CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson has sat down with Lt. Col. Andy Wood to discuss the security situation in Libya prior to them leaving in August and he told her that the State Dept. was telling them to stop asking for more security:

ATTKISSON: Do you feel like there was a disconnect between what you saw on the ground and what the State Dept. folks thought was going on in Libya?

WOOD: There was certainly no disconnect in our transfer of information to them. They were getting the information on the situation on the ground. We sent it up through State Dept. cables and I sent it up to the military side on the D.O.D. side. So, there was awareness of what the situation in Libya was about.

ATTKISSON: How did you get the word that your team would not be allowed to stay?

WOOD: We knew that was coming through the cables and the draft cables that were going back and forth. The requests were being modified to say ‘don’t even request for D.O.D. support’.

ATTKISSON: So State Dept. was telling the folks on the ground in Libya ‘don’t continue to ask for this help’?

WOOD: Correct.

Watch the full report below:

Kudos to CBS News for this report. Nicely done.




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Ralph Benn
Ralph Benn

Snake Hunter Sez,

Please folks, don't blame Barry Obama; it's his job to give us pep-talks on Tv, and show a little improvement in his golf game. His 20 yr senior advisor Valerie Jarrett is the "acting president" of the united states anyway.

Our Secretary of State is making some 'security adjustments' for our embassies in the middle east, and she has Huma Abedin to consult if Hilly gets in serious trouble again... after those four Bengazi diplomats were murdered... so relax, go back to sleep! - reb

http://www.lazyonebenn.blogspot.com

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nkiflemar
nkiflemar

Oh please! Obama has taken 25% of the vacations that Bush did in his first term and has never done an interview about the war on the golf range like Bush did! I am so sick of all this anti-Obama rhetoric...I dare you to spend one day in his shoes, any one of you armchair patriots! Pathetic!

PapaLouie
PapaLouie

By taking credit for what his team did to take out bin Laden, Pres. Obama also has to take responsible for the death of our ambassador to Libya because of what his team failed to do to protect him. If Pres. Obama received a request to provide Big Bird protection from Romney, is there any doubt he would comply? I'd be surprised if he didn't send in Seal Team 6.

TJinNJ
TJinNJ

The enemy is Here and President Romney MUST hold ALL those accountable, starting with the treasonous Obama. Same goes for those 'civil servants' who are politically appointed and continuously work to undermine this country as Levin pointed out last night.

Army_Pilot1967
Army_Pilot1967

I can only imagine the dread and foreboding Ambassador Stevens felt when he was told to quit asking for more security even though he was aware an attack on the embassy was imminent!!! Hillary Clinton should be held accountable for the deaths of four Americans at the American Embassy in Libya, but we know that won't happen because she's part and parcel of a corrupt obama administration.

colliemum
colliemum

Great report by the courageous Ms Attkisson.

There may still be more to this murderous affair. Read this:

"Did Obama deliberately try to stage a hostage taking in Benghazi as an “October Surprise” PR stunt that blew up in his face?"

Read more http://hillbuzz.org/did-obama-deliberately-try-to-stage-a-hostage-taking-in-benghazi-as-an-october-surprise-pr-stunt-that-blew-up-in-his-face-listen-live-at-330pm-cst-to-find-out-52149

Some rather compelling joining-up of dots, I think.

MiketheMarine
MiketheMarine

OMG, Scoop, I think you should take Collie Mum's article and post it as it's own story. Holy Cow.......

Eh2Zed
Eh2Zed

What was that sound behind Obama during the debate? That wasn't just his poll numbers dropping, it was also Hillary's election chances for 2016.

A_Truism
A_Truism

Do my eyes deceive me or am I seeing a show of conscience from CBS?

effinayright
effinayright

If Romney wins, Sharyl Attkisson stands to get herself a Pulitzer. But if Obama wins, she'll be sent by CBS to do local news stories at their West Buttplug, ND affiliate.

Chris
Chris

So much for Hillary 2016.

IrateScientist
IrateScientist

Sharyl Attkisson is an extremely talented reporter.

Sober_Thinking
Sober_Thinking

I don't even now how Obama and Clinton can sleep at night.

MadMagyar
MadMagyar

Hanging from the rafters upside down when they're on the road, otherwise in their coffins when at home.

Sober_Thinking
Sober_Thinking

ROFL! You caught me off guard with that one! Excellent response! :)

A_Truism
A_Truism

But, uuhhh, you have to keep in mind that, uuhh, campaigning in Vegas is hard work!

FAIL.

You can see how Lt. Col. Wood had been deeply affected by the entire thing.

crosshr
crosshr

Sober, the devil do not sleep at all anyway. These people are really destroying lives as in this case. I wonder if there's anything good about life and America they do care about.

For this current admin to get reelected again spells dooms day for this great nation.

