by saying that i was aware of certain incidents at our facility and the attack on the british diplomate. i was briefed on steps taken to repair the breach in the perimeter wall after the june bombing, steps taken to reduce compound movement. our team, led by security professionals, but also including intelligence professionals and others did not recommend, based on those incidents, abandoning benghazi. in part because over the last years, we have become accustomed to operating in dangerous places. in pakistan, in iraq, excuse me, in afghanistan, and yemen and elsewhere. and we do, as by necessity, rely on security professionals to implement the protocols and procedures necessary to keep our people safe and as i said in my opening statements, i have a lot of confidence in them because, you know, most of the time they get it right.
, and the growing presence at the end. the ied planted in the ledge of the perimeter wall was a probing attack to measure the u.s. response. this incident coupled with the attacks on the international red cross and the rpg attack on the british ambassador that lead the british to leave benghazi have a broader effort by the affiliate to establish this islamic state in eastern libya. do you believe the attack was an effort to drive the influence out of eastern libya and specifically this growing cia presence? that s a big part of it. i don t think they want the western influence there. i think they said you are unwelcome, go away. and therefore when we are unwelcome, we can expect rough treatment. tonight the cia had no public commenting on our reporting, shep. thanks. fox newschannel is devoting an hour of prime time tomorrow to the libya attack. a special report investigation tomorrow at 10 eastern, 9
on our consulate in benghazi and how this could all be part of a larger al-qaeda strategy. our chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live with the very latest in washington. catherine? reporter: megyn, thank you. two military sources tell fox news that a a the attack may hae been preemptive and specifically the growing cia presence at the annexment al-qaeda is capitalizing on the proliferate proliferate this attack on the consulate june 6th with an ied planted in the perimeter wall is described to fox as a probing attack to measure the u.s. response. there was nothing significant in response that attack. that incident coupled with attacks on the international red cross and this rpg attack on the british ambassador also in june, also in benghazi suggesting a pattern to drive western influence from that city. part of the broader effort by the al-qaeda affiliate to establish an islamic state in
presence from benghazi. they are capitalizing on the proceed tpeuf ration of weapons after the fall of moammar qaddafi. this attack on the u.s. consulate june 6th with an ied planted in the ledge of the perimeter wall is described to fox as a probing attack to measure the u.s. response. this incident coupled with attacks on the international red cross and this rpg attack on the british ambassador in benghazi also in june suggests a pattern to drive western influence from that city, part of the broader effort by the al-qaida affiliate and ansar al sharia to establish in libya. the policies of leading from behind are now compounded by the policies of leading from afar which goes right to your point of pushing the cia and other people out of their areas so there can be sang which are reareas for them. i think that is an accurate assessment that they are trying to create more sanctuary areas
presence. this attack on the consulate was planted on the ledge of the perimeter wall in june is described as a way to measure the u.s. response and there was no significant response. this coupled with the attacks on the red cross and an attack on the british ambassador in benghazi, after the attempted assassination the british pulled out of benghazi suggests the pattern to drive western influence from the city. part of the broader of the by the al qaeda affiliate to establish an islamic state in libya. the policies of leading from behind are now compounded by the policies of leading from afar which goes right to your point of pushing the c.i.a. and other people out of their area so they could be sanctuary areas. that is an accurate assessment they are trying to create more sanctuary areas by pushing us out, our diplomats, our military. the c.i.a. had no public