CIA Didn't Request Military Assistance in Benghazi, According to Expected Testimony
Maybe the then CIA director was too busy doing the broad well
When the CIA's acting director, Michael Morell, testifies Thursday before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, he is expected to say that the agency never requested Europe-based special operations teams, specialized Marine platoons, or armed drones on the night of the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi, Libya, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official.
The disclosure may put an end to one line of inquiry into the Benghazi affair about why reinforcements from the region were not sent on the night of the attack. "Assistance from the U.S. military was critical, and we got what we requested," the senior U.S. intelligence official said.
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