“The payoff for whatever he was doing there must have been big enough to justify the risk. “
This is something that has been nagging at me. What was this guy doing there (assuming he’s not a moron)?
Here’s a thread to cross-reference. Why was this allowed to happen?
Col. Hunt on the Newest Libyan Revelations (huge coverup!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2944272/posts
see Post #14:
“For six hours the entire military, intelligence, diplomatic and civil command structure of the United States government watched, in real time, as our consulate in Benghazi was under attack, while our ambassador and his hobbled security died.
That command structure did nothing. Afterward, they lied outright to cover-up their own culpability for political reasons. An intelligence failure, under the circumstances, was impossible.”
In addition, the Ambassador had met with the Turkish Ambassador right before it happened. Later Turkey stopped a Russian passenger plane flying to Syria carrying Russian military equipment.