Posted on 10/27/2013 7:43:09 PM PDT by Nachum
A British security contractor said he repeatedly warned US officials that their diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, was inadequately protected before it suffered a deadly attack last year.
He also described fighting off armed attackers during the al-Qaeda-linked assault, in an attempt to help rescue guards he had trained to man the gates of the compound.
Speaking publicly about the attack for the first time, the contractor, a former British soldier using the pseudonym Morgan Jones "for his own safety", described the experience as "sheer hell".
He claimed that having been employed to train the unarmed guards for the mission's entrance, he told US officials that a team of armed Libyan militiamen hired separately by the State Department to defend the mission in the event of an attack were not up to the task.
"I was saying 'these guys are no good. You need to get them out of here'," he told CBS News, adding that he repeatedly cautioned that they were "not going to stand and fight" if they came under fire. "In the end I got quite bored of hearing my own voice saying it," he said.
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60 Minutes: Benghazi (CBS Transcript)
CBS News | Sunday, October 27, 2013 | Lara Logan
Posted on 10/27/2013 5:45:31 PM PDT by kristinn
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Yes, but no one drove out to the golf course to warn Obama, so it’s Bush’s fault.
What difference does it make. One more drama after another with this squatter in the white house. People so fatigued on all of them they have become immuned and could care less. The media helps to hide it.
This has damaged our reputation throughout the world, which has already been tarnished - self interest ahead of national interest, lies and deception.
NAME NAMES, BUD!!
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