How could the CIA in Libya 'take Libyan's, whether militants or not, prisoner?

The CIA is not the US army, and besides, Obama had assured Americans that Libya was 'not a war' because there were no American 'boots on the ground'. Remember, that's why he claimed that he didn't have to go to Congress for approval, because, ah, 'boots on the ground' is a war. But bombs from the air, heh, is not a war.

At any rate, how could the CIA take Libyans as prisoners?

And, if Petraeus can't talk with the press, his staff certainly can. After all, the CIA staff put out the memo that 'no CIA refused help to the Benghazi CIA asking for help'.

Doesn't make sense.

The stench of rat hangs over this whole thing. One may surmise the truth is going to come out slowly, then all at once.

I'll have my popcorn ready. Going to be quite the show I think.

House investigators asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to testify next week about the September 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, but she declined citing a scheduling conflict.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/house-asked-clinton-to-testify-on-benghazi-but-she-declines-due-to-scheduling-conflict/article/2513151#.UKB5OGf4JpQ

Information leaks like "wack-a-mole"

Sooner or later, it'll be mentioned on the regular news outlets.. As soon as they find the Republican responsible for it.

Paula is indiscreet in more than one way.
Why did she share something with the public that even her boyfriend couldn't share?
And why is she inserting herself into this situation. All she knows is second-hand even if it is from Petraeus' mouth.

This was from a month ago?

When did their relationship end?

The plot thickens.

Saw this earlier tonight on Breitbart.

Why did she share something with the public that even her boyfriend couldn't share? (gellen) Maybe she did it for self preservation. Would now be way to messy a story to cover up if she, "all of a sudden" had an accidental heroin overdose in a slum motel.

The arab spring turned out well. No middle class yet. But, presumably, a few more heads have to be cut off.

We'll soon have those mooslums charging interest and trading with the best of them. All one big happy new world order...

Yeah, right...

"... Why did she share something with the public that even her boyfriend couldn't share? ..."
Posted by: gellen

Perhaps because he couldn't?

Maybe she's an ambitious blabbermouth? David Petraeus made a HUGE mistake by confiding in Paula Broadwell. Even intelligent, powerful people can get taken in. The ego and feet of clay are their downfall.

ET said
"How could the CIA in Libya 'take Libyan's, whether militants or not, prisoner?

The CIA is not the US army, and besides, Obama had assured Americans that Libya was 'not a war' because there were no American 'boots on the ground'. Remember, that's why he claimed that he didn't have to go to Congress for approval, because, ah, 'boots on the ground' is a war. But bombs from the air, heh, is not a war.

At any rate, how could the CIA take Libyans as prisoners?

And, if Petraeus can't talk with the press, his staff certainly can. After all, the CIA staff put out the memo that 'no CIA refused help to the Benghazi CIA asking for help'.

Doesn't make sense.
Posted by: ET"

Bingo!

That is a deliberate tactic, as are answers so vague they can later be re-spun into pyrite (e.i. Rose Garden mention of terrorism in a non-specific, in passing reference, that was enough to have Cindy crawling to his assistance.

The fog of war is nothing compared to the fog of politics emanating from the current White House.

Obama knows the MSM is on his side and most people are still not weaned from it, as per election results.

The only things truly transparent in the current White House Administration are Obama's teleprompters.

Will the Senate Intelligence Committee require Gen. Petreus to testify?

He may be the only Obama admin. appointee who would tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

The F.B.I. sounds like it is being run by J.Edgar Hoover again.

this is that Ohah moment, "just like Boosh did things" that could have tanked Nobama's re-election, maybe Broadswell didn't want the Zero re-elected, or maybe as some suggested it's self preservation, and saving the life of her lover as well

I DO smell impeachment in the air:-))))

The CIA didn't refuse assistance. It was the private ' contractors' that only ever contract with the CIA, for the CIA, by the CIA, owned by....by. a mailbox company in Whales, that is a subsidiary of Cup Cake Bakery company in Delaware, Maryland, that is located in a Lawyers office as they have no bakery, staff or customers or cup cakes. It was those guys that refused and their rotten, poor service to the American taxpayer( God bless the little Muppet hearts. ) they were let go. Fired. Dismissed. Matter of fact they have gone out of business. Closed shop. Done. Toast. Can't even find them.
Yes it was THOSE guys, not the CIA.

....and Obama supporters will either say "Oh, well"....or "Libya where's that?".......we're into a whole new political paradigm..scandals only apply to Republicans.

From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli. - and back to the shores of Tripoli.

"The ego and feet of clay are their downfall."

Not to mention Viagra.

