British Security Firm Facing Questions Over Role in Benghazi (U.S. Cons. guarded by unarmed Libyans)

The U.K. Telegraph ^ | Sunday, September 30, 2012 | Raf Sanchez

[kristinn]

A British private security firm is facing questions over its role in the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi after it emerged that it was responsible for hiring local guards to protect the diplomatic site.

Blue Mountain, a Wales-based firm staffed by former special forces operatives, was hired by the US government to provide security at the consulate before it was overrun in an assault that killed the ambassador and three other Americans.

The company was paid only $387,413 (£239,683) by the US State Department for the year-long contract, less than the cost of deploying a single American soldier.

In return, Blue Mountain assembled a force of local guards who were unable to protect Ambassador Chris Stevens or repel the coordinated attack on September 11.

The five-man Libyan security team was unarmed and tasked with doing basic security checks rather than fighting off armed attackers...

[Travis McGee]

[piasa]

It looks to me like the elite liberals really do believe thier own crap. I thought their BS about “the world will love us if only we apologize and appease it” was just a fairy tale they made up to fool muddle-headed people into getting into bed with them, but evidently the elites really were sure the world loved them, so much so that they assign less security to the diplomats than they would to the wet bar at a Democrat fundraiser.