parts of the globe. >> mike, this is safer than it used to be. once upon a time, american embassies and consulates were right on the street, easily vulnerable. i can remember the destruction of the american embassy in beirut which was blown up by a car bomb that just steered in the driveway and boom, because there was really nothing to stop it. that doesn't happen much so more. the consulate in benghazi was a temporary facility. it had security, some standoff, but it was pretty limited. it's not a place where you could fight off an attacking army, and that's what they were facing. they had people with firing rpgs into the compound. in egypt, talking to embassy people last night on the phone, you had protesters climbing the walls that surround the embassy. they were screaming to the egyptian police, do something. get these people out of here. and the police are saying well, it's very dangerous. we're not sure this is the right time. finally, thank goodness, the egyptian police did crack down. but these places are vulnerable. the people who serve in them