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Apr 15 • 3 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
According to @adamhousley and confirmed by 3 sources: A Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) was in the Mediterranean, aware of the attacks on the #Benghazi compounds, and ready to respond. They were 7 hours away and under AFRICOM command. They never got the authorization. (1/3)
The #Benghazi staff never knew to ask the Marines about where their forces were and it was never communicated to them. AFRICOM commander Gen Ham, who happened to be at the Pentagon with Gen Dempsey and knew Panetta had authorized force, never issued an order to respond. (2/3)
Rotors on Osprey were spinning as the MEU thought they would get an order to respond. Gen Ham might not have known at the time the MEU was available, but he would have later learned about it. He never told the #Benghazi investigators & the investigators didn’t know to ask. (3/3)

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Aug 11, 2022
With the first Sunday network TV news talk shows since the #Benghazi attacks approaching, the White House had to pick someone to appear and answer questions. Their 1st choice was @HillaryClinton. @brhodes sent her a request, but he claimed he never heard back from her. 🤣(1/7)
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When pressed by the @HouseBenghazi committee on why his overhaul of the talking points did not include the fact that there was NO 9/11/12 protest at the #Benghazi compound, backed by numerous documented witness accounts, @MichaelJMorell used an "It's not my job" excuse. (1/6)
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Another document that @MichaelJMorell reviewed before he overhauled the #Benghazi talking points was an email from the CIA Tripoli Chief of Station stating his assessment "that the attacks were not/not spontaneous and not/not an escalation of protests." (1/4)
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