A Defense Department timeline of the Benghazi attack was leaked today and it shows that it took Panetta somewhere between 1.5 hours and 3.5 hours after learning of the attacks before he started giving orders to move assets around for response.

If I’ve done my math correctly, Panetta found out about the attack around 10:30PM Benghazi time, 50 minutes after it began at 9:40PM, and it wasn’t until somewhere between midnight and 2:00AM Benghazi time that Panetta began giving verbal orders, telling teams to prepare to deploy to Libya.

Further, it says by the time the teams started moving just before dawn, the CIA annex was under attack and two CIA security officers were killed. We know from other timelines that was around 4AM Benghazi time.  That’s 5.5 hours after Panetta originally found out about the attack.

Even worse, it wasn’t until 8PM that night in Benghazi when military assets arrived in the region. This was after all Americans had not only been flown out of Benghazi to Tripoli, but also out of Tripoli to the US as well. That’s almost a day after the attack began.

So are we really supposed to believe it took 1.5 – 3.5 hours after finding out about the attack for Panetta to start giving orders? And 5.5 hours after finding out about the attack for our military to even start moving? What are we, a third world nation?

DAILY MAIL - Panetta and his top military adviser were notified of the attack about 50 minutes after it began and were about to head into a previously scheduled meeting with Barack Obama.

The meeting quickly turned into a discussion of potential responses to the unfolding situation in Benghazi, where militants had surrounded the consulate and set it on fire. The first wave of the attack at the consulate lasted less than two hours.

The attack began at about 9.40pm local time in Benghazi. Less than 20 minutes later, the U.S. military began moving an unarmed drone to a position over Benghazi, so it could provide real time intelligence to the CIA team on the ground.

The CIA team went to aid the Americans at the consulate. The drone arrived shortly after 11pm. By 11.30pm, a CIA team was able to get all the Americans out of the compound.

As that was happening, Panetta and General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left the Oval Office and went into a series of meetings in the Pentagon with senior leaders to discuss how to respond to the Benghazi attack and assess the potential for other outbreaks of violence in the region.

Between midnight and 2am, Panetta began to issue verbal orders, telling two Marine anti-terrorism teams based in Rota, Spain to prepare to deploy to Libya, and he ordered a special operations force team in Central Europe and a special operations force team in the U.S. to prepare to deploy to a staging base in Europe.

As the military units begin moving, just before dawn, a CIA base less than a mile away came under attack and five mortars were fired at the building. Two missed, but three hit, killing two CIA security officers who were on the roof.

The Americans fired back and soon fled the CIA base for the airport. By 10am, they had flown out, heading to Tripoli. Shortly after 7pm, the Americans are flown out of Tripoli on a military aircraft.

Not until just before 8pm, however, did the first U.S. military unit arrive in the region, as the special operations team landed at the staging base in Europe. An hour later, the Marine team landed in Tripoli.

‘The U.S. Armed Forces did everything they were in position to do to respond to the attack in Benghazi,’ Panetta said in the letter, obtained by The Associated Press.

‘The department’s senior leaders and I spared no effort to save the lives of our American colleagues, as we worked to bolster security in response to a series of other threats in the region occurring at the same time.’

Panetta came out today denied that there were military aircraft in the region close enough to defend the diplomatic mission and he insisted that the military had done all it could to aid our people in Benghazi.

Leon Panetta has denied that military aircraft could have intervened in the Benghazi consulate attack to save the lives of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.

The Defense Secretary told Congress that there were no planes close enough to defend the diplomatic mission from the terrorist assault on September 11. …

In a letter to senator John McCain on Friday, Panetta specifically addressed the claim that the military could have dispatched armed unmanned aerial vehicles, AC-130 gunships or fighter jets to thwart the attack.

The Pentagon chief said these aircraft were not stationed near Benghazi and they were not an effective option.

He insisted that the U.S. military did everything ‘they were in position’ to do to respond to the attack and spared no effort save the four American lives.

