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Wisecracker
November 13, 2012 7:52:15 PM
Petraeus investigation ensnares commander of U.S., NATO troops in Afghanistan
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The FBI probe into the sex scandal that prompted CIA Director David Petraeus to resign has expanded to ensnare Gen. John R. Allen, the commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced early Tuesday.According to a senior U.S. defense official, the FBI has uncovered between 20,000 and 30,000 pages of documents — most of them e-mails — that contain “potentially inappropriate” communication between Allen and Jill Kelley, the 37-year-old Tampa woman whose report of harassment by a person who turned out to be Petraeus’s mistress ...
The Poop: Petraeus’s mistress (Paula Broadwell, writer of a glowing biography of the General) by email threatens Jill Kelley, a family friend of the CIA Director.
Kelly reports it to the Director, and to a friend in the FBI. Petraeus dumps his mistress (from a private GMail account -the CIA Director- that contain *sex-mails* between the 2!), and tells Paula to quit harassing Jill Kelly. The FBI, this being the CIA Director, and all(!), launches a quiet investigation of the harassment of Kelly.
That *friend* in the FBI, being a good little Republican fascist Special Agent, feeling the Untied States Department of Justice was dragging their feet in the investigation, goes *rouge* and contacts a GOP House member. Said GOP House member passes this little nugget to Eric Cantor, House Republican Conniving Worm.
Oh. And the *friend* in the FBI? The guy who went *rouge*? He emailed topless photos of himself to Jill Kelly .... who had "between 20,000 and 30,000 pages of documents" with General Allen, who, it so happens, was scheduled to become NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in January.
And Paula Broadwell? On Oct26, she claimed " ... the Benghazi consulate was a CIA rendition site for Libyan militia, and the attacks were some type of jihadist retribution or counter-op to free terrorist hostages..." implying the CIA Director knew all about it.
Eric Cantor, House Republican Conniving Worm, is not talking.
Biography of CIA Director David Petraeus

Petraeus with Paula Broadwell

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Jill Kelly

Holly Petraeus (the Director's wife) with Jill Kelly and husband, Scott

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musical marv
November 14, 2012 12:49:48 AM
Wisecracker said:
Petraeus investigation ensnares commander of U.S., NATO troops in AfghanistanQuote:
The FBI probe into the sex scandal that prompted CIA Director David Petraeus to resign has expanded to ensnare Gen. John R. Allen, the commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced early Tuesday.According to a senior U.S. defense official, the FBI has uncovered between 20,000 and 30,000 pages of documents — most of them e-mails — that contain “potentially inappropriate” communication between Allen and Jill Kelley, the 37-year-old Tampa woman whose report of harassment by a person who turned out to be Petraeus’s mistress ...
The Poop: Petraeus’s mistress (Paula Broadwell, writer of a glowing biography of the General) by email threatens Jill Kelley, a family friend of the CIA Director.
Kelly reports it to the Director, and to a friend in the FBI. Petraeus dumps his mistress (from a private GMail account -the CIA Director- that contain *sex-mails* between the 2!), and tells Paula to quit harassing Jill Kelly. The FBI, this being the CIA Director, and all(!), launches a quiet investigation of the harassment of Kelly.
That *friend* in the FBI, being a good little Republican fascist Special Agent, feeling the Untied States Department of Justice was dragging their feet in the investigation, goes *rouge* and contacts a GOP House member. Said GOP House member passes this little nugget to Eric Cantor, House Republican Conniving Worm.
Oh. And the *friend* in the FBI? The guy who went *rouge*? He emailed topless photos of himself to Jill Kelly .... who had "between 20,000 and 30,000 pages of documents" with General Allen, who, it so happens, was scheduled to become NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in January.
And Paula Broadwell? On Oct26, she claimed " ... the Benghazi consulate was a CIA rendition site for Libyan militia, and the attacks were some type of jihadist retribution or counter-op to free terrorist hostages..." implying the CIA Director knew all about it.
Eric Cantor, House Republican Conniving Worm, is not talking.
Biography of CIA Director David Petraeus
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Petraeus with Paula Broadwell
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edit: more photos
Jill Kelly
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Holly Petraeus (the Director's wife) with Jill Kelly and husband, Scott
http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww165/Back_at_the_Ranch/Holly-TheKellys_634x473-1.jpg
wanamingo
November 14, 2012 11:28:59 AM
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wanamingo
November 14, 2012 12:03:15 PM
I can understand why the Army would be pissed, this woman potentially blew her way to classified information. At least Lewinsky was just an intern, as bad as that sounds.....
