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Checking international headlines it appears American investigators will get a chance to talk to the suspect in custody in Tunisia.

For last month's attack on the US mission in Libya that left four dead including the US ambassador.

Meanwhile the CIA has weighed again after our reporting within its own time line on the rescue efforts that deadly not.

National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin has an update from the Pentagon.

Nearly eight weeks after the September 11 attack and they got beat the CIA is finally acknowledging it's role providing the most detailed timeline to date.

Of its agents participation in rescue efforts that night an effort to rebut the account provided to Fox News by one of their own operators who helped.

The CIA says it took 24 minutes from the start of the attack.

At 9:47 PM.

Performer seal Tyrone woods and five other CIA agents to leave the annex to provide help at the consulate less than a mile away.

A second recon team left about forty minutes after the attack began.

Our source insists that all teams could have left sooner but we're told to stand down the CIA now says the police -- was trying to arrange Libyan assistance.

At 11:56.

PM the CIA team returns from the consulate they immediately come under attack with rocket propelled grenades and small arms for the next hour.

At 101 AM some assume the fight is over according to the CIA version.

Meanwhile at 1:15 AM CIA reinforcements arrive on a 45 minute flight from Tripoli in a plane -- hastily chartered.

That team which includes former -- Glenn Dorsey doesn't leave the -- Ghazi airport until 4:30 AM they are held up by Libyan authorities.

That team wanted to go to the hospital to retrieve ambassador Steven's body but could not because the hospital according to the CIA was surrounded by the ans are Al Syria militia.

And al-Qaeda linked group behind the attack.

US intelligence -- senior leaders as early at 7 PM eastern less than four hours after the start of the attack that aunt's house to react carried out the attack.

At 504 AM -- east team finally arrives at the CIA annex about seven hours after the attack on the -- began.

He and woods take positions on the roof and according to the CIA official version woods -- Doherty focus their laser sights on groups of Libyan attackers quote.

As warnings not to fire.

They do not the CIA says -- the mortar team.

Woods -- already are killed by a mortar at 5:26.

AM and the CIA evacuate the thirty survivors to the airport.

But the plane they chartered from Tripoli isn't big enough and have to make two trips -- twelve of the survivors must wait until 10 AM.

For the flight to return from Tripoli.

ABC news reported last month the State Department denied a request by a security team in Tripoli to keep -- DC three fast moving passenger aircraft.

In country to transport security personnel that plane was instead sent to Iraq.

-- as you noted earlier Fox News has learned the FBI is finally getting access to the sole suspect in custody.

Ali on the -- -- see this being held in Tunisia this comes a day after senator Lindsey Graham inquired with Tunisian officials about.

Whether the FBI could have access and a day after Tunisian officials met at the State Department.

Right so the question is in the South Carolina senator who is obviously involved and defense issues can pressure the two nations why couldn't the White House.

Okay Jennifer from the Pentagon thank you.

Human rights groups say.

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