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2013-10-28 Africa North
First Western eyewitness in Benghazi to go public gives account of attack, warning signs
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Posted by trailing wife 2013-10-28 03:24|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top
 File under: al-Qaeda in North Africa 

#1 The entire episode is a frightening reminder of how poor the entire administration has performed. They tried to spin the old "it's our fault, we made them kill us" and when that blew up in their faces, they then gave these peculiar explanations.

Of course, the bigger question is why Stevens was in Benghazi that night and for what reason?
Posted by Bill Clinton 2013-10-28 10:34||   2013-10-28 10:34|| Front Page Top

#2 The Telegraph ran this. Perhaps the British contractor was an employee of the UK's Blue Mountain Security, the firm that held the training contract. Blue Mountain pulled out of Benghazi and the contract for some reason. What was it ?
Posted by Besoeker 2013-10-28 10:36||   2013-10-28 10:36|| Front Page Top

#3 It would seem that he was in some capacity, since Blue Mountain had the contract:

[Jones] claimed that having been employed to train the unarmed guards for the mission's entrance, he told US officials that a team of armed Libyan militiamen hired separately by the State Department to defend the mission in the event of an attack were not up to the task.

It's safe to state that he wasn't management, since it's been reported that Blue Mountain had pulled had that individual flown out of Libya shortly prior to the attack.
Posted by Pappy 2013-10-28 10:57||   2013-10-28 10:57|| Front Page Top

#4 I've always believe Blue Mountain Security held the keys to this cock-up. The BMS pull-out of Benghazi may have not been a total withdrawal. It could have been a phased extraction. Bringing the program manager home would have terminated the contract and sent a message. Discretely having someone remain on the ground to monitor developments, just good business from a indications and warnings standpoint.

Mr 'Morgan's (scant little new here revelations) could be a very British way of #10 telling the regime to curb their NSA dog. Or am I boxing at shadows once again?
Posted by Besoeker 2013-10-28 11:18||   2013-10-28 11:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Mr 'Morgan's (scant little new here revelations) could be a very British way of #10 telling the regime to curb their NSA dog. Or am I boxing at shadows once again?

Perhaps. Or perhaps more of an indication of displeasure with the White House, State, and the US IC, not just the NSA.

Notice there is no mention whether "Mr. Jones" was self-employed, sub-contracted, or a contract employee. Also no mention of who the contracting company is. Interesting.
Posted by Pappy 2013-10-28 14:29||   2013-10-28 14:29|| Front Page Top

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