decision not to extend sst security work beyond the fifth of august terminated our security work in this capacity. military members of my team were in the process of changing status from title 22 back to title 10 shortly before my departure. the situation on the ground was continuously updated with reports that i sent to my military chain of command and cc d the rso on. rso sent information on security and threats of similar manner up his chain of command. while the sound of gunfire in and around tripoli subsided february and april, the situation was unstable. libyans struggled with the transitional government hess indicated tated to make decisions and were forced to rely on local and tribal militias with varying degrees of loyalty. late february police were allowed to return to traffic. fighting among militias was common when i departed. militias appeared to be disintegrating organizations representing freelance