A stand down order (as witnesses have reported) makes perfect sense since not a finger was lifted to help the Americans being attacked.
Fact-checking Benghazi: The rhetoric hasn't matched up with reality
By
Angie Drobnic Holan on Friday, May 16th, 2014 at 11:57 a.m.
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Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, suggested in May 2013 that the United States could have prevented the deaths with military action. Here’s what he told Sean Hannity on Fox News:
"The administration including (Defense) Secretary (Leon) Panetta were very crystal clear, there were no military assets, but I got to tell you, we had proximity, we had capability, we had four individuals in Libya armed, ready to go, dressed about to get into the car to go in the airport to go help their fellow countrymen who were dying and being killed and under attack in Benghazi and they were told to stand down."
By all accounts, though, this description doesn’t match the timeline of what happened in Benghazi. The four people in Benghazi were already dead when the decision was made to keep the special forces team in Tripoli. (We outline this in more detail in our fact-check.) The mortar attack was over.
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Benghazi Bungle
Various critical statements about the September 2012 terrorist attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya.
Claim: Various critical statements about the September 2012 terrorist attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya:
FALSE: Administration officials watched the attacks unfold in real time but did nothing to intervene.
FALSE: Requests issued by U.S. personnel for military back-up during the attacks were denied.
FALSE: General Carter Ham was relieved of his command for attempting to provide military assistance during the Benghazi attacks.
FALSE: Rear Admiral Charles M. Gaouette was relieved of his command for attempting to provide military assistance during the Benghazi attacks.
Examples:
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On 26 October 2012, Fox News reported "urgent requests for military back-up" from those on the ground during the attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi were turned down by the CIA:
Fox News has learned from sources who were on the ground in Benghazi that an urgent request from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the U.S. consulate and subsequent attack several hours later on the annex itself was denied by the CIA chain of command — who also told the CIA operators twice to "stand down" rather than help the ambassador's team when shots were heard at approximately 9:40 p.m. in Benghazi on Sept. 11.
Former Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods was part of a small team who was at the CIA annex about a mile from the U.S. consulate where Ambassador Chris Stevens and his team came under attack. When he and others heard the shots fired, they informed their higher-ups at the annex to tell them what they were hearing and requested permission to go to the consulate and help out. They were told to "stand down," according to sources familiar with the exchange. Soon after, they were again told to "stand down."
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Attack on the U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Benghazi
lol... you are dead in the water.