Note, the Daily Mail says it took 14 hours for our military to reach the consulate. No idea where they got that number because as I add it up, it was around 23 hours after the attack began for our military to get into the region. But if I’ve gotten my math wrong please let me know and I’ll correct it.




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NCHokie02
NCHokie02

The level of incompetence is disgusting.

myfriendchris
myfriendchris

did you all know that the voters were even instructed what to say at the exit polls? over 1/2 of obama supporters were told when obama representatives were in their neighborhoods to say on the exit polls that they voted obama because of how he handled sandy and also thousands were to say that romney just didnt tell us just how he would cut the deficit and more were told some other crap...that is how he has the exit polls refecting fraud as well. now you've got all the news medias racking thier brains about exit polls when all along they are bogus as well......

he's now using that in his speech to government that we need to honor what the people were saying ect..

THIS MAN NEEDS TO GO! HE'S CORRUPT TO THE BONE! HE'S ACTUALY A MURDERER SINCE ALL HE DID WHILE WATCHING BENGHAZI ATTACK WAS WATCH AND THEN GO TO BED AND OFF TO VEGAS IN THE MORNING. YOU ALL THINK HE CARES ONE BIT ABOUT THIS COUNTRY WHEN HE DOESNT EVEN CARE ENOUGH ABOUT THE 4 WHO GOT MURDERED?

WAKE UP PEOPLE!

LeslieFL
LeslieFL

This Timeline is a cover-up. Obama sent a helicopter from nearby Benghazi, with 8 Marines, and the helicopter got caught in a firefight and never reached Benghazi. This was an Obama Rescue gone awry!!! So now we have to hear more spin!

Google: Barack Obama's Terrorist Attack Cover-Up

You will see how Obama lied even in this version reported to Weekly Standard Magazine. The helicopter came over 'the desert', yet it came from Tripoli according to the President. Look at a map of Libya--from Tripoli to Benghazi is totally over water. Since this helicopter rescue failed, the President is hiding it's existence. WHAT IS WRONG WITH TELLING THE TRUTH??? AMERICANS DESERVE THE TRUTH.

myfriendchris
myfriendchris

this election was blantantly STOLEN from ROMNEY! all the SWING STATES are reporting major voter fraud especially OHIO. tell me how there can be more votes then registered voters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

obama lost this election! massive voter fraud is why he won. please sign this petition asap! we need to fight this corruption. please pass this link around!

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TugboatPhil
TugboatPhil

The Brits had SAS guys in Benghazi who can't understand why we didn't give them a call. I guess having a Commander in Chief that hates Great Britain may be one reason.

reason1984
reason1984

Leon "Benghazi" Pinata = Les "Mogadishu" Aspin

Welcome to the Hall of Shame, Leon.

ebola131
ebola131

He was playing knob polisher wwith that chikin shat Oblabla.

Liars all.

jleinf
jleinf

A cabal of jackwagons

cheyennecowboy
cheyennecowboy

Signs of a great leader......HUH? RRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!

frederic
frederic

Blah, blah, blah. This is all so much hot air to the left-wing American voter, who couldn't even find Libya on a map. Of the Middle East. They don't care - and the legacy media doesn't care either. Their man won, and that's all that matters. And when the economy finally tips in to the trash can, it will be the evil business community's fault. Higher taxes on the "rich" - that's the answer, they'll claim.

shesmilez
shesmilez

So many questions with no answers. But the worst of all is the liberal media supporting the lies and misinformation coming from this administration. There is no honor any longer.

notebene
notebene

Four more years of the very same ineptitude. It's Fast and Furious all over again, but with an extra evil edge. This group of zombies sat on their thumbs and watched men die in "real time", and then proceeded to cover it up!

Rogue Rose
Rogue Rose

So let's do the math. We've now lost 1 CIA Director, 1 General (General Ham) and 1 Admiral (Rear Adm. Charles M. Gaouette) in the past 2 weeks. All of whom would have knowledge of Benghazi. Nothing to see here folks. Move along....

