Between early June and early August, there were at least four attacks on Western targets in Benghazi, including one on the consulate. So . . . we send our Ambassador there on the anniversary of 9-11 after receiving intelligence from the Egyptian government that unpleasantness is expected in Cairo on 9-11 and after Zawahiri releases his video calling for revenge for the death of his Libyan second in command. And our Ambassador has only locals for security - no Marines, no Blackwater.
What could possibly go wrong?
Incompetence at the highest levels of the State Department. What role did the White House play in this disaster?
“So . . . we send our Ambassador there...”
See, that’s part of what I’m getting at. He isn’t ordered to go. He’s invited. If he has something else on his schedule for that day, he goes another day.