u.s. sanction. the only reason he would be coming is to try to get a message to trump. ideally in person, as he did last night by hand delivering a letter. if that meeting with pompeo at the hotel goes well by both sides estimation, then i highly expect that he will go to the white house this afternoon and probably meet both bolton and trump and deliver the letter. we just looked, by the way of that video of secretary pompeo arriving at the hotel. this is not at the state department facility. this is the hotel where he s staying. it s not a super fancy hotel. it s a pretty regular hotel, right. let me ask you this, this discussion is happening with secretary pompeo and president trump, even as this administration acknowledges that north korea is not where they want to be when it comes to
governs. there s got to be a basic level of security. what would have been your sense of which way we should have gone here? close call. my sense was the cia base had add kwat security. it was serving as the alamo of the state department security there. that s what they would have fallen back on. from all i can see, the circumstances at the state department facility, that was an attack waiting to happen. they were vulnerable. once they got underway, there was no fall back. very few choices they could exercise. i think the mistake there was t the ambassador spending the night. to follow up on that, you have the quick reaction for us.
they got to the come pound in 24 minutes. who is in control? it s a state department facility under attack. they would have had an ultimate responsibility for that. mike, i agree with your analysis. on the night of the your attack, i m willing to accept that everyone did everything right. everyone did everything possible. if you don t mind i would love to jump from benghazi to domestic politics. you signed up to be an adviser, is that correct? that s correct. has your confidence been shaken at all in what you ve seen in the last several months on the campaign trail? you re asking a political question. that s what i m saying, no.
state department facility. in benghazi, libya. then again, it shows the increase in security being nonexistent. i assume your answer is the same with respect to the fact that we have increasing security incidents but no corresponding increase in the amount of security? congressman, i just have to respectfully disagree. many security requests were fulfilled. we would be happy to get that information for the record. so i can t really tell what it is you are putting on that poster but i know that a number of the security requests were fulfilled for benghazi. what it shows is the number of direct diplomatic security agents at the beginning of 2012 and those that were there the day of the murder of four americans is no different. congressman, the decision as i recall was that the post, namely embassy tripoli on behalf of benghazi, requested five diplomatic security personnel and they did have that on the
one of the issues here is why wasn t there better security at the state department facility and benghazi absolutely. it s something that trey gowdy has it to get to the bottom of in his benghazi committee. anyway, let me tell you the great war of our time it s a brand new book. i encourage the viewers to read it it it s a fascinating read. sir, thank you very much for joining us. i m sorry i was a little rough on you. no problem. good to be with you. thank you. straight ahead yours and my nightmare. a breeding ground for isis, the governor of one iraqi province overrun with isis terrorists tells you what s really happening with isis is. only right here and on the record. plus nfl star brett favre reacts to tom brady s punishment only on the record. (dog) mmm. this beneful is so good and healthy. hey, you know what? we should just go ahead and have this for breakfast tomorrow. would that be crazy? (vo) beneful original is a healthy blend your dog will love. with whole grains,