1. Why was there no military response to the events in Benghazi?
a. Were military assets in the region available? If not, why not?
b. If so, were they alerted?
c. Were assets deployed to any location in preparation for a rescue or recovery attempt?
d. Was military assistance requested by the Department of State? If so, what type?
e. Were any US Army/Naval/USMC assets available to support the US diplomats in Benghazi during the attack?
f. What, if any, recommendations for military action were made by DOD and the US Africa Command?
2. What, if any, non-military assistance was provided during the attack?
3. How many US personnel were injured in Benghazi?
4. Why have the survivors of the attack not been questioned?
5. Where are the survivors?
6. Who was in the White House Situation Room (WHSR) during the entire 8-hour period of the attacks, and was a senior US military officer present?
7. Where were Leon Panetta and General Martin Dempsey during the crisis, and what inputs and recommendations did they make?
8. Where were Tom Donilon, the National Security Advisor, Denis McDonough, his deputy, Valerie Jarrett and John Brennan during the attacks, and what (if any) recommendations or decisions did any of them make?
9. Why were F-16 fighter aircraft based in Aviano, Italy (less than two hours away) never considered a viable option for disruption (if not dispersal) of the attackers until boots on the ground (troop supportGeneral Dempseys words) arrived?
10. Were any strike aircraft (such as an AC-130 gunship) in the area or possibly overhead that would cause former SEAL Tyrone Woods to laser-designate his attackers position and call for gunship fire support, thereby revealing his own location that led to his death?
11. Who gave the order to STAND DOWN that was heard repeatedly during the attacks?
12. What threat warnings existed before the attack, and what were the DOD and DOS responses to those warnings? What data (which will reveal exact timelines and command decisions) is contained within the various SITREPS, records, logs, videos and recordings maintained by the myriad of DOD, Intelligence Community and State Department Command Centers that were monitoring the events in Benghazi as they unfolded?
13. Why did the Commander-in Chief and Secretary of State never once check in during the night to find out the status of the crisis situation in Benghazi?
14. What was the nature of Ambassador Stevens business in Benghazi at the time of the attack?
15. What guidance has been provided to survivors and family members since the time of the attack, and who issued that guidance?
16. Why are so many agencies now requiring their personnel that were involved in or have access to information regarding the events that took place in Benghazi sign Non-Disclosure Agreements?
#2
I suspect most of the readership could answer nearly each of these questions and handily achieve a 75-85 percent degree of accuracy. Interestingly, the petitioners are no less savvy concerning the answers [note the pointed framing and specifics], and simply desire the Congress force the administration to come finally come clean and fok'ing tell the truth !
#4
A liberal friend's comment to my posting of the Benghazi questions:
"What I would like to know is why can't we move to something important? Every administration has lost diplomats in the foreign service to terrorists... and in some cases we have lost more people. Here is a list, 44 times in 52 years. Why must we harp on one. or is this another diversionary tactic so we don't pay attention to more important matters?"
My reply:
"Quite possibly a diversionary tactic - but is the diversion the continued asking of the questions or the continued refusal to answer? Were the questions legitimate, and if so, why would they not continue to be? Have lessons been learned - unless there were people held accountable and penalties administered, I would doubt a bureaucracy could learn. Could this tragedy have been less if lessons had been learned in some of the other 43 attacks? Could future tragedies be lessened if we learn lessons from Benghazi? It's quite possible there are good reasons for what was done (and for keeping quiet - CIA and all that) - but if it's just to avoid embarassment, I find it unacceptable - and that is entirely independent of any politics."
#5
An added possibility. Forget the Champ, the truth about Benghazi is unlikely to put Clinton or the dems in a good light for her upcoming, presidential campaign. Save Clinton, they appear to have no other viable candidate.
#7
A very sad truth to that statement Glen. Four years is also a long way off. Who knew someone like our odious Champ would pop to the surface in 2004 ?
#8
Democrats = Creating gun free zones a.k.a. kill boxes for suicidal mad men every where. A perfect example that even after defenseless innocent children are massacred, people that should be conerned (the children's parents) sometimes never learn. Period.
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