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Today, the Independent is
reporting shocking details about the attack on the Libyan consulate
that resulted in the death of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris
Stevens. The details are so explosive that they will result in a
Congressional investigation. In fact, they’re so explosive that they
should result in the resignation of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The only question now: What did Hillary Clinton know, and when did she
know it?

Yesterday, we reported that
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was responsible under the law for
the “security policies and programs that provide for the protection of
all US government personnel … on official duty abroad.” Clinton herself
seemed bewildered by the attacks on the Libyan consulate, asking, “How
could this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city we helped
save from destruction?”

But according to the Independent,
she had no reason to be puzzled. Quoting senior diplomatic sources, the
paper reports, “the US State Department had credible information 48
hours before mobs charged the consulate in Benghazi, and the embassy in
Cairo, that American missions may be targeted.” Nonetheless, “no
warnings were given for diplomats to go on high alert and ‘lockdown,’
under which movement is severely restricted.”

It
gets worse. According to security sources, the State Department had
greenlit a “health check” at the consulate I preparation for 9/11.
Nonetheless, the attackers broke the perimeter within 15 minutes of the
Libyan mob forming. Local guards did nothing. One witness reported, “The
security people just all ran away and the people in charge were the
young men with guns and bombs.” According to sources, the Ambassador
died from smoke inhalation after he was trapped in a building set on
fire and besieged by rioters.

The
Libyan government, for all its supposed regret, seems less than
troubled by the whole incident. Wissam Buhmeid, who commands the Tripoli
government-sanctioned Shield Brigade, which operates as police in
Benghazi, stated, “There were definitely people from the security forces
who let the attack happen because they were themselves offended by the
film; they would absolutely put their loyalty to the Prophet over the
consulate. The deaths are all nothing compared to insulting the
Prophet.”

Why
wasn’t there better protection at the consulate? Because that’s the way
Secretary of State Clinton wanted it; the State Department posted no
Marines to the consulate. It was staffed instead by those Libyan
“security” forces. The consulate also had “no bulletproof glass,
reinforced doors or other features common to embassies.”

Senator
Bill Nelson (D-FL), who sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee, “I
am asking my colleagues on the committee to immediately investigate what
role al-Qa’ida or its affiliates may have played in the attack and to
take appropriate action.”

The
story isn’t over in Libya. Violence continues. And classified documents
have been stolen from the consulate, reportedly including the names of
Libyans working with the Americans. Safe houses across Libya are now
unsafe.

Secretary of State Clinton is responsible for the security of our staff, consulates, and embassies abroad. If the Independent’s
report is correct, she has violated the most basic standard of duty.
Both she and her boss, President Obama, must be held responsible.

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