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*'''5 May.''' Sec. Hillary Clinton travels to [[Rome]] for a Contact Group meeting. The Contact Group establishes a coordination system and a temporary financial mechanism to funnel money to the National Transitional Council.

*'''5 May.''' Sec. Hillary Clinton travels to [[Rome]] for a Contact Group meeting. The Contact Group establishes a coordination system and a temporary financial mechanism to funnel money to the National Transitional Council.

*'''14 May.''' Email exchange between [[Sidney Blumenthal]] and Cody Shearer tells of negotiations with Tyler Drumheller to contact a retired general to send four operatives into Tunis, Tunisia. Shearer writs, “Sid, do you think the general has to send four guys. He told us three guys yesterday, a translator and two other guys. I understand the difficulty of the mission and realize that K [a Libyan] will be repaid but I am going to need an itemized budget for these guys.”

*'''14 May.''' Email exchange between [[Sidney Blumenthal]] and Cody Shearer tells of negotiations with Tyler Drumheller to contact a retired general to send four operatives into Tunis, Tunisia. Shearer writs, “Sid, do you think the general has to send four guys. He told us three guys yesterday, a translator and two other guys. I understand the difficulty of the mission and realize that K [a Libyan] will be repaid but I am going to need an itemized budget for these guys.”<ref>https://www.propublica.org/article/private-emails-reveal-ex-clinton-aides-secret-spy-network </ref>

*'''20 May.''' ''[[Washington Post]]'' reports Obama ignored the legal deadline set in the 1973 law that required him to obtain Congressional approval for U.S. military operations in Libya. Under the [[Nixon]]-era [[War Powers Resolution]], the president must obtain Congressional authorization of military action within 60 days, or else begin withdrawing forces.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-likely-to-miss-deadline-for-congressional-approval-of-libya-operations/2011/05/19/AFFLKn7G_story.html</ref><ref>http://lugar.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=332967&</ref><ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-obama-above-the-law/2011/05/26/AGL5zyCH_story.html</ref>

*'''20 May.''' ''[[Washington Post]]'' reports Obama ignored the legal deadline set in the 1973 law that required him to obtain Congressional approval for U.S. military operations in Libya. Under the [[Nixon]]-era [[War Powers Resolution]], the president must obtain Congressional authorization of military action within 60 days, or else begin withdrawing forces.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-likely-to-miss-deadline-for-congressional-approval-of-libya-operations/2011/05/19/AFFLKn7G_story.html</ref><ref>http://lugar.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=332967&</ref><ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-obama-above-the-law/2011/05/26/AGL5zyCH_story.html</ref>