it was al qaeda affiliated, running wild, the government had lost all control of eastern libya. on the day of the attack, the blue mountains security manager who actually hired the 17th of february martyrs brigade to protect the consulate says there was something wrong. he put out an alert on both of the radios and cell phones. in fact, there have been reported that there was a split between him and the martyrs brigade. after that, we have a group that we know three hours before the attack, the al sharia militia,