Loosing these lives that Obama calls a "bump on the road " should alerts all citizens that loves life. This is how this man child look at your precious life. It's a bump on the road, as good as not exist.

SpideyTerry
SpideyTerry

I read this mere hours after reading about Team Obama derisively telling Romney to "bring it on" in regards to foreign policy? Wow, once again, karma gives Team Obama a royal bitch-slap.

Libertyship46
Libertyship46

Great, but WHO at the State Department was telling him not to ask for more security? Did it go all the way up to Hillary Clinton? I wonder who the Obama administration is going to hang out to dry? I don't think Bill Clinton will allow Hillary to take the fall for this.

SpideyTerry
SpideyTerry

I'd wager it goes as high as Hillary. That's why no one has been thrown under the bus yet. Bar Hillary and of course Obama, anyone else would've had tire marks on their back by now.

MiketheMarine
MiketheMarine

As I understand it, the one response that Amb. Stevens received came from the white house, not the state department,

GreenBeretWay
GreenBeretWay

Keep questioning the veracity of the story being told to the American public.

If it walks like shit,talks like shit......Wham...it's shit.

Conservative_Hippie
Conservative_Hippie

Heads should roll for this! They need to find out who authorized those cables and convict them to the fullest extent of the law!

sjmom
sjmom

NBC is the only one now who has not reported Benghazi gate and they will not be able to continue to cover for Obama without looking like Pravda.

What exactly is the administration covering up? There are a whole lot of questions which need to be answered.

Nukeman60
Nukeman60

Normally, I would say to this woman, "Don't turn your back, be alone at night, or go walking down the street by yourself. You might just 'accidentally' have a heart attack." But, since this is starting to break on most networks and all over the internet, she may be safe.

Obama's downfall will be complete when his personal network goes after him (NBC, especially MSNBC). CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX, Univision have all come out with everything from mild questions to scathing reports on this administration.

You can't pull 'Executive Order' on everything. Something has to give and I think this is Obama's own 'October Surprise'. If this keeps up, he may have to take the next midnight flight to Venezuela.

Orangeone
Orangeone

She needs security. I think Chavez stealing his election is the preamble with O'Bambi trying to pull the same here. It frightens me we will have tanks in the street Nov 6th.

Nukeman60
Nukeman60

With tanks in the street, I'd be the Tom Hanks type, in the movie Saving Private Ryan, sitting on the bridge, firing my 1911 .45 cal, trying to bring it down.

Nukeman60
Nukeman60

I would stand with that. Can't go wrong there.

MiketheMarine
MiketheMarine

With your Marine Buddy with the exceptionally bad attitude standing right next to you.

marketcomp
marketcomp

Sharyl Attkisson has been all over Fast $ Furious and now Benghazi-gate. She is a very good reporter asking relevant and direct questions. Plus this just further shows the diaster that is in the White House!

Deborah Clemence
Deborah Clemence

This is all Romney needs to beat Obama in the foreign affairs debate. First Fast & Furious, now this?

This is indefensible!!!

Joel S. Miller
Joel S. Miller

Bammy is writing the Jarrett answer on his wrist now to pull his suit sleeve up so he can read it as he continues to stare at his shoes throughout the debate!

Orangeone
Orangeone

Both are indefensible. People died. People that dedicated their lives to freedom and liberty. I may not have support Stevens' politics and Obama worshipping but he was an American and entitled to the best protection given his post.

Has anyone else noticed the deafening silence from the families?

3seven77
3seven77

What has been most interesting to me is the people who *haven't* talked, those who haven't come forward to add to the cover-up. What have we heard from General Petraeus? From the families of the dead? From the FBI - who were prevented from going to Bengazi for 3 weeks until the "crime scene" was sufficiently compromised?

I still think that this administration was either arming or "in bed" with the enemy and that this was a hit on Amb. Stevens.

BikerHoop
BikerHoop

Hillary and DuhOne should be brought up on charges of treason posthaste. There is no other way to describe the reprehensible actions of these two.

Wisewoman2
Wisewoman2

Might need to add Panetta to the list, too.

Adam
Adam

this is truly a scandal and cover up

Joe
Joe

Hillary and Obama and Panetta should go to jail!

David R. Berry
David R. Berry

Don't forget Big Sis in Homeland Security! Gotta be room under that bus for her fat a$$!

Orangeone
Orangeone

Thank you Joe, I left out Panetta in my comment above.

Michaelsr
Michaelsr

throw Hillary under the bus

sable
sable

No, throw shrillary naked into afghanistan. No money, phone or id. Tattoo a big Star of David on her big, commie ass. Leave her to enjoy her koranimal buddies.

Booker T.
Booker T.

Take cover, folks. The downfall of the Obama administration is imminent. It could get nasty.