In this Sept. 13, 2012 file photo, a Libyan man investigates the inside of the U.S. Consulate, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya.
Associated Press
On Oct. 26, we learned that during the seven-hour attack on our consulate in Benghazi on Sept. 11, at least three separate pleas for help were issued. Those who were in a position to respond were ordered to "stand down." Those at the CIA facility a mile away from the consulate had a visual sighting on those shooting mortar rounds at the consulate and could paint them with a laser to have them taken out. A Specter gunship was overhead. Marines were an hour away in Sicily. There was live video feed from the consulate. There were drones overhead providing live video feed.
Yet, the administration ordered people to not intervene.
Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty were in the CIA facility and disobeyed orders to respond to the attack. Both lost their lives while assisting more than 30 people to escape from the consulate. Why are we not demanding answers to the "stand down" order from the administration?
Why is this not given front page coverage?
Joseph Weeks
Cottonwood Heights
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The media is turning a deaf ear to this story because if it is true Obama knew the truth and lied to Americans and fed us that anti-Muslim video red herring story. It would appear that Obama tried to throw the CIA under the bus as part of a cover up More..
Almost every part of Charles Woods story is in dispute and just because you listen to Faux News or Glenn Beck doesn't mean that any of you know anything about what went on either.
I agree that the (non) response to the attack on the consulate in Benghazi was a travesty and I agree with the father of Tyrone Woods- this was American soil and how would Americans feel if this had happened in LA or NY and their was no response from More..