the nearly $700,000 deal handled by a contracting officer, given to a mysterious company blue mountain group. >> blue mountain is a little tiny security company registered in wales. never had a diplomatic security contract never done any high contracts anywhere in the world that we have been able to find. >> this classified cable first reported by fox news shows mid august of 2012 ambassador stevens and his team knew they were in trouble. warning the state department that radical islamic groups were everywhere. >> it was a disaster. >> they were sending these cables back to the contracting guys and the decision makers back here and they weren't responding. it's gross incompetence or negligence. one of the two. >> two weeks before the attack with the situation critical, suddenly the state department wants their help. >> they came back to us and said can you guys come in and take over security? so we were ready.