There Aren't Words For This

If this report turns out to be true, I'm going to need a couple of rolls of duct tape to hold my head together. From foxnews.com (emphasis mine):

Fox News has learned from sources who were on the ground in Benghazi that an urgent request from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the U.S. Consulate and subsequent attack several hours later was denied by U.S. officials -- who also told the CIA operators twice to "stand down" rather than help the ambassador's team when shots were heard at approximately 9:40 p.m. in Benghazi on Sept. 11.

Former Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods was part of a small team who was at the CIA annex about a mile from the U.S. Consulate where Ambassador Chris Stevens and his team came under attack. When he and others heard the shots fired, they informed their higher-ups at the annex to tell them what they were hearing and requested permission to go to the consulate and help out. They were told to "stand down," according to sources familiar with the exchange. Soon after, they were again told to "stand down."

Woods and at least two others ignored those orders and made their way to the Consulate which at that point was on fire. Shots were exchanged. The quick reaction force from the CIA annex evacuated those who remained at the Consulate and Sean Smith, who had been killed in the initial attack. They could not find the ambassador and returned to the CIA annex at about midnight.

This story appears to get worse by the day. I am trying to reserve judgment, but am finding it increasingly difficult to do so. With everyone in CYA mode, it is hard to know what the truth is.

Election or not, you can't sweep this under the rug and pretend it doesn't matter. Bad things happen, I get that.

But it still matters, and someone, somewhere is accountable.

I just don't know what else to say.