Op-ed: 

Another Benghazi Email...More Trouble for Obama and Crew 

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots

“If we had been able to scramble a fighter or aircraft or two over Benghazi as quickly as possible after the attack commenced, I believe there would not have been a mortar attack on the annex in the morning because I believe the Libyans would have split. They would have been scared to death that we would have gotten a laser on them and killed them.” 
- Gregory Hicks, then Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about the happenings at Benghazi on September, 11, 2012.

Oh dear...it seems Hillary and Obama are in trouble yet again as 'sticks and stones' might NOT break their bones but lies told concerning Benghazi will surely hurt them. And rightfully so I might add as once again they're being exposed courtesy of a Judicial Watch 'Freedom of Information Act' (FOIA) lawsuit, and who just a few days ago released a two-year old previously unseen by 'We the People' Benghazi email bearing the subject line 'Libya'.

Sent from the Pentagon's then Chief of Staff Jeremy Bash to the State Department's top deputies at 7:19 p.m. EST on the night of September 11, 2012, the email urged them to accept the offer of “forces that could move to Benghazi” in time to help diffuse the terrorist attack on the compound...contradicting both Hillary's and then Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta's testimony that NO forces were available and within reach to provide 'help' to the compound that was under siege.

“I just tried you on the phone but you were all in with S...a reference to then- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...and after consulting with General Dempsey, General Ham and the Joint Staff, we have identified the forces that could move to Benghazi. They are spinning up as we speak.” were the words in Bash's email.

And this Obama and Hillary hoped 'NEVER-to-be-exposed-email' was sent to Deputy Chief of Staff Jacob Sullivan; Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman; and Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Thomas Nides amongst others, but it appears NOT to Hillary herself, and sadly arrived after the first attack had already resulted in the deaths of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and Information Officer Sean Smith. However, it did arrive before a mortar strike on the CIA annex killed Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty during what turned into an eight-hour siege on the compound.

But most importantly this email directly contradicts the February 2013 testimony given by Leon Panetta before the Senate Armed Services Committee, proving his words that, “time, distance, the lack of an adequate warning, events that moved very quickly on the ground prevented a more immediate response,” were NOTHING but a lie told under oath...a serious and punishable offense of its own.

And in further dishonoring the memory of those lost at Benghazi comes the fact that the Obama administration also redacted the details of the above said military forces available from the official Benghazi report citing a 'Freedom of Information Act' (FOIA) exemption...an exemption that allows for the withholding of so-called 'deliberative process' information...information the Obama administration claims would negatively affect national security.

So what actually has been disclosed in this email...to me and my Right Side Patriots partner and friend Craig Andresen...it screams loudly of something that we stated from day one in our 3-part series, 'Benghazi...The Truth Exposed'... http://thepatriotfactor.blogspot.com/p/investigative-articles-from-time-to.html...that a 'stand down' order of sorts was indeed given by the Obama administration for now it appears that all that was supposedly needed for 'help' to be sent was a State Department 'sign-off' which did NOT happen.

And why didn't it happen...because (I believe that) Hillary and her State Department simply did NOT want it to happen. Remember, neither she nor Obama could risk having their (in my opinion) involvement in the illegal gun and weapons running operation to the anything-but moderate Syrian rebels exposed...even though her job description legally includes ensuring the protection of the U.S. government to American citizens, property, and interests in foreign countries. And to make this even more grievous, Obama and Hillary both knew that immediate military assistance could have made a difference between life and death for those trapped at the CIA Annex...could have saved those who knew about the above said illegal operation.

So, a Special Operations team of six security officials from Tripoli along with a Libyan military unit went to Benghazi on their own accord to provide at least some support during the waning hours of the attack. And after the attack was over, only then were 'military assets' used to recover the bodies of the dead, to remove some but NOT all of those wounded, and to evacuate U.S. personnel from Libya on the one U.S. plane that Obama made available for this task. What a sad commentary for America's Commander-in-Chief, who basically did NOTHING but watch in real-time and I suppose smile as Americans died.

