extraordinary thing and requires our attention as a people. as a citizen i made the determination that this outweighs all other interests and will risk whatever circumstances may result from my testimony. i served as site security team commander in libya from 12 february to 14 august of this year, 2012. i was mobilized from the utah national guard in title 10 status and reported to special operations command, africa, soc africa which serves directly under after if i come. i was detailed in title 22 status to the department of state and assumed command of the sst the sst element consisted of 16 members. it is my understanding it was crafted by the national security council to meet the demanding security challenges facing the department of state and their requirement to re-establish diplomatic relations with the post-qaddafi or free libya. the sst loaned considerable support to the department of state security posture in
well. sst was heavily performed in the security detail when he ran. i ran with him on several occasions. the sst provided an important link for the country team to soc africa. with its intelligence assets and resources there was a good exchange of information between soc africa and the rso. it was a great working relationship between sst and diplomatic security agency and mst members of the embassy posts throughout libya. i reported three times a week through video teleconference to soc africa and sent daily situation reports. i had the communications capability to provide a direct link to soc africa 24/7. i no longer have access to e-mail or documents i worked with on a daily basis because much of this was contained on africom servers and computer that i worked through. my recollection of dates is mostly from memory. i will need to react ses that information in order to specify dates with greater certainty. the state department s