Whistleblowers will finally have their chance to clear the air next Wednesday, in a special hearing by the House Oversight Panel. There promises to be an unleashing of some surprising details — if common sense prevails, this hearing will act as a springboard to another hearing — the impeachment of Barack Obama for the deaths of four Americans.
Two Navy SEALS Glenn Doherty and Tyronne Woods were in Benghazi at the time working with the CIA on an intelligence mission to locate shoulder fired surface-to-air missiles that were stolen by Al Qaeda. Doherty and Woods both heard shots being fired near the consulate. It’s been recorded that Woods radioed to inform his superiors and tell them what he was hearing and requested permission to assist at the consulate. That’s when the now infamous command “stand down” came through “load and clear.” An hour later, they called again to report the gunfire and requested to assist and were again told to “stand down!” Why? Only the President can give the order to military units to cross a country’s borders.
Fox News has two related stories regarding State Department and CIA employees who reportedly have information they wish to offer about the Obama administration’s conduct in relation to the Benghazi attack. According to a …
“Once the alarm is sent – in this case, from the consulate in Benghazi — dozens of HQs are notified and are in the planning loop in real time, including AFRICOM and EURCOM, both located in Germany. Without waiting for specific orders from Washington, they begin planning and executing rescue operations, including moving personnel, ships, and aircraft forward toward the location of the crisis. However, there is one thing they can’t do without explicit orders from the president: cross an international border on a hostile mission.
That is the clear “red line” in this type of a crisis situation.
No administration wants to stumble into a war because a jet jockey in hot pursuit (or a mixed-up SEAL squad in a rubber boat) strays into hostile territory. Because of this, only the president can give the order for our military to cross a nation’s border without that nation’s permission. For the Osama bin Laden mission, President Obama granted CBA for our forces to enter Pakistani airspace.
On the other side of the CBA coin: in order to prevent a military rescue in Benghazi, all the POTUS has to do is not grant cross-border authority. If he does not, the entire rescue mission (already in progress) must stop in its tracks.”
Fox News reported in a May 2nd article that State Department and White House never carried out any permission:
“On the night of the Benghazi terror attack, special operations put out multiple calls for all available military and other assets to be moved into position to help — but the State Department and White House never gave the military permission to cross into Libya, sources told Fox News.”
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