The whole thing was just an October Surprise set-up. Stevens was to be held hostage. The other three were of no consequence to the administration. Alive and free, alive and held hostage or dead, it didn't matter. Zer0 wanted to be seen coming to the rescue just as Jesse Jackson got to do with a captured Navy pilot in Lebanon back in the 80’s....but it all went bad....while the administration watched....the ambassador was murdered and ALL the different slimeballs involved started scurrying about to cover their asses as the WH tried to have a blanket excuse- the video- cover them all.
jmho
Yo Roccus! A perfect scenario for a CYA memo caper.