by Noah Shachtman | Oct 3, 2012 | Monitor
A car burns after clashes in Benghazi. Photo: AP/Mohammad Hannon There’s fresh evidence that security at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was something less than first class. Documents recovered from the grounds of the American mission show that the guards there...
by Noah Shachtman | Oct 2, 2012 | Monitor
A picture of the British ambassador’s convoy after it was attacked in Benghazi. Photo: House Oversight Committee They might as well have painted a target on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. During the spring and summer, militants attacked the American diplomatic...
by Spencer Ackerman | Sep 24, 2012 | Monitor
Libyans celebrate the end of the Gadhafi regime in Benghazi, October 2011. After the attack on the U.S. consulate, these same Libyans could be key for the CIA’s counterterrorism efforts. Photo: Flickr/Magherebia President Obama told the truth when he said there...
by Spencer Ackerman and Noah Shachtman | Sep 17, 2012 | Monitor
Demonstrators in Benghazi hang the ex-dictator Moammar Gadhafi in effigy, February 2011. The State Department later hired a private security firm, Blue Mountain, to help protect the U.S. consulate in the city — before it was attacked on Sept. 11. Photo:...