The potential for abuse or leaks were a little higher in this case, which is why Im all for teh firing and example setting. If there are rules about having an affair in the army they were put there for a reason.
And subpoena him now so everyone knows what the score is. Patreus you done f*cked up and now you are going to have to pay for it.
The potential for abuse or leaks were a little higher in this case, which is why Im all for teh firing and example setting. If there are rules about having an affair in the army they were put there for a reason.
And subpoena him now so everyone knows what the score is. Patreus you done f*cked up and now you are going to have to pay for it.
musical marv
November 15, 2012 12:59:20 AM
wanamingo
November 15, 2012 11:18:15 AM
Not really as there was insider information about this and a previous history of this happening over this specific incident. The election is over and there is no need for this anymore. Why would something like this come up days after the election when it happened many, many months ago and was already known about? Mind you, he was supposed to testify before the election at that.
chunkymonster
November 15, 2012 12:09:56 PM
Please stop entertaining the Petraeus scandal crap!
See it for what it is!
Classic Democrat political slight of hand.
This is intended to be a distraction from the attack on the Benghazi Consulate and the continuing Congressional hearings.
Keep focus on the real issues and do not be distracted by the shiny buttons and beads!
See it for what it is!
Classic Democrat political slight of hand.
This is intended to be a distraction from the attack on the Benghazi Consulate and the continuing Congressional hearings.
Keep focus on the real issues and do not be distracted by the shiny buttons and beads!
wanamingo
November 15, 2012 2:32:55 PM
johnsonma
November 15, 2012 4:03:03 PM
wanamingo said:
Isnt the fact that he is testifying at the Benghazi case enough?He got caught putting his dick in places it shouldnt have been, its a shame that news channels loves this type of story.
We was to testify before the election in a good light. He is now testifying after the election in a bad light.
Would you not agree it would be beneficial for Obama, prior to the election, if someone like Petraus had positive things to say about how Obama handled the situation?
With the election over, it really doesn't matter as it won't affect the vote.
wanamingo
November 15, 2012 5:35:50 PM
johnsonma
November 15, 2012 6:28:33 PM
Oldmangamer_73 said:
The FBI knew about Petreus months ago. And we are supposed to believe NO ONE in the White House had knowledge of this? Pluuuuuu-eeeeez!!!Of course they used this to hold over his head so he would give favorable testimony about the Benghazi fast & furious debacle.
Where is the information that the FBI already knew about Petreus months ago?
johnsonma said:
Where is the information that the FBI already knew about Petreus months ago?Read an article on it. They affair was over a long time ago and the FBI already did the investigation. It is just now coming to light.
Funny how we know all about this, have a time line and everything including knowing all the players.. yet we still don't know crap about Libya.
wanamingo
November 15, 2012 7:35:47 PM
So let me get this straight the narrative you two believe is that the president, via the FBI knew about Patreus's affair and decided to force him into saying positive things about the administration, and then knowingly didnt stop Benghazi, and then used that influence over Patreus to keep him quiet until after the election where the info accidentally slipped out?
Yep.... Seems perfectly logical.... If the president were some sort of Bond villain, or at least a Lannister.
Yep.... Seems perfectly logical.... If the president were some sort of Bond villain, or at least a Lannister.
johnsonma
November 15, 2012 7:45:46 PM
Oldmangamer_73 said:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/14/fbi-agent-un...In the article. The FBI agent involved first met Jill Kelly a year ago and was aware of the emails by June 2012.
Seriously dude, that took me like 30 seconds to find and it wasn't even the article I was looking for.
He then forwarded the information to his counterparts in the FBI who eventually discovered the affair. You are manipulating information to suit your theory.
johnsonma
November 15, 2012 7:46:26 PM
wanamingo
November 15, 2012 7:56:51 PM
musical marv
November 16, 2012 1:14:09 AM
riser said:
It's ok to just let those people die then Marv and not know why the gov't didn't do anything to save their lives? You're ok with that?wanamingo said:
So let me get this straight the narrative you two believe is that the president, via the FBI knew about Patreus's affair and decided to force him into saying positive things about the administration, and then knowingly didnt stop Benghazi, and then used that influence over Patreus to keep him quiet until after the election where the info accidentally slipped out?Yep.... Seems perfectly logical.... If the president were some sort of Bond villain, or at least a Lannister.
