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Kurt Tidd emailed orders he stated came from Leon Panetta, none of which directed any forces to #Benghazi. The CIF and SOF were to go to an "intermediate staging base" and the FAST was to prepare to deploy to Tripoli pending yet another final clearance from Panetta. (1/5)
Tidd testified one reason the CIF and the U.S. SOF were ordered to an intermediate staging base and not to Libya directly was due to concerns expressed by @HillaryClinton's @StateDept regarding the number of military personnel that would arrive in country. (2/5)
It is unclear why concurrence from anyone attending the White House meeting for forces to deploy was needed. The National Command Authority, the lawful source of military orders, consists of 2 people: the President and the Sec. of Defense. Neither attended that meeting. (3/5)
The House Select Committee investigation of the #Benghazi attacks exposes in excruciating detail the mass confusion among US officials along the chain of command regarding the semantics of the incompetent Panetta's "deploy orders." (4/5)
When viewed through the lens of @BarackObama's "lead from behind" foreign policy doctrine, however, it is easier to understand why concern over offending the host country and second-guessing overruled taking aggressive action to rescue Americans under attack. (5/5)
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