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Hillary Clinton, as Secretary of State during the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, publicly took responsibility for security lapses, defended State Department decisions in mult...
Investigations found serious security lapses at the Benghazi diplomatic facility and faulted State Department management and lower‑level officials for failing to provide adequate protection; multiple ...
J. Christopher "Chris" Stevens was a career U.S. diplomat and the U.S. Ambassador to Libya from May 22, 2012, until his death in the coordinated attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi on September 11–...
The 2012 Benghazi attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission was a coordinated, armed assault carried out by extremist militias — primarily groups linked to Ansar al-Sharia — that killed four Americans, in...
Multiple congressional and independent investigations into the 2012 Benghazi attacks produced no finding that Hillary Clinton committed criminal wrongdoing or was personally culpable for the deaths of...
’s public statements during the and the later release of her private emails tracked imperfectly with internal records: many routine operational facts were consistent, but her messaging about , the sou...
The Benghazi attack on September 11–12, 2012, was carried out by militants associated with Ansar al-Sharia and killed four Americans including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens; later U.S. prosecution...
convened after the , attacks concluded that while the deaths of and three other Americans were the sole responsibility of terrorists, systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies at se...
The authoritative post‑attack inquiry that is repeatedly cited in the sources was the ’s ), which concluded that security at the facilities in was “grossly inadequate” and identified “systemic failure...
A tranche of cables and emails from 2011–mid‑2012—including reports authored or routed by Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, cables from Regional Security Officer Eric Nordstrom in March and July 2012...
An independent Accountability Review Board (ARB) appointed by Secretary Clinton found “systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies” at senior levels of two State Department bureaus th...
State Department reviews found that security at the Benghazi mission was “grossly inadequate” and that repeated local requests for more protection did not reach or were not acted on by senior leadersh...
Multiple congressional and criminal probes into the 2012 Benghazi attacks subpoenaed, compelled, or interviewed dozens of U.S. government and contractor witnesses; public reporting and committee relea...