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WASHINGTON - The CIA has sent small teams of workers in Libya and helped rescue a crew member of an American fighter plane that crashed, and the White House said Wednesday it was evaluating "all types of assistance" for the rebels fighting against the army of Muammar Gaddafi. Battlefield setbacks beats by dre earphonesare hardening the U.S. position that the opposition is probably ill-equipped incapable of winning without Western intervention decisive, a senior U.S. official intelligence official told The Associated Press. Legislators, private briefings with senior administration Obama asked tough questions about the cost of the military operation and expressed concern about the makeup of the rebels. Members of Congress officials have said the military role of the United States would be limited, and heard the director of Barack Obama's national intelligence compare rebels forces to a "team basketball pick-up." "No decision has beenvibram five fingers footwearr made about providing arms to the opposition or groups in Libya," said White House press secretary Jay Carney. "We do not exclude it or decision it " precise role of the CIA in Libya is not clear. Intelligence experts, the CIA had sent representatives to make contact with the opposition and to assess the strengths and needs rebel forces in the event that Obama has decided to arm them. A U.S. official and a former intelligence officer of the United States, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information, told the AP about the CIA contribution to Libya after the agency had to close its station in Tripoli, the capital. They said the CIA helped vibram bikila 42 menssafely recover the F-15E Strike Eagle weapons specialist, who was picked up by the rebels after the accident on March 21. The pilot was rescued by Marines. They suffered minor injuries, the army said. The officials declined to say what the mission of the F-15 was at the time it came down. The crew ejected after the aircraft malfunctioned during a mission against a Libyan missile site. The former intelligence official said that some CIA agents had been staged by the station's office in Dubai, UAE. The New York Times revealed the CIA had sent groups of agents of the CIA and British agents have been conducting air strikes. Obama said in a speech to the nation Monday night that American troops would not be used on the ground in Libya. The declaration allowed leeway that President explores options in case he decides to resort to covert measures to ship weapons to rebels and train. This would require presidential finding. In this case, the CIA take the lead, as he did in the past like in Afghanistan after September 11 and the period that preceded the invasion of Iraq in 2003. In these covert action programs, the CIA officers with special operations forces were sent, providing weapons to opposition forces to help fight the Taliban in Afghanistan and Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Qaddafi's land forces surpass the opposition by a wide margin and are able to threaten civil resistance, "said top U.S. intelligence official, who spoke condition of anonymity. Obama's director of national intelligence against the rebels a "team basketball pick-up." Lawmakers met Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Admiral Mike Mullen, the head of intelligence and James Clapper "They are absolutely determined to maintain the role of the United States limited," said Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore. "Nobody guarantees that we will be in two weeks." The supreme commander of NATO, Admiral of the Navy James Stavridis, said he saw "sparkles" of Al Qaeda and Hezbollah among the rebels, but no evidence of a large number in the direction of the political opposition group. At the meeting, Clapper, against rebel forces in a "team basketball pick-up." He said that intelligence has identified a small number of shady characters in the rebel ranks, but no significant presence, according to lawmakers. Legislators have expressed their frustration with government officials could not say when the U.S. operation would end. Rep. Adam Smith of Washington State, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said Clinton and Gates did not have much information on the future Libya. "Do we arm the rebels? What if Gaddafi holds on? What is our next step?" said Smith. Smith said the arming of the rebels may make sense, but added: "I think we need to know who exactly we would be arming. There are many different rebel groups. I think we need for greater understanding of the person on the ground. " A representative said Kevin Brady, R-Texas: "The administration has responded as best they could, given the ambiguity of the situation." The Pentagon, the cost of the operation to Libya today to 550 million. Blumenauer said officials estimated the cost could be 40 million per month depending on the length of the operation for the U.S. "It could be higher," he said. Legislators, particularly Republicans, are shaken by what they see as a lack of consultation with the administration and Obama's decision not to ask Congress authorization for the use of force. The briefings - the Senate had a separate meeting later Wednesday - came 12 days after the no-fly zone has begun. Obama spoke to congressional leaders on the eve of the military action began. "I do not understand is Gaddafi. I do not understand the refusal to come to Congress first," said Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore. Republicans, however, does not speak with one voice on the issue. John McCain, R-Ariz. dr monster monster dr beats headphone beats earphones monster by dre monster dre dre monster beats headphonesAnd Obama's 2008 presidential rival, said the president could not wait for Congress to take even a few days to discuss the use of force "there would was nothing left to save in Benghazi, "the rebels' de facto capital. Stavridis told the House Armed Services Committee that "the part of the strike and air patrol combat aviation will be filled largely by the Allies" and the U.S. will focus on things such as "intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, refueling ... search and rescue of combat." However, committee members expressed reservations. "This is a mission I am concerned whether or not the objectives are clear. And also I am a bit worried and I think it's hard to know who support us in this conflict," said Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio. Said freshman Rep. Chris Gibson, RN.Y., who made four combat tours in Iraq Army: "I think we have so much to the plate now that we must do to bring closure with regard to Iraq and Afghanistan. " An Associated Press-GfK survey found the country's partition on U.S. involvement in military action in Libya, with 48 percent and 50 percent approve disapprove. About three-quarters say it is unlikely that U.S. forces will be involved in Libya for the long term. Fifty-five percent say they would welcome the U.S. increases its military action to eliminate Qaddafi from power, although only 13 percent of ground troops for the United States, a step Obama said he would not do. The survey was conducted in the days leading up to the president's speech.