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| CBS: Officials instructed Benghazi hospital to list Amb. Stevens as "John Doe" |
| 2013-05-31 |
| U.S. officials gave instructions for Benghazi Medical Center to use a "John Doe" pseudonym on the death certificate of Ambassador Christopher Stevens after he died of asphyxiation in the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya. That's according to a U.S. official speaking on condition of anonymity because the official isn't authorized to speak publicly on the matter. The reason for the pseudonym, says the official, was to avoid drawing undue attention to the importance of the victim as Americans rushed to figure out how to recover Stevens' body and return it to the U.S. According to the official, U.S. officials aren't certain to this day whether Stevens was still alive when local Libyans made cell phone video recordings of his body being carried or dragged from the U.S. mission, possibly by looters. And they still don't know exactly who transported him to the Benghazi Medical Center where they say medical personnel attempted resuscitation, unsuccessfully, for about 40 minutes (90 minutes, according to published accounts from a Libyan doctor). A familiar local to whom Americans refer as "Babakar" sent word to the U.S. embassy that Stevens had, indeed, passed away. Babakar sent some of his associates to recover Stevens' body at the hospital. When hospital officials asked what name should be entered on the death certificate, U.S. officials relayed the message to use "John Doe." Babakar's associates eventually transported Stevens' body to the airport where it was turned over to Americans. Stevens' body was flown from Benghazi to Tripoli, Libya's capital the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 12 and President Obama was informed of the Ambassador's death. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #15 Don't drink and comment, kids. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-05-31 22:06 |
| #14 See hoe much money they all get and are living in a year or so and who they work for! Obama firing them they are all in on it together! |
| Posted by: Snise Cruter2274 2013-05-31 18:40 |
| #13 The whole is a phucking joke at phucking best! Dig if they went in they would have had to mow down-KILL- A LOT of people they are DIG CEE SEE and how would that look the blue jean CNN CIA freedom fighters press uhh zombie mout piece of the Ghoul Lords?!? The 3 or 4 fired mil upper crust know this to be true it would not have allowed Syria to get to this point it's all crap! Phucking live with it! Mil response dead rebels no FSA etc etc! |
| Posted by: Snise Cruter2274 2013-05-31 18:38 |
| #12 And the video had already been filmed, uploaded, downloaded, high-fived, critiqued, matinee'd, and passed along before this phone call even took place. Everyone who wants a know knew, so the question is who was this order for and for what effect? Could it be that Joe "You're son had some balls" Biden tipped that the impressiveness of the last stand may not have destroyed all their enemy but did destroy any chance of a cover up? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-05-31 17:07 |
| #11 Sounds like Stevens was figured bigger than the liquor store clerk who never cards, and that was back when mobile phones were 10 pounds and had to be plugged in. I can almost hear the phone call: "Hello, America calling. Yes, we have some trouble.." "You mean the fighting at the CIA house?" "Yaah..someone important may have been in there.." "You mean Ambassador Stevens? He's here, well his body is anyways." "Yaah, he's dead then. About that, could you just call him John Doe for now, we don't want to scare the family or anything; understand?" He was out of the wire on the 9/11 celebration doing buy/sell/trade. Don't need leaky CIA for that. Had an instant action plan for the next pirate hostage situation involving a US citizen, but this was a total surprise and such a good neighborhood for a lemonade stand; a holiday to boot. Glad they got the morgue on board, that's some foreward thinking right there. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-05-31 16:47 |
| #10 Not important enough for a rescue attempt, unlike the Captain of the Mirsk Alabama The CIA didn't comprise the majority of the crew of the Maersk Alabama. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-05-31 14:50 |
| #9 Not important enough for a rescue attempt, unlike the Captain of the Mirsk Alabama which had an immediate deployment of the FBI with no guarantee of the good Captain still being alive when they got there. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-05-31 12:38 |
| #8 Thank you for explaining, Skidmark. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-05-31 09:26 |
| #7 The reason for the pseudonym, says the official, was to avoid drawing undue attention to the importance of the victim as Americans rushed to figure out how to recover Stevens' body and return it to the U.S Pseudonyms appear to be working well for the [yet unnamed] survivors. Not so much for Ambassador Stevens however. No viewings, quick burials, no autopsies..... so Fort Marcy Park. No more questions, writing or thinking about this please, it's a party matter. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-05-31 09:15 |
| #6 I doubt the unsubstantiated illusion of charity. The lost hour and a half may have been used for interrogation, ala waterboarding, ergo a wet shirt. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-05-31 08:57 |
| #5 Wonder if his shirt was wet when they finished 1.5 hrs later? What do you mean, Skidmark? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-05-31 04:21 |
| #4 And they still don't know exactly who transported him to the Benghazi Medical Center Wonder if his shirt was wet when they finished 1.5 hrs later? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-05-31 01:28 |
| #3 Word, OldSpook... |
| Posted by: Raj 2013-05-31 01:15 |
| #2 The admins actions and lies are starting to smell so much that even their lapdogs in the press are starting to pick up the scent. Or I hope they are (if not then the Republic is well and truly f'd) |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2013-05-31 00:46 |
| #1 Not all that rare if you do not want him to be kidnapped - not an issue. |
| Posted by: Newc 2013-05-31 00:16 |