The Real Benghazi

Three U.S. security contractors who were part of the September 11th attack on the Benghazi American diplomatic mission in 2012 spoke with Fox News' Brett Baier on Friday. They gave a very different account than what the Obama administration would have us believe about what really happened those 13 hours of fighting when U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and 3 other brave Americans were killed by Islamic terrorists.

The security contractors are no longer hired by the CIA and spoke for the first time. These men were the first responders to attacks on the diplomatic compound and made it clear that they were apolitical and had no axe grind for either political party.

The men--Kris ("Tanto") Paronto, Mark ("Oz") Geist, and John ("Tig") Tiegen--were asked the big question by Baier: Was help delayed?

They got word of the attack around 9:32 p.m. and within 5 minutes were in their battle gear, ready to move out and gave the "thumbs up" to their team leader (who they refer to only as "Bob."

But they were held back and delayed from responding by Bob.

Tiegen said, "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 initiative. And Bob just looks straight at me and said, 'Stand down, you need to wait.'"

Then they started hearing from the men in the compound under attack. "Hey, we're taking fire; we need you guys here, we need help," explained Paronto.

It took about a half hour before the team decided to screw the orders and take matters into their own hands. They made their way to the annex, called for air support, but it never came.

In retrospect, they believe if they were able to respond sooner, and if they had the air support, Chris Stevens, Glen Doherty, Sean Smith and Tyrone Woods would have likely been saved.

The men state clearly that they were told to stand down, not once, but three times.

Obama's JV team disagrees.



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