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More than three weeks after attacks in this city killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans, sensitive documents remained only loosely secured in the remains of the U.S. mission here on Wednesday, offering visitors easy access to delicate details about American operations in Libya.
Documents detailing weapons collection efforts, emergency evacuation protocols, the full internal itinerary of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens’s trip and the personnel records of Libyans who were contracted to secure the mission were among the items scattered across the floors of the looted compound when a Washington Post reporter and a translator visited Wednesday.
Documents detailing weapons collection efforts, emergency evacuation protocols, the full internal itinerary of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens’s trip and the personnel records of Libyans who were contracted to secure the mission were among the items scattered across the floors of the looted compound when a Washington Post reporter and a translator visited Wednesday.
I certainly hope that these folks weren't the first line of defense for the mission.. Was this just a supplement to normal security? I don't know..
Originally posted by JacKatMtn
reply to post by SLAYER69
Putting the lives of US Diplomats and mission in the hands of folks who have to provide their own weapons and ammo, for less than 30 bucks a day = acceptable security?
A four hour shift at McD's would earn in the neighborhood of 35.. without putting their life on the line.
I have to be missing something here, been a busy day so forgive me if I seem clueless
Originally posted by SLAYER69
reply to post by JacKatMtn
Documents detailing weapons collection efforts, emergency evacuation protocols, the full internal itinerary of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens’s trip and the personnel records of Libyans who were contracted to secure the mission were among the items scattered across the floors of the looted compound when a Washington Post reporter and a translator visited Wednesday.
I dunno it doesn't really sound like that sensitive info or big of a deal really. Weapons collection efforts, contracting people to help secure the mission and his trip info? Well, the guy is dead. What's wrong with hiring Libyans and getting weapons out of the hands of the locals? Doesn't seem to me to be that bad of an idea.
No?
The U.S. military's newspaper, Stars & Stripes, recently reported that the Pentagon is buying Chevy Volts in a 1,500 electric-vehicle purchase, as part of the Defense Department's "green initiatives," which seek to reduce the country's dependence on foreign energy sources
As it relates to Benghazi consulate security, sequestration will gut $129 million from embassy security, maintenance and construction budgets. The State Department should be devoting its sure-to-dwindle resources to security guards and/or equipment in order to prevent a repeat of the deaths of Ambassador Stevens and the others in Libya.
The one that has me scratchin my noggin is the quick reaction force letter, where it appears that those hired to be part of the force were required to secure their own weapon and ammunition, along with the pay which was 35LYD or less than 30 bucks a day..
Benghazi back story: Why private security wasn't around
...Only the American Embassies in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan are exempted from awarding security contracts to the lowest bidder. Dangerous posts are allowed to consider “best value” contracting instead, according to a State Department inspector general’s report in February.
The large private security firms that have protected American diplomats in Iraq and Afghanistan sought State Department contracts in Libya, and at least one made a personal pitch to the ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens, who was killed in the militants’ attack in Benghazi on Sept. 11, according to a senior official at one firm.
But given the Libyan edict banning the contractors, the Obama administration was eager to reduce the American footprint there. After initially soliciting bids from major security companies for work in Libya, State Department officials never followed through.
“We went in to make a pitch, and nothing happened,” said the security firm official. He said the State Department could have found a way around the Libyans’ objections if it had wanted to...