>> we weren't told they wanted more security there. we did not upon know they wanted more security. >> now, there are two issues there. the first one is that he claims, biden claims it was the intelligence community that told them it was spontaneous protest. there are two sides to this story. the state department says that it never concluded that the consulate attack in libya stemmed from protests over an american-made video. and in fact, they invoke aid certain act of terror warnings at the very beginning, so they could do that. on the other hand, i have to say that the director of national intelligence, james clapper, originally said -- i have to quote here, in the immediate aftermath, there was information that led us to assess that the attack began spontaneously, following protests earlier that day at our embassy. we provided that initial assessment to the executive branch officials. so biden has backup there. on the question of we were not told, maybe biden wasn't told,