Hours before the U.S. Consulate was set on fire, hours before Stevens and three Americans were killed, the red flags were flying for those in a position to respond.
C. Boyden Gray is a former Diplomat and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union. "Why wasn't there more security building up to this, why wasn't there more protection in Benghazi where we knew it was a hotbed of turmoil."
Our investigative partners at the Washington Guardian obtained the memo Stevens' sent to Secretary of State Clinton, hours before the attack. John Solomon from the Washington Guardian says there was warning. "The Ambassador himself, Chris Stevens tells Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State on the morning before he died that the militias, the local security that was providing much of the security for U.S. forces in Benghazi could no longer be trusted."
About 48 hours before terrorists struck, leaders of the Libyan security force told American officials they were angry, put off by the U.S. backing of a man that wanted to become Libya's next Prime Minister. Stevens' described the atmosphere as a "state of maximum alert."
Nothing was maximum about the response or reaction from the white house. September 14th, three days after the attack in Benghazi, before the Obama administration acknowledged it publically. Intially blaming it on an anti muslim video, still maintaining that's what happened on September 16th - five days after the attack .
It would take more than a week, September 19th before the state department stated it was terrorism and still another two days before the event was connected to Al-Qaeda on September 21st.
Why didn't the state department react sooner to Ambassador Stevens? The red flags were there, this was not a mission that needed to piece together complicated tea leaves.
Daniel Bongino is a former secret service agent and for a time protected President George W. Bush. "I don't think they missed it, they had it and the decisions were unfortunately political and not security based."
C. Boyden Gray says the cover-up was the mistake. "The mistake that people make over and over again is the cover-up and i think there has been something of a cover-up here."
C. Boyden Gray is a former Diplomat and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union. "Why wasn't there more security building up to this, why wasn't there more protection in Benghazi where we knew it was a hotbed of turmoil."
Our investigative partners at the Washington Guardian obtained the memo Stevens' sent to Secretary of State Clinton, hours before the attack. John Solomon from the Washington Guardian says there was warning. "The Ambassador himself, Chris Stevens tells Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State on the morning before he died that the militias, the local security that was providing much of the security for U.S. forces in Benghazi could no longer be trusted."
About 48 hours before terrorists struck, leaders of the Libyan security force told American officials they were angry, put off by the U.S. backing of a man that wanted to become Libya's next Prime Minister. Stevens' described the atmosphere as a "state of maximum alert."
Nothing was maximum about the response or reaction from the white house. September 14th, three days after the attack in Benghazi, before the Obama administration acknowledged it publically. Intially blaming it on an anti muslim video, still maintaining that's what happened on September 16th - five days after the attack .
It would take more than a week, September 19th before the state department stated it was terrorism and still another two days before the event was connected to Al-Qaeda on September 21st.
Why didn't the state department react sooner to Ambassador Stevens? The red flags were there, this was not a mission that needed to piece together complicated tea leaves.
Daniel Bongino is a former secret service agent and for a time protected President George W. Bush. "I don't think they missed it, they had it and the decisions were unfortunately political and not security based."
C. Boyden Gray says the cover-up was the mistake. "The mistake that people make over and over again is the cover-up and i think there has been something of a cover-up here."