"Myths And Facts About The Benghazi Attack And Protests In The Middle East "

[Dawson Leery]

Should anyone give you trouble regarding this issue, here are the facts:

http://mediamatters.org/research/2012/09/26/myths-and-facts-about-the-benghazi-attack-and-p/190150

[dkf]

1. So what happened to the Ambassador's security detail?

"Besides the four armed Libyans outside, five armed State Department diplomatic security officers were at the consulate." [The Wall Street Journal, 9/21/12"

[The Magistrate]

2. At Least Two Of Them Are Dead, Ma'am: Do You Have Some Sort Of Point?

Or just sniping at the Administration, and Democrats, as usual?

[dkf]

3. The seals weren't part of his security detail.

They weren't even part of the consulate's security.

They were part of the CIA's security.

Neither was heavily guarded, and the annex was never intended to be a “safe house,” as initial accounts suggested. Two of the mission’s guards — Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. Doherty, former members of the Navy SEALs — were killed just outside the villa’s front gate. A mortar round struck the roof of the building where the Americans had scrambled for cover.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/world/africa/attack-in-libya-was-major-blow-to-cia-efforts.html

With all the controversy about if there was a riot or not I would think the ambassador's actually security team knows the truth. We haven't heard from the CIA or the ambassador's detail what happened.