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.
They did get 30 other consulate personnel out safely to the safe house. For a bargain basement price. I doubt that it was their fault the safe house was attacked too. They probably couldn't do much to keep the ambassador from dying of smoke inhalation from a fire started by an RPG fired at an unhardened building either.
It will be interesting to see what Blue Mountain says about this. Will they say that the State Dept. set the ROEs?
Ah, but you are assuming the ambassador died of smoke inhalation. Do we really know that?
Do we know 30 other people were safe but 4 people?
Do we know that the locals hired by Blue Mountain were not Al Qaeda?
We really know none of this. Probably never will.