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Issue 10
The Falcon
A Keen Eye For News
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What We Saw: Dum Dum Girls at Bottletree page 5 arts
SGA Exec. Meeting October 31, 3:30pm – 4:30pm SGA Conference Room Sigma Alpha Iota Halloween Carnival October 31, 7pm – 10pm Davis Hall Band Room Lambda Chi Alpha Pumpkin Fest November 1, 2pm – 5pm Main Quad
Shuttles to Alabaster November 3, 12pm – 6pm Becoming Sculpture
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THE BENGHAZI COVER-UP
FCS Student Group Bake Sale October 30, 9am – 3pm between Bloch and Wills Haunted Attraction October 30, 6pm – 10pm Bibb Graves
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the attack on the U.S. Consulate and subsequent attack nearly seven hours later were denied by officials in the CIA chain of command -- who also told the CIA operators to "stand down" rather than help the ambassador's team.
Sean Smith, who had been killed in the initial attack. Ambassador Stevens was not found at that time.
5. Around midnight Navy SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty returned to the CIA annex. They called Ever since the 2. Former Navy SEALs for military support attack in Benghazi, Lib- Tyrone Woods and Glen and they were again ya the American people Doherty were at the CIA denied. According to approximately reports from those preshave been subjected annex to what appears to be a mile from the U.S. ent at the compound a cover up. Despite Consulate where Am- there were no commuinitial efforts by the bassador Chris Stevens nications problems hinObama administration and his team came un- dering their requests. to pin the attack on a der attack. When they protest gone bad, more heard the shots fired, 6. At one point one of the and more information they radioed to higher to personnel on the ground is coming to light that tell them what was go- had a laser pointed at an would suggest either ing on. They were again artillery position “painta cover up or gross told to "stand down." ing” the target for air support to attack. Remisconduct and negligence on the part of 3. Woods, Doherty and peated requests for air administration officials. at least two others ig- support were denied. Based on re- nored those orders and ports from The Daily made their way to the 7. Specter gunships Beast, FOX News Consulate, which at were 480 miles away and Breitbart this is that point was on fire. at Sigonella Air Base. The fighting went on for what we know so far: 4. The quick reaction more than 4 more hours 1. Three urgent re- force from the CIA an- leaving ample time for quests from the CIA nex evacuated those an air response. Other annex in Benghazi for who remained at the units stationed in the including region, including Spemilitary back up during Consulate, byAndrew Meechum Associate Editor
cial Operators and Naval assets, were close enough effect a quick response including two separate Tier 1 Special Operations Forces who were told to wait. 8. Two military surveillance drones were redirected to Benghazi shortly after the attack on the Consulate began. The second surveillance craft was sent to relieve the first drone, perhaps due to fuel issues. The drones provided real time visuals to officials in Washington, D.C. Any U.S. official or agency with the proper security clearance, including the White House Situation Room where President Obama is believed to have been, the State Department, CIA, Pentagon and others could call up that video in real-time on their desktop computers. Currently the mainstream media is providing little to no coverage about any of this. Whether this is a
genuine cover up like Watergate or Iran-Contra is at this point debatable as all the facts are have yet to come to light. What is apparent is that the media is playing cheerleader for the current administration as opposed to acting as the people’s watchdog. During the 1980s the media spent a great deal of time and effort in hounding the Reagan administration to uncover the IranContra Affair. What we see now is a media that is willfully allowing the government to cover up the events surrounding the deaths of four Americans at the hands of terrorists. At the end of the day, the Obama administration was aware that Americans were dying in a foreign land at the hands of our enemies and despite being aware of it in real time did nothing to help or prevent their deaths. Follow me at @amechum
Changing the face of fundraising by Kyle Jones Editor-in-Chief Starting on the first of November the faces of The Falcon staff will change when they begin Movember, an international fundraising and awareness event for men’s cancer research. Movember began in Australia in 2003 when 30 friends got together to grow mustaches for fun. The next year four of the original 30 members got together to continue their tradition but this time
they did it for a cause. That year, 450 participants raised $43,000 for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia. Movember came to the US in 2007, with 2,127 participants raising over $740,000. This year, there will be official Movember campaigns in 21 countries. In 2011, the US campaign saw more than 145,000 Americans growing and supporting the Mo, raising over $15 million for men’s health, specifically prostate and testicular cancer initiatives. All funds raised by “MoBros” go to Movember’s men’s health partners Prostate Cancer Foundation
and the LIVESTRONG Foundation which works to ensure that Movember funds are supporting innovative, world-class programs in three areas: awareness/education, survivorship and research. The rules are simple, men start clean shaven on November 1 and grow mustaches for 30 days in an effort to become walking, talking billboards for men’s health, all while raising funds along the way. Movember provides a fun and interesting way to get men talking about their health which can often be a difficult obstacle for males. To get involved, visit movember.com to register and to set up your own MoSpace. The
Falcon staff will be documenting our progress via facebook and in each week’s issue throughout the month of “Movember”. Help us reach our goal of $200 by visiting our team page at http://us.movember. com/team/458089.
Photos: Courtesy of Movember