And while some, including the left-leaning 'Media Matters' website, claim that this newly disclosed email in NO way contradicts Panetta's under oath testimony, they are playing a game of word semantics to the affect that Panetta's testifying that forces had been deployed that night, but that the above said, "time, distance, the lack of an adequate warning, events that moved very quickly on the ground prevented a more immediate response,” is certainly NOT true as the attack lasted almost throughout the night and Tripoli, where U.S. forces were stationed, was only 404 miles away by land...361 nautical miles away by sea...meaning U.S. military 'help' by air could have arrived within an hour or less while the attacks were still ongoing.

“Soon after the initial reports about the attack in Benghazi were received, General Dempsey and I met with President Obama, and he ordered all available DOD assets to respond to the attack in Libya and to protect U.S. personnel and interests in the region. It's important to remember that in addition to responding to the situation in Benghazi, we were also concerned about potential threats to U.S. personnel in Tunis, Tripoli, Cairo, Sana'a and elsewhere that could potentially require a military response,” is part of what Penetta said before the committee...lied actually...but why pray tell worry about “potential threats” that have yet to happen when an actual attack is ongoing...ongoing and where Americans are dying.

Kind of knocks the wind out of 'Media Matters' argument now doesn't it especially when you add in that Panetta also testified that, “Only 12 hours after the attacks had begun, all remaining U.S. government personnel had been safely evacuated from Benghazi,” which directly contradicts the words of Benghazi survivor, Diplomatic Security Agent David Ubben, one of the only survivors to have witnessed both attacks in Benghazi, and the man who waited for over 20-hours for help to arrive after fighting alongside Navy SEALS Doherty and Woods. Stranded on the rooftop with a 'shredded leg,' NO medical aircraft was sent to the compound to get him out...NO help at all was sent for him for just a few hours short of a full day...so much for Penetta's statement...for Panetta's lie...that all remaining personnel were taken out of Benghazi within 12 hours.

So could Judicial Watch's newly disclosed email be the piece of the Benghazi puzzle that finally allows all the pieces to fit together...I believe it is as this email shows that NOT only did Obama, Hillary, and Penetta, lie about the happenings before, during, and after the attacks at Benghazi, but it also shows that some other statements Panetta gave under oath, including that Obama was “simply absent” despite being told that the Benghazi attacks were ongoing, and that Obama did NOT call or communicate with him during that night at all, but that “we were aware that that information [concerning the ability to send help] went to the White House,” are actually contradictions of sorts.

And how so...because how could Panetta “be aware” that the White House received information which included the offer of 'help', and then NOT admit before the Senate Armed Services Committee that since Obama did receive these critical emails and willingly chose to do NOTHING to help those trapped and under attack at the compound, leads one to rightfully believe that Barack HUSSEIN Obama himself in his role as Commander-in-Chief refused to authorize any 'help', and in his NOT authorizing any 'help' translates into the same thing as ordering what 'help' was available to 'stand down'.

And while many still want to believe that Hillary was the one who ordered 'help' to 'stand down' what they forget is that under the Constitution a ‘stand down’ order follows a specific chain of command, and the one relating to Benghazi would go like this, in order from top to bottom...President, Secretary of Defense, Secretary’s of the various armed services (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the various Chiefs of Staff for each military service, the Commanding General for AFRICOM, and the local command structure under AFRICOM...and NOWHERE in that pecking order is the Secretary of State.

So why didn't Penetta himself...who was in that pecking order in his role of Secretary of Defense...order 'help' to go in after the State Department and Hillary refused to do so...the only possible reason is that Obama had already issued the 'stand down' order, and he would have had to go against Obama in order to do so...which by the way would have been the right and honorable thing to do.

And while Hillary acted 'inappropriately' in doing NOTHING to help prevent American deaths, in her capacity as Secretary of State she could have influenced...insisted... that Obama give the order to send in 'help'...but she instead willingly and maliciously chose to do NOT a thing. So she too is just as guilty of being an accessory to murder...to treason...as is Barack HUSSEIN Obama, while Leon Penetta has been shown to be a weak, cowardly, Secretary of Defense who also did NOTHING but watch as Americans died.

And all this is proven thanks to Judical Watch and its one little, now in the public venue, email. Now if Congress would just grow a 'set' and do something about it, 'housekeeping' could be getting GITMO ready for its newest additions...just saying. 