LeslieFL
LeslieFL

They will all be subpoenaed and their testimony is important.

3boojums
3boojums

also a Marine commander was relieved of command. we need someone from the Air Force to go. Hillary is reported to be ready to resign. can a broomstick be considered "aircraft"?

3boojums
3boojums

who are those people that got rescued? where are they ? why are they or their relatives not singing praise for the brave men who rescued them? there were supposedly around 30 rescued. they , have vanished "like a fart in the wind"

LeslieFL
LeslieFL

Ambassador Stevens' embassy employees, all of them. Those two dudes, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods were NOT BODYGUARDS as we were told in the first two weeks after September 11th. ALL LIES.

3boojums
3boojums

Thanks, but why have we not heard a PEEP, from them, or any family members. being rescued should , in the words of our esteemed VP, be a B F D

Libertyship46
Libertyship46

Panetta didn't mention what aircraft we DID have in the area. Are you telling me we had nothing in Italy, which is about two hours flying time from Libya, that could have helped those people in Benghazi? Not one plane, even though the Sixth Fleet is based in Italy as well? Give me a break. Congress should look at all the air assets that were available in all of Italy, including Naples and maybe even Aviano air base further north. Italy is a major NATO base. It seems very, very, strange that we didn't have a single fighter plane that could get in the air from Italy to help the people in Benghazi.

LeslieFL
LeslieFL

We had an AC-130 right in Benghazi but that was a "Stand down.". Those men on the roof top pleading for help would have survived because they had the mortars on target, and did not get reinforcement. Those very mortars were set off and the shrapnel is what killed Doherty and Woods after seven arduous hours of resisting.

Larchmonter
Larchmonter

Panetta had to know of the FBI investigation, had to know of the affair. Panetta is up to his ass in lies and dead Americans. Save a spot on the gallows for Panetta.

He swapped job at CIA with Petraeus for the Defense Department.

All these people are liars and deserve prison time.

aussieguy64
aussieguy64

This Benghazi issue is like trying to stuff a genie back into the bottle. The more they do it, the more suspicious everyone gets!

TJinNJ
TJinNJ

Leon had to wait for Vlad at the Kremlin to call him back...Another feather for Leon "The Red"...There's a windfall of Traitorous Commies running the show in D.C. these days.

dk_in_tn
dk_in_tn

Obama is presiding over an ineptocracy.

MaxineCA
MaxineCA

BTW - Judge Jeannine is doing another show on Benghazi tomorrow night. I believe they will be discussing the lastest "leaked" info.

Thank goodness for whistle blowers or I doubt ANY of the info would have gotten out. I wish we knew the status of those that survived. Hopefully, they will be able to testify.

deeme
deeme

Can someone please tell me how many more Navy Seals this country has beside the brave ones we've lost??? They seem to be the only ones who refuse to follow bad orders.

anyonebutbarry2012
anyonebutbarry2012

seven members of SEAL Team Six - which is best known for leading the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound - have been disciplined for consulting on Medal of Honor Warfighter, a PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 game from Electronic Arts.

"Medal of Honor Warfighter puts players in the boots of today's most highly trained and skilled warriors to experience missions that have a dotted line to real world terrorist events," according to the game's description.

As The Guardian noted, the team is in trouble on two points: not asking permission from their superiors before consulting on the game and showing video game designers some of their "specially designed combat equipment unique to their unit."

Those involved have received a letter of reprimand and two months of reduced pay.

and this is how this admin takes care of them

Rogue Rose
Rogue Rose

Sure, but no problem with this white house giving classified info to Hollywood for the Bin Laden movie.