No. I get the feeling Obama didn't want to act on Benghazi and stopped Petreus from acting. It turned out bad. Obama knew about the affair and in order to get favorable remarks over his screw up, held that over his head prior to the election. Well, now that he testified after the election, Obama doesn't care. He won. It came out, Petraeus said some very different things than what the Administration has been saying. Interesting, head of CIA has one version, Administration a completely different one. How can that be when Obama and Petraeus meet directly, in person, daily, and both have two different stories?
Doesn't matter. Obama is in, he's out. Obama wins, Americans die, Petraeus, an amazing leader, is out over an affair, not for his inactions in attempting to save American lives. How screwed up is that? Let someone die you can stay in office, have an affair and you're out.
johnsonma
November 19, 2012 2:37:18 PM
Let me get this straight, Obama and Petraeus were meeting BEFORE the attack? That is the only way your narrative makes sense, that is if Petraeus and Obama had secret dealings before the attack. You are saying Obama didn't act on Benghazi which I can only construe as saying he didn't do enough before the attack, after the attack had begun it was already going to end badly. Then he held the affair over his head when the FBI were the ones investigating? Petreaus decided to come out and say he had an affair after the election anyways but in reality he knew it was going to come out regardless. So he could of just done it before the election anyways because it was inevitable but decided to wait until after. Damn, conspiracy theories sure do boggle the mind.
wanamingo
November 19, 2012 3:52:46 PM
johnsonma said:
Let me get this straight, Obama and Petraeus were meeting BEFORE the attack? That is the only way your narrative makes sense, that is if Petraeus and Obama had secret dealings before the attack. You are saying Obama didn't act on Benghazi which I can only construe as saying he didn't do enough before the attack, after the attack had begun it was already going to end badly. Then he held the affair over his head when the FBI were the ones investigating? Petreaus decided to come out and say he had an affair after the election anyways but in reality he knew it was going to come out regardless. So he could of just done it before the election anyways because it was inevitable but decided to wait until after. Damn, conspiracy theories sure do boggle the mind.Your brain turn to mush? Obama and Petraeus meet every day they can and talk face to face. This attack happened and Obama was the one who had to give the green light to send forces in, not Petraeus. Obama very likely new about the affair as the FBI was already done investigating. No harm, no foul. It was just convenient that he could hold that over Petraeus's head when this attack happened.
johnsonma
November 19, 2012 4:48:40 PM
They did send forces, soooooooo I had to assume you meant before the attack Obama wouldn't allow Petraeus to send additional security or something along those lines. I highly doubt the CIA director and the President meet face to face every day, can you prove that they did? You forgot to answer why the affair was leverage when it was going to come out anyways.
I have no faith in you. Do you not know what the President's day looks like? They have briefings every day, all the time. The CIA is kind of a big one of those daily meetings and some peon doesn't go in there to talk to the President or vice versa.
I fail to understand how you can not understand this:
Many, many months ago, the FBI closed their case on Petraeus. They had all the information they needed. Why do you think it is just now coming out.. a few days after the election? Why didn't it come out a few days earlier?
If Petraeus was able to testify before the election and said Obama didn't authorize help for Benghazi, that may have swayed the election. Doesn't matter now, election is over and Petraeus is no longer needed for political ground.
I fail to understand how you can not understand this:
Many, many months ago, the FBI closed their case on Petraeus. They had all the information they needed. Why do you think it is just now coming out.. a few days after the election? Why didn't it come out a few days earlier?
If Petraeus was able to testify before the election and said Obama didn't authorize help for Benghazi, that may have swayed the election. Doesn't matter now, election is over and Petraeus is no longer needed for political ground.
wanamingo
November 19, 2012 5:48:36 PM
wanamingo
November 19, 2012 6:05:31 PM
Obama must meet daily with the gossip cabinet also then....
But what about the threatening emails that Broadwell was sending? How could Obama have known when it would all break? Was the guy who filed the initial complaint just really needed a second opinion on a rash, and thats why he sent topless pics to another family friend?
Makes no sense, I would be more worried about the governments ability to read your emails when they receive a complaint.
But what about the threatening emails that Broadwell was sending? How could Obama have known when it would all break? Was the guy who filed the initial complaint just really needed a second opinion on a rash, and thats why he sent topless pics to another family friend?
