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The killings of the US ambassador to Libya and three of his staff were likely to have been the result of a serious and continuing security breach, The Independent can reveal.

American officials believe the attack was planned, but Chris Stevens had been back in the country only a short while and the details of his visit to Benghazi, where he and his staff died, were meant to be confidential.

The US administration is now facing a crisis in Libya. Sensitive documents have gone missing from the consulate in Benghazi and the supposedly secret location of the "safe house" in the city, where the staff had retreated, came under sustained mortar attack. Other such refuges across the country are no longer deemed "safe".

Some of the missing papers from the consulate are said to list names of Libyans who are working with Americans, putting them potentially at risk from extremist groups, while some of the other documents are said to relate to oil contracts.

According to senior diplomatic sources, 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, but no warnings were given for diplomats to go on high alert and "lockdown", under which movement is severely restricted.

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Do you have any idea how many 'credible threats' the SD receives per day? And no it would not in general be in the President's daily briefing.

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The killings of the US ambassador to Libya and three of his staff were likely to have been the result of a serious and continuing security breach, The Independent can reveal.

American officials believe the attack was planned, but Chris Stevens had been back in the country only a short while and the details of his visit to Benghazi, where he and his staff died, were meant to be confidential.

The US administration is now facing a crisis in Libya. Sensitive documents have gone missing from the consulate in Benghazi and the supposedly secret location of the "safe house" in the city, where the staff had retreated, came under sustained mortar attack. Other such refuges across the country are no longer deemed "safe".

Some of the missing papers from the consulate are said to list names of Libyans who are working with Americans, putting them potentially at risk from extremist groups, while some of the other documents are said to relate to oil contracts.

According to senior diplomatic sources, 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, but no warnings were given for diplomats to go on high alert and "lockdown", under which movement is severely restricted.

And why do we have to hear about this from the British Press?

Now since the Bush 9-11 story has a thread running, I thought it was time for some reciprocity.

What did Obama and Clinton know, and when did they know it?
Why weren't preventative actions taken?
I would imagine a threat like the one in the story would have been in the daily briefing, how come additional security wasn't in place?

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ORIGINAL: subrob1967

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The killings of the US ambassador to Libya and three of his staff were likely to have been the result of a serious and continuing security breach, The Independent can reveal.

American officials believe the attack was planned, but Chris Stevens had been back in the country only a short while and the details of his visit to Benghazi, where he and his staff died, were meant to be confidential.

The US administration is now facing a crisis in Libya. Sensitive documents have gone missing from the consulate in Benghazi and the supposedly secret location of the "safe house" in the city, where the staff had retreated, came under sustained mortar attack. Other such refuges across the country are no longer deemed "safe".

Some of the missing papers from the consulate are said to list names of Libyans who are working with Americans, putting them potentially at risk from extremist groups, while some of the other documents are said to relate to oil contracts.

According to senior diplomatic sources, 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, but no warnings were given for diplomats to go on high alert and "lockdown", under which movement is severely restricted.

And why do we have to hear about this from the British Press?

Now since the Bush 9-11 story has a thread running, I thought it was time for some reciprocity.

What did Obama and Clinton know, and when did they know it?
Why weren't preventative actions taken?
I would imagine a threat like the one in the story would have been in the daily briefing, how come additional security wasn't in place?

Are you crazy. Really? Benghazi , a war zone. And you don't think everyone was already on high alert?

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Do you have any idea how many 'credible threats' the SD receives per day? And no it would not in general be in the President's daily briefing.

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ORIGINAL: DomKen

Do you have any idea how many 'credible threats' the SD receives per day? And no it would not in general be in the President's daily briefing.

Of course Mr. Obama would have to attend the security breifings in the first place.

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ORIGINAL: hot4bondage

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ORIGINAL: DomYngBlk

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ORIGINAL: subrob1967

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The killings of the US ambassador to Libya and three of his staff were likely to have been the result of a serious and continuing security breach, The Independent can reveal.

American officials believe the attack was planned, but Chris Stevens had been back in the country only a short while and the details of his visit to Benghazi, where he and his staff died, were meant to be confidential.

The US administration is now facing a crisis in Libya. Sensitive documents have gone missing from the consulate in Benghazi and the supposedly secret location of the "safe house" in the city, where the staff had retreated, came under sustained mortar attack. Other such refuges across the country are no longer deemed "safe".

Some of the missing papers from the consulate are said to list names of Libyans who are working with Americans, putting them potentially at risk from extremist groups, while some of the other documents are said to relate to oil contracts.

According to senior diplomatic sources, 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, but no warnings were given for diplomats to go on high alert and "lockdown", under which movement is severely restricted.

And why do we have to hear about this from the British Press?

Now since the Bush 9-11 story has a thread running, I thought it was time for some reciprocity.

What did Obama and Clinton know, and when did they know it?
Why weren't preventative actions taken?
I would imagine a threat like the one in the story would have been in the daily briefing, how come additional security wasn't in place?

Are you crazy. Really? Benghazi , a war zone. And you don't think everyone was already on high alert?

CBS evening news reported yesterday that no US Marines were present, and that it was a temporary embassy with limited security features. Not that I'm defending Romney. Had he established himself as a constitutional conservative, he could be hammering Obama right now for going to war without the consent of Congress.

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It`s a different world than 200 plus years ago.....

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It seems obvious to me that the founders did not want a president to be able to take us to war without the approval of our representatives. Even a generous interpretation seems to require a 60 day deadline for undeclared/unauthorized wars. Lawyers have made careers out of redefining acts of war, but it's really pretty simple. If we would consider it an act of war when it's done to us, it's an act of war. Obama is building on 29 years of precedent, and Romney will do the same. Yet another crack in the foundation...