Op-ed:
Benghazi: The Truth Exposed...Part 3 of 3                        By: Diane Sori and Craig Andresen

After the attacks in Benghazi many questions remained that needed answers even after the Johnny-come-lately FBI investigation said all had been answered, and those who wanted to protect the Obama regime by refusing to answer them was in full operational mode. The Rose Garden speech blaming the video...Obama jetting off to Vegas for a fund raiser…Susan Rice spreading the video nonsense on five Sunday shows… Hillary and Obama blaming the video at the memorial service as the caskets of Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty arrived...and more of Obama's blathering on about the video ruse at the U(seless) N(ations). We do NOT need to go into details with which everyone is already all too familiar. What we must do however, is connect the most disturbing of dots. Let’s begin with the 'stand down' orders.

Issuing a ‘stand down’ order does follow a specific chain of command, and the one relating to Benghazi would go like this, in order from top to bottom…President, Secretary of Defense, Secretary’s of the various armed services (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the various Chiefs of Staff for each military service, the Commanding General for AFRICOM, and the local command structure under AFRICOM.

All in the command chain below Obama have denied giving such an order, including then Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (remember, Dempsey testified that orders were given to assist in Tripoli but NOT to assist in Benghazi but NEVER telling who gave that order but we know it was NOT him). And all the military branch Chiefs have also said they gave NO such order. And while AFRICOM Commander General Carter Ham did give testimony in a closed door hearing before the House Armed Services Committee investigating Benghazi, we still do NOT know his testimony, but know that if he had given such an order it would have been made public for all to hear for it would have cleared Obama, especially important because everything possible is being done to try and distance him from this event, especially after his nonsense about a YouTube video.

But NO such announcement assuming responsibility for that ‘stand down’ order has been made by General Ham so logic would dictate he gave NO such order. And remember, Panetta announced back in October 2012, that General Ham would be retiring for refusing to obey orders NOT to assist the US personnel in Benghazi on that fateful night, and that on Saturday, October 27th, Panetta confirmed that General Ham had indeed been ‘relieved’ of his AFRICOM command.

Now here is something interesting about the official command chain…neither the Vice-President nor the Secretary of State is in that chain. But, the Vice-President and the Secretary of State do have the authority through the President to countermand any one below the President. And while the National Security Council and the Department of Homeland Security Secretary influence military decisions (to some degree) through the National Security Act and through their advisory positions to the President, they do NOT have the authority to issue an actual ‘stand down’ order on their own as that can ONLY be done by those in the direct chain of command.

Yet according to whistleblower Gregory Hicks (the Deputy Chief of Mission in Libya at the time of Benghazi), who when testifying before Congress said that after the first attack a security team left Tripoli for Benghazi with two military personnel, and that four members of a special forces team in Tripoli wanted to go in a second wave but were ordered to ‘stand down’ (but he did NOT know who gave that order).

Op-ed: 

'Stand down'...words from the mouth of a traitor  

By: Diane Sori

Benghazi…NO diversions, distractions, or ‘supposed’ phony scandals that are anything but, will take my focus off Benghazi. Benghazi…where four Americans were willfully, deliberately, and with malice left behind to be slaughtered, and that is indeed grounds for treason and NO one can convince me otherwise.

At the heart of Benghazi are two critical issues…first, why was Ambassador Stevens silenced (and I believe his murder was a silencing), and second, who gave the infamous order to ‘stand down’ when help could have arrived in time to save him and the others.

The first issue is easy…Ambassador Christopher Stevens had to be silenced to stop him from going public with information he found out about our traitor of a president, for I believe, and have said since day one, that Barack HUSSEIN Obama was smuggling guns and weapons under the table to the Syrian rebels…rebels supported and funded by al-Qaeda. And that is a clear cut case of ‘aiding and abetting the enemy’…TREASON.

The second issue is a bit more complicated as there are two distinct sides countering each other. One side, Obama and those in his orbit including sadly some in our military, say NO order to ‘stand down’ was given. The other side, those who demand the truth be told so there can be justice for the Benghazi 4 say YES such an order was absolutely given.