Makes no sense, I would be more worried about the governments ability to read your emails when they receive a complaint.
I'm not worried about the gov't reading emails.
The Petraeus thing wouldn't have come out unless Benghazi happened. Otherwise it would have went away. Problem is it happened, it went bad, and Obama needed a favorable position from the well respected Petraeus. Simple. It just so happened that he had an affair which gave leverage.
The Petraeus thing wouldn't have come out unless Benghazi happened. Otherwise it would have went away. Problem is it happened, it went bad, and Obama needed a favorable position from the well respected Petraeus. Simple. It just so happened that he had an affair which gave leverage.
wanamingo
November 19, 2012 7:07:48 PM
So.... the shirtless guy would have just disappeared? Or that other woman wouldnt have sent those harassing emails, if Benghazi didnt happen.... ok.
Interesting the GOP thinks that Obama could control the weather (Sandy / Repub Convention) now he can evidently control minds too. I think its kinda cool having an X-Man in the white house.
Interesting the GOP thinks that Obama could control the weather (Sandy / Repub Convention) now he can evidently control minds too. I think its kinda cool having an X-Man in the white house.
johnsonma
November 19, 2012 7:28:43 PM
riser said:
I have no faith in you. Do you not know what the President's day looks like? They have briefings every day, all the time. The CIA is kind of a big one of those daily meetings and some peon doesn't go in there to talk to the President or vice versa.I fail to understand how you can not understand this:
Many, many months ago, the FBI closed their case on Petraeus. They had all the information they needed. Why do you think it is just now coming out.. a few days after the election? Why didn't it come out a few days earlier?
If Petraeus was able to testify before the election and said Obama didn't authorize help for Benghazi, that may have swayed the election. Doesn't matter now, election is over and Petraeus is no longer needed for political ground.
They did not close the case months ago and congress could of brought him in for questioning whenever they felt like it. It came out a few days after the election because thats when Petraeus decided to come clean. Maybe he didn't want people to psycho analyze it during an election? By the way, Obama did authorize help for Benghazi, do you think those guys that showed up from tripoli were just passing through?
johnsonma
November 19, 2012 7:30:17 PM
wanamingo said:
Interesting the GOP thinks that Obama could control the weather (Sandy / Repub Convention) now he can evidently control minds too. I think its kinda cool having an X-Man in the white house.
You forgot that he is a communist, socialist, nazi, radical liberal, anti-christ, black demigod born in Kenya.
wanamingo
November 19, 2012 7:33:03 PM
wanamingo said:
So.... the shirtless guy would have just disappeared? Or that other woman wouldnt have sent those harassing emails, if Benghazi didnt happen.... ok. Interesting the GOP thinks that Obama could control the weather (Sandy / Repub Convention) now he can evidently control minds too. I think its kinda cool having an X-Man in the white house.
Hell we had to listen to 8 years of the left b*tching about Bush's weather machine.
No, they wouldn't have gone away. They would have likely been a smaller article or not even news worthy. Benghazi brought it to the forefront much quicker to be a distraction from Obama's screw up in handling the situation. Here we are, aruging about a sex scandal, instead of trying to figure out why this administration didn't protect our ambassador and other Americans. This is the issue. The sex scandal is the distraction.
johnsonma
November 20, 2012 2:08:00 PM
wanamingo
November 20, 2012 2:14:32 PM
So... The head of the CIA has an affair and releases possibly secret info would be "Not even news worthy"... Im sorry but the media loves sex scandals too much for it to be ignored.
The trial for Benghazi is still ongoing isnt it? Why not wait for the trial to end before we start hurling accusation? You dont want to pull a Romney and launch the blame game prematurely.
The trial for Benghazi is still ongoing isnt it? Why not wait for the trial to end before we start hurling accusation? You dont want to pull a Romney and launch the blame game prematurely.
So we're going to sit for months denying a terrorist attack, denying Al Qaeda was likely involved? Yet, we already know everything about the sex scandal, Petraeus has resigned with his extensive experience, and classified information may have been exposed to someone who is under an NDA and cleared, but did not have a need to know about classified information? Not an issue at this point as no classified information has been leaked out to anyone.
Again, let's go back to Libya. It is clear it was an terrorist attack. The Obama administration needs to admit that. It is clear the "youtube video" was not the reason behind that. The administration needs to clear that up.
