeltaForceoperators.

Now we know who is taking responsibility for

denyingsupporttotheconsulateandthesafehouse.

Thephoto,whichistheofficialoneputoutbyDOD,

from the press conference held by Panetta and

General Dempsey is horribly eloquent in terms of

bodylanguage.

DefenseSecretaryLeonPanettadefendedthe failureto go in by claiming that the issue was a lack of

reliableintel,despitethefactthattheyhadmultiple

distresscallsandadroneoverhead.

Blamingalackofreliableintelisfineifyouwantto

pullawayfrominterveninginSyria,butnotwhena

US diplomatic facility and its personnel are under

sustained attack. And how much intel was reallyneededtosendtwojetstobuzztheareaandpossibly

scareoffsomeoftheattackers,whowouldnothave

posedanythreattotheaircraft?


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Althoughforceswereonalertandreadyto launchan

operation if needed, the US military commander forAfrica, General Carter Ham, the chairman of the US

Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, and

Panetta all decided against any intervention as they

hadnoclearpictureofeventsunfoldinginBenghazi,he

said.

SothebuckhasbeenpassedtoPanettaandDempsey

andHam.Dempseyisasoullessadministrationtoady

and Ham is deeply invested in Libya. Panetta is a

Clintonitewhoiscompletelyexpendable,especiallyif

the charges get pinned to Hillary. But Panetta still

seems filled with self-loathing and Dempsey looks

disgustedwithhim.

Not doing something because there is no intel is a

commonexcuseinthesecircleswhentheydontwant

todosomething.JustaswithIran,therewouldnever

havebeenenoughintel.

Andhowmuchintelwasneededreally?Benghazihad

an extended profile andwas the causeof theentire

Libyan war. The consulate had an extensiveintelligence apparatus and the declassified cables

weve seen are a fraction of the actual classified

cablesthatwouldhavebeenatPanetta,Dempseyand

Hamsdisposal.


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They knew about the Islamist militias and had

descriptions of their armament from the RSOsreports. They didnt know the exact number of

attackersoreverysinglepossibledetail,butyoucan

neverreallyknoweverythingbeforegoingin.

Theresabasicprinciplehere,andthebasicprinciple

isthatyoudontdeployforcesintoharmswaywithout

knowingwhats going on, without having some real-

time informationaboutwhats taking place, Panetta

toldanewsconference.

But there were already forces in harms way, who

weretryingtoprovidesomerealtimeintelfromtheir

pointofview.WhatPanettameansisthatthedecision

wasmadenottosendaidtothem,anditwasntaboutrisking more lives, but about the politics of

interveninginLibyaandoffendingtheLibyans.Itwas

done for the same reason that US soldiers have at

times been abandoned without air support in

Afghanistan.

I feel confident that our forces were alert and

responsivetowhatwasaveryfluidsituation,GeneralDempsey said, which is one of those strange

statementsthatleadersissueafteracompletescrew

up.

The full transcript of the conferencewas fairly well

hiddenonthesite,butturneduphere,itshowsthe

fullexchanges.


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Q:CanIfollowuponthat?Oneofthereasonsweve

heardthat therewasntamore robust responserightaway is that therewasnt a clear intelligence picture

over Benghazi, to give you the idea of where to put

whatforces.

Butwhentherewas,infact,adroneovertheCIAannex

andtherewereintelligenceofficialsfightinginsidethe

annex, I guess the big question is, with those two

combinedassets,whytherewasntaclearintelligence

picturethatwouldhavegivenyouwhatyouneededto

makesomemoves,forinstance,flying,youknow,F-16s

over the area to disperse fighters or or dropping

morespecialforcesin.

SEC. PANETTA: Youknow, letme letme speak tothat,becauseImsuretheresgoingtobetheresa

lotofMondaymorningquarterbackinggoingonhere.

Wewequicklyresponded,asGeneralDempseysaid,

intermsofdeployingforcestotheregion.WehadFAST

platoons in the region. We had ships that we had

deployedoffofLibya.Andwewerepreparedtorespond

toanycontingencyandcertainlyhadforcesinplacetodothat.

Butbutthebasicprincipleherebasicprincipleis

that youdont deploy forces intoharmswaywithout

knowingwhats going on; without having some real-

timeinformationaboutwhatstakingplace.


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Andasaresultofnothavingthatkindofinformation,

the commanderwhowason theground in that area,GeneralHam,GeneralDempseyandIfeltverystrongly

thatwecouldnotputforcesatriskinthatsituation.

Q:Sothedrone,then,andtheforcesinsidetheannex

werentgivingenoughofaclearpictureiswhatyoure

saying.

SEC. PANETTA: This this happened within a few

hoursanditwasreallyoverbefore,youknow,wehad

theopportunitytoreallyknowwhatwashappening.

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