One of the posters above speaks to the idea it was an abduction gone wrong and I cannot say that that’s impossible.
the men we hired to protect the mission physically opened the gate for their attackers, who shouted, dr. Morsi sent us.
they said it clearly and there are scattered reports that some of the guards actually took place in the attack itself.
another good question is if the men with Chris’s bodY wanted to help him, why did they take him to a hospital controlled by al-qaida?
that sounds exactly like the actions of abductors, not Rescuers.
the dozens of refusals to enhance security when taken together sound like a logical attempt to PERMIT the mission to be attacked.
it suggests there was some collusion, some prearrangement, some kind of bargain we have not seen.
Stevens was traveling around by automobile. From looking at the number of security people at the State Department facility, I’m thinking he was probably driving around with a driver and one guard.
Way easier to take him in a car than in a compound.
I just don’t see this as a kidnapping gone wrong.
Where were the house breaching tools?
They bring RPGs and heavy machine guns but no tools to take down a reinforced door?
The level of execution they displayed would seem to indicate that their planning would have been thorough enough to prepare for that eventuality.