Wednesday, December 12, 2012

A Drone Was Flying Overhead During the Benghazi Attack

Defense Had Live Video Of Attack In Benghazi -- Washington Times

No drone feed to White House.

Live video from a drone flying over the U.S. Consulate during the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, was monitored at a Defense Department facility, but was not fed to the White House, senior officials say.

The Obama administration has declined to respond to media requests for details about who was watching the live video, but a senior defense official told The Washington Times that “the surveillance aircraft captured footage of events on the ground” and “it wasn’t available that night at the White House.”

The officials said the “overhead footage was available at a DOD location,” and they declined to comment further.

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My Comment: There was probably very little that the drone operators could do but watch and record .... but I would love to know where is that DoD location that was monitoring this attack. In short .... did this drone come from Europe or does the U.S. military/CIA have a base that they use in Libya? Hmmmm ... one of life's mysteries.

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