Libya: Benghazi Consulate Security Woefully Inadequate


Testimony about poor security at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi to a congressional hearing yesterday appeared to change the terms of the debate over the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack that resulted in the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. The testimony by career State Department and defense personnel was compelling and appeared to point to major shortcomings in U.S. diplomatic security as well as policy problems facing the United States and its European allies in the Arab world due to the downside of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings.


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