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Originally Posted by finnbow
I wonder now if Faux will cover this breaking news with equal zeal as they did with their out-of-context red meat morsels for their salivating audience:
"The CIA rushed security operatives to an American diplomatic compound in Libya within 25 minutes after it had come under attack and played a more central role in the effort to fend off a night-long siege than has been publicly acknowledged, U.S. intelligence officials said Thursday.
The agency mobilized the evacuation effort, took control of an unarmed U.S. military drone to map possible escape routes, dispatched an emergency security team from Tripoli, the capital, and chartered aircraft that ultimately carried surviving U.S. personnel to safety on Sept. 12, U.S. officials said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...a24_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...3_story_1.html |
I guess I'd respond that Petraeus and Panetta were not on the same page. So, good for the CIA for sticking out there necks while Panetta and maybe Obama kept the military on the sidelines.