Steph VT
Steph VT

Yes, and what was the punishment bestowed on Joe Biden for spilling the beans that it was Seal Team 6 the day after Bin Laden was killed? And was Obama reprimanded for inviting a Hollywood crew to the White House to get material for their Bin Laden film? Nope.

deeme
deeme

I seriously can't believe what we are becoming ..between the voter fraud they are uncovering all over the place, Benghazi, Fast and Furious , the kids chanting they love Karl Marx..the bravest and best we have are being punished for being just that.. we really do reward failure now..the rest of U.S. need a country..

Steven Valdez
Steven Valdez

I wish more american cared what happened in benghazi, it only seems like a third of us does.

anyonebutbarry2012
anyonebutbarry2012

the one's who voted this corrupt admin back in, can be counted as not caring.

puma_for_life
puma_for_life

I met two such people today and when I brought up benghazi they said oh that's nothing, the mideast is a dangerous place only fox news is talking about it (which means it is all political).

LeslieFL
LeslieFL

My local paper had a big article about Benghazi and it had so many errors in the story! For example,' There isn't really any evidence Ambassador Stevens wanted more security' and 'On September 11th in Benghazi the embassy was guarded with 1/2 U.S. Military and 1/2 Libyan security.' Can you believe that CRAP TRYING TO DECEIVE THE PEOPLE? It looks like Obama wrote it! I foresee discipline of the President for his inaction in Benghazi by the Housing Investigation Committee, and Obama is trying to use the MSM to distort the truth for the dummies who have not followed along. They can be easily deceived by false news now.

puma_for_life
puma_for_life

Do you think all of the facts will ever come out? I am concerned because the media will not report on it. Where did you see that interview? I'd like to hear it.

Steph VT
Steph VT

I saw that interview with Jason Chaffetz as well. His words inspired me to write a letter to him to express my gratitude for his pursuing the truth of this tragedy. I realize that as the Subcommittee Chairman of the National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations Committee, it is his job to pursue it. I'm still grateful because he could turn a blind eye to it as too many are doing.

puma_for_life
puma_for_life

Sadder is that these people will never believe it. They will just say it's the Republicans, no one else believes it because only Fox News is reporting on it. I wonder, if he got impeached, how would anyone know unless they watched Fox News.

anyonebutbarry2012
anyonebutbarry2012

sad isn't it... i believe Jason Chaffetz when he said earlier this evening, when all the facts come out about what happened, this will be the greatest stain on this country ever.

anyonebutbarry2012
anyonebutbarry2012

barry never served in the military.biden had five student draft deferments, panetta served 2 years in the army.... and people wonder what happened in BENGHAZI?

these 3 were in a room while it all unfolded. its apparent 8 weeks later they could care less 4 americans needlessly died.

LeslieFL
LeslieFL

I bet Hillary was in that room.

Joe
Joe

FYI - >>> FROM WIKI >>

In 1964, he joined the United States Army as a Second Lieutenant, where he served as an officer in Army Military Intelligence. There he received the Army Commendation Medal, and was discharged in 1966 as a First Lieutenant

I doubt he ever saw any soldier actually get shot

anyonebutbarry2012
anyonebutbarry2012

true, he was only in 2 years.

Joe
Joe

I meant no confusion-

Unfortunately/Fortunately - I never went in -

But if I did - I would have been a 2nd Lt.

My draft lottery number never came up - bittersweet luck

1/2 of my ROTC class was lost in Vietnam

2nd Lt's from ROTC were not well liked BUT

I respect our heroes more than you can imagine

Not like these traitors in charge of this Country

Joe
Joe

Not that so much - but he was probably in ROTC - like I was

and went in as a 2nd Lt.

BUT was in Military Intelligence and probably never left the office

He was probably discharged before Vietnam got hot!

Joe
Joe

This is a lot of CRAP

Panetta and ZERO get away with MURDER

and Betray Us has a fling and gets thrown UNDER the BUS?

Thanks about that!

stage9
stage9

It appears he's been busy with other things.

justinquiring
justinquiring

Agreed, took awhile to eat his spaghetti and meatballs.