Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Sensitve US Documents Still Unsecured At The US Consulate In Benghazi

The caskets of U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, Foreign Service officer Sean Smith, and security officers Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. Doherty are escorted through an honor cordon on Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sept. 14, 2012. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo

Sensitive Documents Left Behind At American Mission In Libya -- Washington Post

BENGHAZI, Libya — More than three weeks after attacks in this city killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans, sensitive documents remained only loosely secured in the remains of the U.S. mission here on Wednesday, offering visitors easy access to delicate details about American operations in Libya.

Documents detailing weapons collection efforts, emergency evacuation protocols, the full internal itinerary of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens’s trip and the personnel records of Libyans who were contracted to secure the mission were among the items scattered across the floors of the looted compound when a Washington Post reporter and a translator visited Wednesday.

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My Comment: What strikes me about this Washington Post report is that one of the documents found was dated two days before the attack, and it outlines concerns on the possibility of a terror attack on the consulate. Siggghhhhh .... as I have said repeatedly in the past three weeks .... this is a colossal security and intelligence failure on the part of the US State Department. Questions need to be asked .... and the answers better be provided.

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