While all this sounds very likely to be accurate, as former Information Management Specialist at State, we have specific routine to be carried out under threat of being overrun. Steven's was only in country around 5-6 weeks. The previous ambassador was someone I knew from Tel Aviv. The IMS with Stevens was typical money chaser (Danger Pay, Cost of Living Pay, Differential Pay - quick promotion for such duty on top big bucks for us foreign service types). Stevens and his IMS were together when both were killed. Stevens was openly homosexual and his love accompanied him to post, which if you remember South Africa in 1990 we sent a Black Ambassador just to rub it in the all white government's face - same here for the Muslims shoving it down their collective throats as a matter of US policy. Sucks to be Stevens but he knew the deal and affront to Islam by his posting - not the first time State did this either over the years.
Back to the IT - I would think first impassable that they would read documents on a server/laptop/whatever while under duress, and instead be destroying them with documentation. In the military working for the CINC in Korea I had 9 safes in two buildings, responsible for destruction, and that drill was gone over monthly. At State your Information Management Officer would get notified monthly and grab the Duty IMS to sent the test FLASH message that under real world conditions notifies everyone in the Situation Room of an incident - like when a plane is shoot down where it shouldn't be for instance.
I have always believed that those who had emails on her server were given information - and according to wikileaks there were people from all over the world on that server, to include our president.
