I'm with the Dept. of Defense and since 1988 have been working overseas at our embassies and consulates. I could tell stories about the State Dept. which would have the average American citizen gnashing his teeth. As I've stated before on this forum, of the tens of hundreds of State Dept. employees I've met there are perhaps 5 who would be worth the powder it would take to blow them up. Years ago I used to wonder why our media (the "watchdogs" of our government) never reported on nor exposed the rampant corruption, incompetency, elitism and extreme globalist/socialist view of those in the State Dept. Finally I realized that mainstream media shares those exact same "values" and what I view as reprehensible our media views as normal. Mary Ryan is simply typical of the majority of those within the State Dept.
After dealing with several US Embassies overseas, prior to the Iranian Revolution, I personnally cheered for those holding the state department embassy employees hostage.
I just wished that I could have held them hostage for their arrogant incompetence, in countries spread throughout the world, from the mid-east, to Europe, to the Far East.
It sounds like the 5 state department individuals who are worth the powder to blow them up is an over estimate to me.