[TigersEye]

If the administration is willing to admit that and disavow the facilities as part of the State Dept.'s diplomatic mission they could make that argument. They would have to explain why all the requests for improved security were going to the State Dept.

But how would they make that case for the personnel? I presume that ambassador Stevens and all the rest were there with the knowledge and permission of the provisional gov of Libya. Wouldn't we have the 'right under international law' to defend officials of the U.S. gov who were present in the country with Libyan approval?

[Jim Noble]

Wouldn't we have the 'right under international law'

Except that, since there is no "international sovereign" and no "international lawgiver"(legislature), there is no such thing as international "law".

THIS is the only law we need: