By Tony Lee
November 12, 2012
Former CIA Director Gen. David
Petraeus may have told his alleged mistress Paula Broadwell what really
happened in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012 when terrorists murdered U.S.
Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
Broadwell, whose alleged affair
with Petraeus forced him to resign last Friday, revealed during an October 26
speech at the University of Denver that Libyan terrorists may have attacked the
U.S. Consulate in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 in order to take back Libyan
militia members the CIA Annex had taken prisoner.
Furthermore, Broadwell confirmed
that the CIA Annex in Libya had requested reinforcements and could have
“reinforced the consulate and the CIA annex that were under attack.” Broadwell
also said Petraeus and administration officials knew within 24 hours the
possible motives behind the terrorist attacks.
In January of 2009, the Obama
administration ordered secret interrogation camps abroad to be closed.
Broadwell’s comments about the CIA Annex having captured Libyan militia members
may reveal some of these overseas prisons may still be operational.
“Now, I don’t know if a lot of you
have heard this but the CIA annex had actually taken a couple of Libyan militia
members prisoner, and they think that the attack on the consulate was an effort
to try get these prisoners back, so that’s still being vetted,” Broadwell said
during the question-and-answer session of her presentation when an audience
member asked her to comment on Libya.
Broadwell, who was speaking at her
alma mater about her biography of Petraeus, confirmed the Fox News report
(Broadwell said Jennifer Griffin’s report had “insightful information”) that
came out on the day of her speech that said the Obama administration denied
Americans on the ground in Libya the security and help they requested, telling
NAVY Seals in Libya who wanted to help U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three
other Americans who were eventually murdered to “stand down.”
“The facts that came out today is
that the ground forces there at the CIA annex, which is different from the
consulate, were requesting reinforcements,” Broadwell said. “They were
requesting the ~ it’s called the CINC’s (Commander-in-Chief’s)
In Extremis Force ~ a group of Delta Force operators, our very, most talented
guys we have in the military. They could have come and reinforced the consulate
and the CIA annex that were under attack. “
Broadwell said the “challenging
thing” for Petraeus was, as Director of the CIA, he was “not allowed to
communicate with the press.”
“So he’s known all of this ~ they had
correspondence with the CIA station chief in Libya, within 24 hours they kind
of knew what was happening,” Broadwell said.
The Obama administration tried to
claim an anti-Muhammed video caused the terrorist attacks and has repeatedly
punted on whether they they turned down additional security measures and
reinforcements that were requested. Broadwell, though, said there was a system
failure that led to four Americans being murdered in part because additional
security forces were denied.
“It is a tragedy that we lost an
ambassador and two other government officials, and there was a failure in the
system because there was additional security requested,” Broadwell said. “It’s
frustrating to see the sort of political aspect of what’s going on with this
whole investigation.”
Broadwell said “the challenge has
been the fog of war, and the greater challenge is that it’s political hunting
season, and so this whole thing has been” politicized.
Petreaus was slated to testify
before Congress this week about Libya before his prompt resignation.
Republicans in Congress said Petreaus’s resignation does not preclude him from
testifying in the future.
On Sunday, it was revealed
Broadwell allegedly sent threatening emails to a Florida woman, whom she may
have suspected was having an affair with Petreaus. Jill Kelley ~ the woman who
received the threatening emails ~ reported them to the FBI. The FBI conducted
an investigation and discovered Petraeus and Broadwell were having an affair.
Here is the live presentation at her Alma Mater connected to her book release.
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I believe the stand down order came from Obama to let the 4 Americans die without reinforcement from the Seals because he didn't want the clandestine CIA torture facilities and transport of mercenaries to Syria to be exposed.
Petraeus laid the blame where it belonged (on Obama) and he was forced to resign. The honeytrap is maybe true but is a demonization of Petraeus in preparation for him to be the fall guy.
The Seal's commanders report is consistent with the CIA being told by Obama to let the 4 American's become collateral dammage.
Seal Commander: 'I gave the order to our Seals to go to the rescue - but my order was overruled and so no help was sent. I was relieved of my authority.'
ReplyDeletePetraeus: 'No one in the CIA gave the order to stand down.'
Broadwell: 'It is unfortunate the whole (Benghazi) situation got politicized - it is political hunting season (i.e. a few days before a media tagged dead-heat election).'