BOMBSHELL: Security Operators on Ground in Benghazi Reveal Startling New Facts

  by Armed Mommy

During the night of the 2012 attacks on our consulate in Benghazi, five security operators responsible for guarding the CIA station say they were told to “stand down.” The team, consisting of former American Special Forces were ready to deploy that night, and move to the compound which was just a mile away. They claim that the orders they received that night prevented them from saving the lives of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and others.

In a book scheduled for release next week, 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi, a first-hand account of what happened that night through the eyes of personnel who were on the ground will be made available to the public.

“If you guys do not get here, we are going to die!” a diplomatic security agent shouted over the radio, the commandos say in their new book.

Former Army Ranger Kris “Tanto” Paronto said:

“Five minutes, we’re ready. It was thumbs up, thumbs up, we’re ready to go.”

But according to the team, they were told to “stand down” by a top CIA officer in Benghazi, who they refer to as “Bob.”
One of the agents, John Tiegen told Fox News:

“It had probably been 15 minutes I think, and … I just said, ‘Hey, you know, we gotta– we need to get over there, we’re losing the initiative. And Bob just looks straight at me and said, ‘Stand down, you need to wait.’”

Paronto added:

“We’re starting to get calls from the State Department guys saying, ‘Hey, we’re taking fire, we need you guys here, we need help.”

According to the Times, after waiting for 30 minutes, the team finally deployed in defiance of the order.
The five commandos say they believe the men would still be alive had they acted immediately.

“Ambassador Stevens and Sean [Smith], yeah, they would still be alive, my gut is yes,” Paronto said.
“I strongly believe if we’d left immediately, they’d still be alive today,” Tiegen added.

Why were the men told to stand down that night? For many, the belief is that the move had been a pure political one, as Obama was at a pivotal point of his campaign to be re-elected as president. Having run on the platitude of “Al Qaeda is on the run,” a major attack on our consulate at the hands of terrorists wouldn’t have fit the optics he was attempting to portray.