[TigersEye]

That is one of the most believable speculations about the attack that I have seen. It explains how a very small force of Libyan security agents (who are known to have supplied photographic intel to the attackers) was able to, apparently, push back an estimated 120 - 200 well armed jihadi attackers at the main consulate compound.

Apart from a possible arms cache and cash stocks this is what I have thought from the beginning was prize enough to carry out the assault...

Sacking of Benghazi consulate “a catastrophic intelligence loss”

[Jim Noble]

It explains how a very small force of Libyan security agents (who are known to have supplied photographic intel to the attackers) was able to, apparently, push back an estimated 120 - 200 well armed jihadi attackers at the main consulate compound.

Yes, the "attack" on the "consulate" was a well-scripted feint, except they didn't expect Woods to show up and start killing jihadis. The firefight got out of hand, a fire started, and poor Stevens, locked in his jail cell/"secure room" suffocated.

I'm sure this caused some consternation among enemy commanders, since they must have expected the same thing Woods and Doherty expected - air assault followed by rescue forces.

But they were well-drilled and their objective - the "warehouse" - was obviously very important.