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bureau. on the overlay of the near east bureau is the diplomatic security bureau that allocates and decides what the threat atmosphere is in each. in this situation, what happened is that the state department regional security officer knew the threat level increased dramatically, but for some reason and i don t know if the report reveals publicly and i haven t seen these or have access to the annex, for some reason the security office and the managing bureau the state department cookie cuttered libya into another category rather than one that placed it on a higher threat level. there was a total break down between what the regional security officer was learning about and the bureaucrats in the state department who were saying what you are saying that doesn t fit into the definition to the increase in security. you made it clear that they
consequences of that security lax that resulted in the deaths of four americans including the first time that a u.s. ambassador has lost his life in such a terrorist attack in 30 years. now, what we ve seen is this. the state department regional security officer in benghazi twice requested a formal request for more security, and what happened? well, as the lieutenant colonel clearly said in his testimony before the government reform committee, they were taken out of country, and this in spite of the fact that the ambassador specifically requested that they be allowed to stay, and this in spite of the fact that the international red cross building close to the benghazi consulate had twice been attacked, in spite of the attac the fact thae consulate had been twice been attacked including ied attacks where a hole was blown in the entrance to the consulate big
know? bob: you think ambassador rice participated in a cove coverup? kimberly: given her marching orders eric: unlikely bob: for the record, ambassador rice eric: i think there will be a smoking gun e-mail at some point that proves all of this. kimberly: she had to give talking points to cover for administration. bob: you re saying, too, there was a coverup? kimberly: i m giving you options. dana: that or gross incompetence. i ll say it. i think it s a coverup. kimberly: i think it s both. greg: listen, because i mean this memo where they have options and they choose to say it s the video and blaming it on a memo that appeared. smells funny. bob: you don t like the video, i would like one person, just one on the record to say kimberly: let me tell you something. house oversight committee will hear this. lieutenant colonel andy woods asking for it. you the state department regional security officer,
rice participated in a cove coverup? kimberly: given her marching orders eric: unlikely bob: for the record, ambassador rice eric: i think there will be a smoking gun e-mail at some point that proves all of this. kimberly: she had to give talking points to cover for administration. bob: you re saying, too, there was a coverup? kimberly: i m giving you options. dana: that or gross incompetence. i ll say it. i think it s a coverup. kimberly: i think it s both. greg: listen, because i mean this memo where they have options and they choose to say it s the video and blaming it on a memo that appeared. smells funny. bob: you don t like the video, i would like one person, just one on the record to say kimberly: let me tell you something. house oversight committee will hear this. lieutenant colonel andy woods asking for it. you the state department regional security officer,