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State Dep’t Suspected in April that Libyan Guards at Benghazi Consulate had Tried to Attack It

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“State Department officials suspected that two Libyan guards hired by its own security contractor were behind an April incident in which a homemade bomb was hurled over the wall of the special mission in Benghazi, according to official emails obtained by Reuters…

The April attack illustrated concerns among some U.S. officials in Libya that hiring local residents for embassy guard duties could in itself raise security issues.

The emails identified one of the suspects in that incident as a former employee of Blue Mountain Group who had been fired four days earlier for vandalism, and said the other was still working for the company. Both were unarmed guards who performed routine security tasks, such as screening visitors.”
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55 posted on 10/16/2012 8:56:08 AM PDT by nanetteclaret (Unreconstructed Catholic Texan)
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Rice Blames Intel Talking Points for Faulty Libya Story

“U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice, in her first public comments on Libya since her controversial account days after the attack, blamed intelligence community talking points for the faulty narrative.”

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56 posted on 10/16/2012 9:05:09 AM PDT by nanetteclaret (Unreconstructed Catholic Texan)
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