We need to know who and why help was not dispatched. It would have been there in plenty of time before the fighting was over. It may not have saved lives - who knows - but it should have been sent. We need to know why this administration rolled over and let Americans, serving this country is one of the most respected positions, needlessly die.
We had more information on the USS Cole by this time and other Embassy attacks in the last 15 years. Why is this one so difficult when there is far more information and video available?
Again, let's go back to Libya. It is clear it was an terrorist attack. The Obama administration needs to admit that. It is clear the "youtube video" was not the reason behind that. The administration needs to clear that up.
We need to know who and why help was not dispatched. It would have been there in plenty of time before the fighting was over. It may not have saved lives - who knows - but it should have been sent. We need to know why this administration rolled over and let Americans, serving this country is one of the most respected positions, needlessly die.
We had more information on the USS Cole by this time and other Embassy attacks in the last 15 years. Why is this one so difficult when there is far more information and video available?
johnsonma
November 20, 2012 5:59:10 PM
Obama called it an act of terror so that is cleared up. The reason the youtube video was even mentioned was because of the protest in egypt of the video ended with an attack on the embassy there, its only logical to think the same happened in libya. Forces did arrive from tripoli. What exactly is the information you are missing?
johnsonma
November 20, 2012 6:02:50 PM
The CIA timeline was described Thursday by a senior intelligence official. The narrative of events is dramatic and disturbing. Rather than try to parse each detail, here's a summary of the highlights. The time sequence is Benghazi local time on the night of Sept. 11 and the morning of Sept. 12:
9:40 p.m.: A senior State Department security officer at the consulate in Benghazi called the CIA base, at an annex about a mile away, and requested assistance. "The compound is under attack. People are moving through the gates." CIA officers at the base can hear the alarm, and a team immediately begins gathering weapons and preparing to leave
10:04: A seven-person rescue squad from the agency's Global Response Staff leaves in two vehicles. The team leader is a career CIA officer and includes a contractor named Tyrone Woods, who later died. During the previous 24-minute interval, the CIA base chief calls the 17 February Brigade, other militias and the Libyan intelligence service seeking vehicles with 50-caliber machine guns. Nobody responds. The team leader and the base chief agree at 10:04 they can't wait any longer and head for the consulate.
The senior intelligence official said he doesn't know if Woods or any of the other team members agitated to go sooner, but that he wouldn't be surprised. "I want them to have a sense of urgency," he said.
10:10: The rescue team reached a chaotic intersection a few blocks from the consulate. Militias gathered there have several 50-caliber machine guns, which the CIA team tries unsuccessfully to commandeer; three militiamen offer to help. The rescue party now includes 10 people: six GRS officers; a CIA translator, and the three Libyan volunteers.
10:20: A reconnaissance party of two GRS officers heads to the consulate; at 10:25, three more GRS officers enter the main gate and begin engaging the attackers. The firefight lasts about 15 minutes.
10:40: Members of the CIA team enter the burning inferno of "Villa C," where Ambassador Christopher Stevens is believed to be hiding. CIA officers try numerous times to reach the "safe room," but are driven back by the intense smoke and fire. Small arms fire continues from the Libyan attackers.
11:11: An unarmed military Predator drone arrives over the compound to provide aerial reconnaissance. The drone had been diverted from a mission over Darnah, Libya, about 90 minutes away. But without weapons, it can't help much.
11:15: The CIA team puts the State Department group into a vehicle and sends them to the agency base; at 11:30, the CIA officers depart under fire and reach the annex six minutes later.
11:56: CIA officers at the annex are attacked by a rocket-propelled grenade and small arms. Sporadic attacks continue for about another hour. The attacks stop at 1:01 a.m., and some assume the fight is over.
1:15 a.m.: CIA reinforcements arrive on a 45-minute flight from Tripoli in a plane they've hastily chartered. The Tripoli team includes four GRS security officers, a CIA case officer and two U.S. military personnel who are on loan to the agency. They don't leave Benghazi airport until 4:30. The delay is caused by negotiations with Libyan authorities over permission to leave the airport, obtaining vehicles, and the need to frame a clear mission plan. The first idea is to go to a Benghazi hospital to recover Stevens, who they correctly suspect is already dead. But the hospital is surrounded by the al-Qaida-linked Ansar al-Shariah militia that mounted the consulate attack.
5:04: The team from Tripoli arrives at the CIA base. Glen Doherty, one of the GRS men from Tripoli, goes to the roof and joins Woods in firing positions.
