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Libyan cop was caught photographing inside of US consulate in Benghazi on morning of September 11
Times of Israel ^ | November 1, 2012 | Times of Israel staff

Posted on 11/01/2012 10:56:27 AM PDT by maggief

A Libyan policeman was caught photographing the inside of the US Consulate in Benghazi on the morning of September 11, hours before US Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed in a terror attack there, and worried US consular staff complained to the Libyan Foreign Ministry over the security breach, an Arabic TV station reported on Thursday, quoting from letters found at the consulate after it was attacked.

Alaan TV, a channel based in the United Arab Emirates, said the letters also showed that the Americans had been urging the Libyan authorities to provide special security arrangements for Stevens’ visit — including a 24-hour police guard at the front and rear gates of the consulate, a mobile patrol and a bomb-sniffing dog — but these requests were not granted. The consulate was left for many hours “with no police support at all,” one letter complained.

In excerpts of the TV broadcast recorded and translated by MEMRI (the Middle East Media Research Institute), Alaan TV said it was basing its report on documents written by US consulate staff on September 11 and found “in the Tactical Operations Center building” of the consulate.

The report referred to two letters — one addressed to the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the other, almost identical in content, addressed to the Benghazi police chief.

“In the letters, the Americans complained about an incident that occurred on the morning of September 11, an incident they described as ‘troubling’,” the report said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 20120911; benghazi; benghazisecurity; cameraincidents; kenyanbornmuzzie; libya; libyanpolice; scouts; shadowwars; threatmatrix; uae; waronterror
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To: maggief
US officials wrote worried letters to Libyan authorities, protesting inadequate security, hours before Ambassador Stevens was killed

Libyan Authorities: "Thank you for sending us news of Ambassador Stevens arrival. We are preparing the reception for him now!"

21 posted on 11/01/2012 11:52:44 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

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22 posted on 11/01/2012 11:56:45 AM PDT by Nachum (The List was hacked- www.nachumlist.com)
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To: onyx
Thanks onyx. Info keeps streaming out on this whole fiasco.
Surely Issa's committee must be fully aware of those letters, as well as some in the Senate who will be a part of the Senate investigative committee.
The White Hut and the DOS will not escape from this dilemma they found themselves in.
23 posted on 11/01/2012 11:58:24 AM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned.)
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To: Cicero

The “liberated” Libya government putting an Al Qaeda guy in charge of security in Benghazi should have given everybody a clue as to what was around the corner. The fox was guarding that henhouse - literally.

With “friends” like that, who needs enemies?

And it sounds like Sean and Ambassador Stevens both knew they weren’t safe being there.


24 posted on 11/01/2012 12:01:42 PM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: maggief

Wrote letters??? Sheesh


25 posted on 11/01/2012 12:06:34 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Why not eliminate the middle man and have whoever feeds Obama his lines debate Romney directly?")
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To: Marine_Uncle

Right, but they’re stalling till after the election.

I’m furious.

I know you are, too.

We’re all LIVID.


26 posted on 11/01/2012 12:09:28 PM PDT by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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To: ColdOne

Yeah seems like I remember that in an article about him being an Eve Online player.

CT


27 posted on 11/01/2012 12:14:16 PM PDT by Carolina_Thor (It's always better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.)
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To: onyx

At least we have November 6th in order to partly relieve our frustration. What a dismal four years it has been, in so many respects in regards to the current administration.


28 posted on 11/01/2012 12:17:35 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned.)
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To: maggief

Back when this first happened there was a world of Warcraft forum where one of the people killed had said this very thing. In essence they said a cop had been photographing the facility and he wasn’t sure he’d live through the day. Anybody remember that?


29 posted on 11/01/2012 12:22:07 PM PDT by Frapster (There you go again....)
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To: maggief

There it is! I remember that!


30 posted on 11/01/2012 12:23:34 PM PDT by Frapster (There you go again....)
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To: maggief
Come on you guys...peedent obammy toured NJ with gov christie. What the hell more do you want?!

FMCDH(BITS)

31 posted on 11/01/2012 12:37:18 PM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: maggief
Come on you guys...peedent obammy toured NJ with gov christie. What the hell more do you want?!...(BTW, the MAJOR journalists all called it looking VERY PENISDENTIAL!)

FMCDH(BITS)

32 posted on 11/01/2012 12:39:33 PM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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Yes Frapster, somebody who played Eve Online with Sean Smith immediately reported he’d told him the place was being cased by their “police”. Does anyone think that if Smith told his online friend he feared for his life that concerns wouldn’t have been made known to the WH?

This is why I knew the tale about the youtube vid was b.s. from the get-go. The attack was obviously planned, there was never a protest that got out of hand.


33 posted on 11/01/2012 1:19:10 PM PDT by Hayride
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To: maggief; ExTexasRedhead
for later read .................................................... FRegards
34 posted on 11/01/2012 3:06:02 PM PDT by gonzo ( Buy more ammo, dammit! You should already have the firearms ... FRegards)
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To: maggief; MestaMachine; KC_Lion; Godzilla; Domestic Church; dragonblustar; Oorang; jersey117; ...
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Libyan cop was caught photographing inside of US consulate in Benghazi on morning of September 11

. . . . Article, then # 4 , # 6 , # 7 .

Thanks, Maggie.

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35 posted on 11/01/2012 9:13:02 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: Travis McGee

Ping


36 posted on 11/01/2012 9:16:58 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (The pundits have forgotten the 2010 elections.)
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To: maggief

One of the SEALS, Woods maybe, posted online that people were taking pictures of the consulate.


37 posted on 11/01/2012 9:23:02 PM PDT by bgill (Evil doers are in every corner of our government. Have we passed the point of no return?)
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To: LucyT; maggief; onyx; penelopesire; SE Mom; huldah1776

Is there anyway we can get the information coming out this weekend on any military threads? Our vets and troops need to know this information BEFORE they vote.


38 posted on 11/01/2012 9:23:15 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then.)
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To: bgill

Post #6.


39 posted on 11/01/2012 9:26:25 PM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

Thanks for the link. I couldn’t remember which hero had posted that.


40 posted on 11/01/2012 9:27:47 PM PDT by bgill (Evil doers are in every corner of our government. Have we passed the point of no return?)
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