Seems that Gen Petraeus left out a few things.
Undoubtedly an accident, ya'know.
...security officials on the ground say calls for help went out
considerably earlier -- and signs of an attack were mounting even before
that.
The accounts, from foreign and American security officials in and
around Benghazi at the time of the attack, indicate there was in fact a
significant lag between when the threat started to show itself and help
started to arrive.
Someone was preparing for Las Vegas. Priorities, my good man, priorities.
...According to the CIA, the first calls for assistance came at 9:40
p.m. local time from a senior State Department official at the U.S.
Consulate in Benghazi, to the CIA annex about a mile away.
But according to multiple people on the ground that night, the Blue
Mountain Security manager, who was in charge of the local force hired to
guard the consulate perimeter, made calls on both two-way radios and
cell phones to colleagues in Benghazi warning of problems at least an
hour earlier. Those calls allegedly went to local security contractors
who say that the CIA annex was also notified much earlier than 9:40 p.m.
U.S. military intelligence also told Fox News that armed militia was
gathering up to three hours before the attack began.
And US forces were not the only option.
...British sources on the ground in Benghazi said they are extremely
frustrated by the attack and are still wondering why they weren't called
for help. “We have more people on the ground here than the Americans
and I just don't know why we didn't get the call?" one said.
Both American and British sources said, at the very least, the
security situation on the ground and the lack of proper response were
the result of "complete incompetence." The covert team that came in from
Tripoli was held up at the Benghazi airport for more than three hours
by Libyan officials. Sources said the team notified officials in
Washington that they were being delayed within 30 minutes of their
arrival.
Ah, yes. Complete Incompetence. The SCOAMF!!
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