5:15: A new Libyan assault begins, this time with mortars. Two rounds miss and the next three hit the roof. The rooftop defenders never "laser the mortars," as has been reported. They don't know they're in place until the indirect fire begins, nor are they observed by the drone overhead. The defenders have focused their laser sites earlier on several Libyan attackers, as warnings not to fire. At 5:26 the attack is over. Woods and Doherty are dead and two others are wounded.
6:00: Libyan forces from the military intelligence service finally arrive, now with 50 vehicles. They escort the Americans to the airport. A first group of 18, including two wounded, depart at 7 a.m. A second group of 12, plus the four dead, leave at 10 for Tripoli and then the long flight back to America.
9:40 p.m.: A senior State Department security officer at the consulate in Benghazi called the CIA base, at an annex about a mile away, and requested assistance. "The compound is under attack. People are moving through the gates." CIA officers at the base can hear the alarm, and a team immediately begins gathering weapons and preparing to leave
10:04: A seven-person rescue squad from the agency's Global Response Staff leaves in two vehicles. The team leader is a career CIA officer and includes a contractor named Tyrone Woods, who later died. During the previous 24-minute interval, the CIA base chief calls the 17 February Brigade, other militias and the Libyan intelligence service seeking vehicles with 50-caliber machine guns. Nobody responds. The team leader and the base chief agree at 10:04 they can't wait any longer and head for the consulate.
The senior intelligence official said he doesn't know if Woods or any of the other team members agitated to go sooner, but that he wouldn't be surprised. "I want them to have a sense of urgency," he said.
10:10: The rescue team reached a chaotic intersection a few blocks from the consulate. Militias gathered there have several 50-caliber machine guns, which the CIA team tries unsuccessfully to commandeer; three militiamen offer to help. The rescue party now includes 10 people: six GRS officers; a CIA translator, and the three Libyan volunteers.
10:20: A reconnaissance party of two GRS officers heads to the consulate; at 10:25, three more GRS officers enter the main gate and begin engaging the attackers. The firefight lasts about 15 minutes.
10:40: Members of the CIA team enter the burning inferno of "Villa C," where Ambassador Christopher Stevens is believed to be hiding. CIA officers try numerous times to reach the "safe room," but are driven back by the intense smoke and fire. Small arms fire continues from the Libyan attackers.
11:11: An unarmed military Predator drone arrives over the compound to provide aerial reconnaissance. The drone had been diverted from a mission over Darnah, Libya, about 90 minutes away. But without weapons, it can't help much.
11:15: The CIA team puts the State Department group into a vehicle and sends them to the agency base; at 11:30, the CIA officers depart under fire and reach the annex six minutes later.
11:56: CIA officers at the annex are attacked by a rocket-propelled grenade and small arms. Sporadic attacks continue for about another hour. The attacks stop at 1:01 a.m., and some assume the fight is over.
1:15 a.m.: CIA reinforcements arrive on a 45-minute flight from Tripoli in a plane they've hastily chartered. The Tripoli team includes four GRS security officers, a CIA case officer and two U.S. military personnel who are on loan to the agency. They don't leave Benghazi airport until 4:30. The delay is caused by negotiations with Libyan authorities over permission to leave the airport, obtaining vehicles, and the need to frame a clear mission plan. The first idea is to go to a Benghazi hospital to recover Stevens, who they correctly suspect is already dead. But the hospital is surrounded by the al-Qaida-linked Ansar al-Shariah militia that mounted the consulate attack.
5:04: The team from Tripoli arrives at the CIA base. Glen Doherty, one of the GRS men from Tripoli, goes to the roof and joins Woods in firing positions.
5:15: A new Libyan assault begins, this time with mortars. Two rounds miss and the next three hit the roof. The rooftop defenders never "laser the mortars," as has been reported. They don't know they're in place until the indirect fire begins, nor are they observed by the drone overhead. The defenders have focused their laser sites earlier on several Libyan attackers, as warnings not to fire. At 5:26 the attack is over. Woods and Doherty are dead and two others are wounded.
6:00: Libyan forces from the military intelligence service finally arrive, now with 50 vehicles. They escort the Americans to the airport. A first group of 18, including two wounded, depart at 7 a.m. A second group of 12, plus the four dead, leave at 10 for Tripoli and then the long flight back to America.
johnsonma
November 20, 2012 6:05:11 PM
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