I don’t know about the legality of what they were doing. I know the interests of departments of our government often conflict (State and CIA) and that is made even more confusing by the wishes of an administration.
It is clear there is something about Benghazi that powerful people wish to conceal. Given the apparent lack of curiosity of the mainstream media one can infer the administration (and likely State Department) are the ones that have something to conceal. The CIA is by it’s very nature secretive as is the military. One can possibly infer that “whatever was there” was something they were afraid of the military finding as well. Why else would they have refused to send rapid reaction forces to secure the compound and rescue our people?
I doubt we will ever hear a true accounting of Benghazi because who in their right mind would want to become Snowden? The decision to allow our enemies access to such things before our military operators and even other non-involved intelligence operatives is quite curious.
My bet is that there was a weapons-deal involved. (A mid-east fast-and-furious?)
I am having a tin foil moment here on BenGahzi- what if Bin Laden was being held there and tortured? And he wasn’t KIA by the seals? And that’s what people know and can’t let be discovered?