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.
Great points.