The problem is that he did nothing to secure their safety and then lied about who was responsible for the attack. They knew by 6pm.
As an aside, one of the men arrested in Turkey is now in Tunisia and the US is being denied access. ( reported earlier on Fox)
Fox News was told that an estimated 300 to 400 national security figures received these emails in real time almost as the raid was playing out and concluding. People who received these emails work directly under the nation’s top national security, military and diplomatic officials, Fox News was told.
How did they think this was going to stay quiet
Both transcripts, Obama in the last debate talking about Libya in 2nd debate,
Obama “Now with respect to Libya, as I indicated in the last debate, when we received that phone call”
Transcript of Second Presidential Debate
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/16/transcript-second-presidential-debate/
OBAMA: “So as soon as we found out that the Benghazi consulate was being overrun, I was on the phone with my national security team and I gave them three instructions.
Number one, beef up our security and procedures, not just in Libya, but at every embassy and consulate in the region.
Number two, investigate exactly what happened, regardless of where the facts lead us, to make sure folks are held accountable and it doesn’t happen again.
And number three, we are going to find out who did this and we’re going to hunt them down, because one of the things that I’ve said throughout my presidency is when folks mess with Americans, we go after them.”