“We were told to stand down. We were delayed for approximately 27 minutes on our compound. We do not know, as far as outside of our chain of command outside Libya, where that came from.”
“Benghazi Annex Security Team Members Disagree Forcefully with House Intel Committee Report,” by Paula Bolyard, PJ Tatler, November 22, 2014:
Saturday on C-SPAN’s Book TV, CIA Benghazi annex security team members Kris Paronto and Mark Geist answered questions about a report released Friday by the House Intelligence Committee on the 9/11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi in 2012. The two former CIA contractors pushed back forcefully against parts of the the committee’s conclusions about the night that Ambassador Chris Stevens, U.S. Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith, and CIA contractors Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty were killed in Benghazi.
The report by the U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), chaired by Republican Rep. Mike Rogers, concluded that “the CIA ensured sufficient security for CIA facilities in Benghazi” and that “appropriate U.S. personnel made reasonable tactical decisions that night.” The committee “found no evidence that there was either a stand down order or a denial of available air support.” The report, according to the House Intelligence Committee, is meant to serve as the “definitive House statement on the Intelligence Community’s activities before, during, and after the tragic events that caused the deaths of four brave Americans” so that the American public can separate “facts from the swirl of rumors and unsubstantiated allegations.”Kris “Tanto” Paronto, co-author of the book 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi, reacted to the report on Twitter Friday night and Saturday morning, prior to the C-SPAN interview:
So this BS report came out…..i don’t think these weak congressman understand our resolve..i promise i will bring them all down!!! #13hours
— Kris Paronto (@KrisParonto) November 22, 2014
GOP-led report debunks Benghazi theories http://t.co/UHl6Y2WQ1Y @jaketapper @cnnbrk quick to job on the POS report,cnn ur worthless #13hours — Kris Paronto (@KrisParonto) November 22, 2014
During the Book TV interview, Paronto and Mark “Oz” Geist, who also co-wrote the book (along with Mark Teigen, who attended the interview but did not appear on camera), explained that it took them over an hour to get to the consulate from the time they heard about the attack. Asked why it took so long for them to reach the scene Paronto said, “That’s the million dollar question.”
Paronto stood by the claim made in the book that they were ordered to stand down, a claim that was disputed in this week’s House Intelligence Committee report. “We were told to stand down. We were delayed for approximately 27 minutes on our compound,” he said. “We do not know, as far as outside of our chain of command outside Libya, where that came from. We know that the stand down orders and the waits and the delays came from Libya. Came from chief of station, chief of base. Whether it came from anybody higher, we don’t answer that. We don’t know. And we’d like to know, but we have no idea.”…
Bamaguje says
What I don’t understand is why the Republican-led House of Reps is part of the conspiracy to cover-up Obama’s ineptitude.
Chabuco says
They have become the yes-men of the other party, just like “conservatives” in the UK.
Jack Holan says
I can imagine the approach to the GOP to have them tone the rhetoric down. “Mr. Chairman for the good of the country and for the confidence of our soldiers & State Dept employees now deployed in Iraq; I ask that give State and the CIA a pass on this one”. I can very wee see something along those lines being used at this time and having it bought by our GOP leadership so as to keep up morale even if it means letting people get away with dereliction of duty at the least.
Mirren10 says
” to keep up morale even if it means letting people get away with dereliction of duty at the least.”
I’m sure you’re right, but it doesn’t look as if they’re going to be allowed to get away with it. I hope these two blokes hang on like bulldogs, and refuse to be intimidated.
And isn’t the ghastly Hilary almost equally as culpable, as the ghastly Obama ? Neither of them should be allowed to get away with remote control **murder**.
Hopefully, it will *not* be allowed to be swept under the carpet, and the horrendous Hilary will be exposed so embarrassingly, her chances to become President will be nil.
Alan West should run.
”Paronto stood by the claim made in the book that they were ordered to stand down, a claim that was disputed in this week’s House Intelligence Committee report. “We were told to stand down. We were delayed for approximately 27 minutes on our compound,” he said. “We do not know, as far as outside of our chain of command outside Libya, where that came from. We know that the stand down orders and the waits and the delays came from Libya. Came from chief of station, chief of base. Whether it came from anybody higher, we don’t answer that. We don’t know. And we’d like to know, but we have no idea.”…
gail griffin says
Did Trey Goudy come to the same conclusion? Were these two or three guys even called to give their side of the story? I am serious, were they? We have to have answers.
