[quote=SK in CV]Chris Stevens had worked for the US foreign service for more than 20 years. Whether or not he really was a spook, we’ll probably never know. But he was privy to the intel. Every bit of it concerning what was going on in Libya. And if the intel said there was going to be an attack on that day, he wouldn’t have been there. It really is that simple.[/quote]
So, the Obama Administration was left in the unenviable position of having to play the “plausible deniability” card, which is at the heart of this entire mess.
As to Stevens “not being there” if there were credible intel reports concerning threats to his safety, well, that doesn’t really pass the sniff test, given that he did request help, repeatedly, and it was denied. At that point, it ain’t like he could’ve loaded up the whole group in the family truckster and just headed off into the sunset. Inside the wire at that point is infinitely better than outside the wire.
Bottom line: There was an on-going CIA operation to move heavy weapons to Syria and Stevens was providing diplomatic cover for same. Operation was put at risk and Stevens was sacrificed to prevent potentially larger blowback if evidence of this operation came to light. Now, all involved groups and agencies, including DepState, CIA and the WH are dancing as fast as they can in the hopes that this thing mercifully sinks beneath the waves and the public at large forgets.