I heard Isreali firster Jane Harman's name come up to fill in the now vacant chair that Petraeus once occupied. I wonder if Petraeus was honey trapped.

I'm afraid Nemo2 has it right. We could eventually find out that Obama was controlling a drone with a joystick in the whitehouse and assassinated the ambassador himself to cover up some secret. The media would ignore it, and most of the voters would say he probably deserved it. But Romney once pranked a kid in high school, so not qualified.

I'm afraid Nemo2 has it right. We could eventually find out that Obama was controlling a drone with a joystick in the whitehouse and assassinated the ambassador himself to cover up some secret. The media would ignore it, and most of the voters would say he probably deserved it. But Romney once pranked a kid in high school, so not qualified.

Another SNAFU on the part of this administration -- Obambam probably too busy campaigning and fundraising to give a hoot about US national security and the lives of overseas operatives, akin to Slick Willy's passing up a chance to smoke Bin Laden because he was too busy schmoozing PGA pros.
And Petraeus!?! What the h@!! was he thinking passing what must have been TS (at least) information to his little snookums. What ever happened to, "Sorry Honey, big goings-on right now. Can't talk about it, but you'll get it on the news eventually. Love ya."??? Loose lips sink ships and all that.

Interesting too is the US media's treatment of scandals. In Watergate and the Valerie Plame affair, big stinks both of them, no one actually died. Gun Walker and this? Five dead minimum.

From the WAPO article (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-probe-of-petraeus-triggered-by-e-mail-threats-from-biographer-officials-say/2012/11/10/d2fc52de-2b68-11e2-bab2-eda299503684_print.html):

“What was our responsibility?” said one of the [Justice Department] officials. “We were in an area where we’d never been before.”

So, let me get this straight:

1. You are occupying a position the job description for which does not spell out your responsibilities, and you aren't curious enough to actually figure those out on your own.

2. You are occupying a position in an organization whose role it is to examine situations of out-of-the-accepted-norm behaviour, and you are surprised that you then need to make judgments about what you discover?

3. On the other hand, you're part of an organization that prosecuted (persecuted) Scooter Libby for his non-release of the name of a non-active/former CIA operator, and you don't seem to think that the take-aways from that fiasco bear on the case of Ms. Broadwell, who released information on October 26, 2012 about both her status as a non-active/former intelligence community operator and material in the hands of the CIA that the Director himself was not authorized to release?

4. You aren't aware of the Secret Service scandal? Is your organization not investigating that tater?

5. You aren't aware of the allegations against Sen. Menendez?

Have I got that right?

So, if Petraeus isn't guilty of anything rising to the level of the criminality, why is this even a story exactly?

On the other hand, is the ethical compass of the United States governing element (including legislators and numerous officials involved in national security) so broken that they can't even see that the behaviour in which they're engaged is completely compromising to themselves on both a personal and professional basis?

Sadly, I've come to the conclusion that the United States is just not going to make it. Leave aside all of their policy, social, financial and economic problems problems for a moment, and leave aside Benghazi, and just think about the stunning implications of the question above from the unnamed JD official -- it might as well serve as the new motto for the United States: "What was our responsibility?"

You'd need to translate that into Latin, but maybe Paul Martin can help with that now that he's retired -- he's good at this sort of stuff: "I wish we'd known more".

"I wish we'd known more"...........Volo wed 'notiorem

"What was our responsibility?"........Quid censetis fuisse?

Well done, Michael Harkov -- I guess we don't need Paul Martin after all, but I think you knew that...

The USA is going to last.
What's going down is Washington DC.

The USA is going to last.
What's going down is Washington DC.

This is kinda like the movie
"a few good men"

although slightly different scenario and characters , them ain thing in common is the huge as cover up for someone to get promoted or in this case re-elected to the highest position. lol

stick a fork in the U.S.A. it's done .

not long ago the citizens would have marched right to washington and dragged his nappy ass outta there ..now thier to fat dumb and happy to care ...i am glad they are ruining thier money and country so quickly the sooner this thing ends the sooner it can be re-built and the lessons learned will be pricless for generations!!

Easily explained.. We have third world people in control of first world country.

More: http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/74379/more-on-petraeus

O's a lying liar.

O ought to be impeached/convicted.

Libya/CIA was Guantanamo redux.

Proof is here:

"President Obama signs the order requiring that the Guantanamo Bay facility be closed within a year."

"Obama's move highlights a fierce struggle over where the prison's detainees will go next."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/guantanamo.order/index.html

"Rendition, baby.... Obama-style!"

"Fox News source: Yes, the CIA was holding prisoners at the Benghazi annex"

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2958761/posts