Beagle says
This is some of the best analysis I have found on this issue. I’ve been tracking this since the actual event, through the now-forgotten attempt to blame the offending video on Geller and Spencer, to today.
Many of the actual facts came out in fragmentary form in various newspapers the day after the event, but the government has been trying to stuff it back in the bottle ever since. On September 12th, 2012 I knew about Ansar al-Sharia, the CIA annex, and that they dealt with MANPADs in Libya. I quickly inferred a link to Syria through Turkey thanks to the events, circumstances, and what was going on in the world at the time.
I doubt many of the briefed members would like their fingerprints on MANPADs supplied by the US killing our people in Afghanistan or our training and arms transfers in Libya and Syria being instrumental in creating and supplying IS.
Maybe in fifty years our children or grandchildren will know the whole truth about Benghazi.
Pay particular attention to the very long and documented third link originally posted on 11/10.
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2014/11/24/about-that-benghazi-house-intel-panel-report-part-ii-the-rogersruppersberger-motives-gain-more-sunlight/
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2014/11/22/the-motives-behind-the-november-rogersruppersberger-house-intelligence-panel-report-on-benghazi/
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2014/11/10/the-benghazi-brief-3/
The Daily Caller link referenced by The Conservative Treehouse:
http://dailycaller.com/2014/06/17/unraveling-benghazi-is-mike-rogers-part-of-the-problem/
jihad3tracker says
Herewith is lobbed a huge “thanks” into your wigwam, Beagle.
The Daily Caller has done some excellent reportage on Obama, including by Neil Munro — the guy who took a lot of heat for trying to get the Prez-in-Chief to actually answer a question he did not want to handle.
voegelinian says
Another good source is the sound and detailed reporting Diana West has been offering for years now — example:
http://www.dianawest.net/BlogArchive/tabid/56/EntryId/2347/Benghazi-White-Out.aspx
And many more:
https://www.google.ca/search?as_q=benghazi&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dianawest.net%2F&as_occt=any&safe=images&tbs=&as_filetype=&as_rights=&gws_rd=ssl
el-cid says
They are handing Clinton the Presidency on a plate. Regardless of what mistakes were made at the moment, the situational risks were not managed prior to the event. That is the fault of the President’s policies and Clinton’s ineptitude as an executive in the situation.
The post event propaganda was directly the work of Clinton and Obama and was worthy of Goebbels in its conception. The actions were entirely consistent with Sharia concept of blasphemy — Clinton and Obama basically told the Islamic world that the attack on the US was justified on that basis. They took the opportunity to criticized a US film maker and struck fear into the hearts of any American who would dare produce material critical of Islam in the future.
By the time the elections take place, the existence of IS will be blamed on Bush and the Jews, while Clinton promotes the expansion of Sharia Law across the globe and Americans vote for it including New York Jews who think their necks are somehow not a target for Sharia enforcers.
Beagle says
“The post event propaganda was directly the work of Clinton and Obama and was worthy of Goebbels in its conception. The actions were entirely consistent with Sharia concept of blasphemy — Clinton and Obama basically told the Islamic world that the attack on the US was justified on that basis. They took the opportunity to criticized a US film maker and struck fear into the hearts of any American who would dare produce material critical of Islam in the future.”
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Yes, and that’s just one small part of the overall covert operations scandal-disaster. Read the 11/10 Conservative Treehouse link I posted above. At the time, I too focused a great deal on the Muhammad video propaganda scam as it was unfolding, and the nefarious domestic Muslim Brotherhood connections.
Unless man portable US made air defense missiles grow on trees, and miraculous timing is nothing to consider, Obama-Clinton missiles were shipped to their Syrian friends in al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood. Those missiles turned up in Afghanistan and were used to kill Americans.
mortimer says
Hillary’s people are keeping their mouths shut. They know the answers and are protecting her from national shame.
Salah says
To the American people, as well as all peoples in the West who are still counting on “elections” to solve the jihad problem, I have this to say:
You are wasting your time, you are losing your countries.
Wake up. Both parties are corrupt. You only have 3 solutions:
1- A peaceful massive demonstration to reclaim your countries.
2- A bloody civil war.
3- Surrender.
My people chose the first, and THEY WON.
http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-end-of-muslim-brotherhood.html
Darren says
I agree we do need to do what your people did. Will we? I think dancing with the stars is on sorry can we put this revolution thing on hold I can’t TVO it.
profitsbeard says
So the CIA and military and government did nothing “wrong”.
Then why is the ambassador still dead?
timmz says
Some one needs to look into mike rogers wife. Might explain why they came to this conclusion.