I obviously belong to that second group, and as such I decided to do some research on the chain of command in relation to issuing a ‘stand down’ order. What I found could give credence to the claim by many that Barack HUSSEIN Obama did indeed issue that order, and did so to cover his illegal unconstitutional dealings with a group of the most vile of terrorists (NEVER forget 9/11) for his goal is clear as his own words say it all…”I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction”… words from page 261 of his book, ‘The Audacity of Hope’.

Issuing a ‘stand down’ order does follow a specific chain of command, and the one relating to Benghazi would go like this, in order from top to bottom…President, Secretary of Defense, Secretary’s of the various armed services (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines), Chairman of the Joint Chief’s of Staff, the various Chief’s of Staff for each military service, the Commanding General for AFRICOM, and the local command structure under AFRICOM.

ALL in the command chain below Obama have denied giving such an order, including then Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (remember, Dempsey testified that orders were given to assist in Tripoli but NOT to assist in Benghazi but NEVER telling who gave that order but we know it was NOT him). And all the military branch Chiefs have also said they gave NO such order. And while AFRICOM Commander General Carter Ham did give testimony in a closed door hearing before the House Armed Services Committee investigating Bengahzi, we still do NOT know his testimony, but know that if he had given such an order it would have been made public for all to hear for it would have cleared Obama, especially important because everything possible is being done to try and distance him from this event, especially after his nonsense about a YouTube video.

But NO such announcement assuming responsibility for that ‘stand down’ order has been made by General Ham so logic would dictate he gave NO such order. And remember, Panetta announced back in October 2012, that General Ham would be retiring for refusing to obey orders NOT to assist the US personnel in Benghazi on that fateful night, and that on Saturday, October 27th, Panetta confirmed that General Ham had indeed been ‘relieved’ of his AFRICOM command.

Now here is something interesting about the official command chain…neither the Vice-President nor the Secretary of State is in that chain. But, the Vice-President and the Secretary of State do have the authority through the President to countermand any one below the President. And while the National Security Council and the Department of Homeland Security Secretary influence military decisions (to some degree) through the National Security Act and through their advisory positions to the President, they do NOT have the authority to issue an actual ‘stand down’ order on their own as that can ONLY be done by those in the direct chain of command.

Yet according to whistleblower Gregory Hicks (the Deputy Chief of Mission in Libya at the time of Benghazi), who when testifying before Congress said that after the first attack a security team left Tripoli for Benghazi with two military personnel, and that four members of a special forces team in Tripoli wanted to go in a second wave but were ordered to ‘stand down’ (but he did NOT know who gave that order).

And remember even though many were close enough to assist and possibly save Ambassador Stevens and the others, including Rear Admiral Charles Gaouette, commander of a Navy Carrier Battle Group that was within range to help…including two Marine anti-terrorist teams based in Rota, Spain who were ready, willing, and able to help…and also including a 130-man, fully armed Marine Force-Recon unit on the ground in Sigonella, Sicily…all ready to deploy to Benghazi to help, yet all say they were told to ‘stand down’. And that ‘stand down’ order assured that Ambassador Stevens would die with Information Officer Sean Smith and ex-Navy SEALS Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty becoming collateral damage…becoming just more ‘bumps in the road’.

So, the bottom line is if then Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta did NOT give the order to ‘stand down’…if then AFRICOM General Carter Ham did NOT give the order to ‘stand down’…if General Dempsey, then Chairman of the Joint Chief’s of Staff did NOT give the order to ‘stand down’…and if all the other then Commanders and Officers did NOT give the order to ‘stand down’…that leaves only one person who had the authority to give that order…the one person who had the most to lose if Ambassador Stevens survived…and that one person is Barack HUSSEIN Obama.

And that my friends is grounds for treason for this miserable excuse of a president has blood on his hands for NOT only willfully and maliciously leaving behind the Ambassador and the others, but I believe the issuing of that ‘stand down’ order assured they would die. And who knows maybe Obama even had a hand in planning the attacks…but that is only my opinion but a pretty good educated guess I’d say, especially knowing where this man’s loyalties lie…and those loyalties are most assuredly NOT with America.

Sad…it’s all so sad and until the truth is known…until those responsible are brought to justice…Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Information Officer Sean Smith, and ex-Navy SEALS Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty cannot Rest in Peace…and that is the added salt in the wound that is Benghazi.