Newly Released Document Reveals State Department Knew Something Terrifying About Benghazi

A newly released email relating to Benghazi finds that the State Department had only two or three permanent guards stationed at the location in the months leading up to the attack.

In an email dated Feb. 12, 2012 — seven months before the attack — Eric Nordstrom, State Department regional security director, informed regional director James Bacigalupo that he would be glad to call and talk about the lack of security in Benghazi.

“Sure, for historical continuity and clarity we have had multiple times previously had no movements in Benghazi because we had only 2 DS (Bureau of Diplomatic Security) agents on the ground,” wrote Nordstrom.

“Having no movements for upwards of 10 days severely limits operations in Benghazi. I’ve been placed in a very difficult spot when the Ambassador tells me that I need to support Benghazi but can’t direct MSD (Office of Mobile Security Deployment) there and been advised that DS isn’t going to provide more than 3 DS agents over the long term,” he added.

The night of the Benghazi attack on Sept. 11, 2012, there were in fact three permanent security agents on site, and two that had traveled with Ambassador Chris Stevens . . .

In the July 9, 2012, cable, Stevens reported, “Overall security conditions continue to be unpredictable, with large numbers of armed groups and individuals not under control of the central government, and frequent clashes in Tripoli and other major population centers.” The cable indicated 13 security personnel would be the “minimum” needed for “transportation security and incident response capability.” (Read more from “Newly Released Document Reveals State Department Knew Something Terrifying About Benghazi” HERE)

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