From what they were saying on C-SPAN this morning the report indicates that Steven’s turned down offers of more security because he didnt liked the way they looked to locals.
I heard last night (Fox) that the State Department had turned down his requests for additional security. The military offered additional security and he turned that down because it would have made State look bad i.e. your own people turn you down and you have to get it from someone else. If true, he made a political decision to save State’s face .... cost him big time.
If that were anywhere CLOSE to being true, they would have been using this as an excuse from day one!
It just shows that given enough time they can come up with another excuse for their failure.