"The Washington Post published an interview with the now-retired CIA base chief in question, a man who in that interview was adamant no such stand order was given.
So are we to believe that air, land, and sea Quick Reaction Forces (QRF) and 'in extremis' forces unilaterally decided to forgo involvement ?
Mitchell Zuckoff, the book's author on which the film is based, strongly disagrees. Zuckoff points out how he used direct corroborating testimony from multiple sources who were on the ground in Benghazi that night. Zuckoff says he attempted to interview the station chief but that the interview was denied -- repeatedly.
More recently, the 13 Hours author has indicated any claim the stand down order was NOT given as being "not credible", a slightly kinder way of saying the former CIA station chief is lying.
In Washington D.C., the Obama administration's CIA spokesperson dismissed the film as well, calling it, '...a distortion of events.'
The conflicting views leads America to wonder who is telling the truth? Is it the Obama administration and Hillary Clinton, or the accounts of the men and women who were on the ground in Benghazi during the Benghazi Massacre attack?"
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