I choose “incompetent” on Gates and mendacious, to boot, just like his boss, Zero.
Crap...”Gates” = Panetta...more coffee!!!
I don’t think it was incompetence I think it was necessary collateral damage. They didn’t want the world to know what Stevens real job in Benghazi was.
Elections have consequences. Little barry bastard boy brought to the government a theme, to lie whenever it suits him. He knew he had the fifth column media enemy of We The People to cover his lies as truth or dissemble opposition to the lies whenevr he commands it. So the underlings are merely following regime modus operendi when they lies repeatedly. At least we are finding out which of the upper brass are soul out to lie their way to promotion rather than honor their oaths. It’s a good thing to weed out those without honor in the military.