Jennifer Youngblood, a spokesperson for the CIA, today denied claims that repeated requests for military support during the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi were turned down:
No one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate. In fact, it is important to remember how many lives were saved by courageous Americans who put their own safety at risk that night — and that some of those selfless Americans gave their lives in the effort to rescue their comrades.
Fox News, though, which broke the story, is standing by its reporting.
CIA bucking- says support was never denied. But our sources were on the ground; it's a first-hand account. Updated: http://t.co/VPRXNzUr
— Justin Fishel (@JustinFishelABC) October 26, 2012
@JustinFishelFNC The CIA statement said that THEY didn't deny requests. Are they hinting that denial came from somewhere else?
— GayPatriot™ (@GayPatriot) October 26, 2012
The CIA’s statement certainly hasn’t answered all questions; in fact, it seems to have raised even more.
@jaketapper so basically the CIA is saying that the emails obtained by Fox News are "inaccurate"?
— Kimberly Haney (@kimberlyhaney) October 26, 2012
@jaketapper What about State or WH?
— Doug Ross (@directorblue) October 26, 2012
@jaketapper So, they are saying no requests for help in Libya was denied??? Wow. Someone is lying somewhere.
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) October 26, 2012
.@KatMcKinley @jaketapper does it matter that they were very careful to say nobody in CIA denied request? Did someone at WH?
— Greg McNeal (@GregoryMcNeal) October 26, 2012
Did David Petraeus just throw Barack Obama under the bush? http://t.co/Bl1ddyxH If the CIA didn't deny assistance, who did?
— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) October 26, 2012
What makes CIA comment today so interesting is that Petraeus was w/the Obama admin in immediate aftermath of 9/11/12 attack in #Benghazi.
— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) October 26, 2012
Interesting choice of words by Petreaus.. So the CIA didn't tell anyone to stand down.. Who did?
— Mike Walsh (@mike_walsh) October 27, 2012
There is no way to excuse failure to try & respond to Benghazi attack. WH made the call, political persons in the situation room, pathetic.
— Mike Baker (@MBCompanyMan) October 26, 2012
Let me be clear; authority to send military support/response in Benghazi resides in the WH. Neither CIA nor DoD could act w/o WH. Pathetic.
— Mike Baker (@MBCompanyMan) October 26, 2012
