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Trey Gowdy allowed the now deceased Ambassador Stevens to testify to the committee, something that has not occurred in the previous committee investigations because they overlooked his own testimony / failed to consider him as a witness. Who better to testify about what was going on in Benghazi leading up to the attack on 9/11/12?!
Gowdy and the committee now have Ambassador Stevens' e-mails ands documents, and they provide exceptional 'testimony' / insight into what happened in Benghazi. So far Stevens' e-mails and documents have revealed:
"Two months before the fatal 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, then-Ambassador Chris Stevens requested 13 security personnel to help him safely travel around Libya. "Overall security conditions continue to be unpredictable, with large numbers of armed groups and individuals not under control of the central government, and frequent clashes in Tripoli and other major population centers." The cable said 13 security personnel would be the "minimum" needed for "transportation security and incident response capability."
-- Patrick Kennedy, a deputy to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, turned down the request. Evidently Hillary / Obama knew better than the man there on the ground in Benghazi how many security personnel were needed."
Stevens warned that the Benghazi security set-up did not meet State Department standards.
In the year leading up to the 2012 attack, records show, there were 234 security incidents in Libya, 50 of which took place in Benghazi -- including a June assassination attempt on the British ambassador in which a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle. The team narrowly escaped. The other nations pulled their Ambassadors out of Benghazi, but Stevens was left there.
A senior State Department security officer in Libya told Senate investigators that, in September 2012, he had to choose between guarding the Tripoli airport -- their lifeline to the outside world -- and sending security with Stevens to Benghazi. He chose to reinforce the airport so he could get out and chose to send Stevens to Benghazi without adequate security.
- IN OTHER WORDS: WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PERSONNEL TO GUARD / PROTECT THE AIRPORT AND AMBASSADOR STEVENS.
---- It's not rocket science here: YOU PULL STEVENS OUT!
Adam Zagorin, Project on Govt oversight, testified that 'there is a broader pattern of mismanagement when it comes to security and outside contracts'.
"Further, the guard force at the Benghazi consulate, run by a contractor called Blue Mountain Libya, was in such disarray on Sept. 11, 2012, that they did not have a valid license to operate in Benghazi, according to emails obtained through a federal lawsuit."
Ambassador sought security staffing before Benghazi attack, cable shows
As shown above, the lack of adequate protection for Ambassador Stevens was the result of an intentional CHOICE by the State Department not to do so. THAT CHOICE DIRECTLY RESULTED IN STEVENS' DEATH!
Gowdy and the committee now have Ambassador Stevens' e-mails ands documents, and they provide exceptional 'testimony' / insight into what happened in Benghazi. So far Stevens' e-mails and documents have revealed:
"Two months before the fatal 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, then-Ambassador Chris Stevens requested 13 security personnel to help him safely travel around Libya. "Overall security conditions continue to be unpredictable, with large numbers of armed groups and individuals not under control of the central government, and frequent clashes in Tripoli and other major population centers." The cable said 13 security personnel would be the "minimum" needed for "transportation security and incident response capability."
-- Patrick Kennedy, a deputy to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, turned down the request. Evidently Hillary / Obama knew better than the man there on the ground in Benghazi how many security personnel were needed."
Stevens warned that the Benghazi security set-up did not meet State Department standards.
In the year leading up to the 2012 attack, records show, there were 234 security incidents in Libya, 50 of which took place in Benghazi -- including a June assassination attempt on the British ambassador in which a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle. The team narrowly escaped. The other nations pulled their Ambassadors out of Benghazi, but Stevens was left there.
A senior State Department security officer in Libya told Senate investigators that, in September 2012, he had to choose between guarding the Tripoli airport -- their lifeline to the outside world -- and sending security with Stevens to Benghazi. He chose to reinforce the airport so he could get out and chose to send Stevens to Benghazi without adequate security.
- IN OTHER WORDS: WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PERSONNEL TO GUARD / PROTECT THE AIRPORT AND AMBASSADOR STEVENS.
---- It's not rocket science here: YOU PULL STEVENS OUT!
Adam Zagorin, Project on Govt oversight, testified that 'there is a broader pattern of mismanagement when it comes to security and outside contracts'.
"Further, the guard force at the Benghazi consulate, run by a contractor called Blue Mountain Libya, was in such disarray on Sept. 11, 2012, that they did not have a valid license to operate in Benghazi, according to emails obtained through a federal lawsuit."
Ambassador sought security staffing before Benghazi attack, cable shows
As shown above, the lack of adequate protection for Ambassador Stevens was the result of an intentional CHOICE by the State Department not to do so. THAT CHOICE DIRECTLY RESULTED IN STEVENS' DEATH!
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