WORLD_ Lawmakers Say Libya Security Pleas Were Rejected

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October 2, 2012, 9:48 p.m. ET

Lawmakers Say Libya Security Pleas Were Rejected
Associated Press


WASHINGTON—U.S. officials in Washington turned down repeated pleas from American diplomats in Libya to increase security at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi before the Sept. 11 attack that killed the U.S. ambassador, Republican leaders of a House committee said Tuesday.

In a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Chairman Darrell Issa of California and Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah, both of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said their information came from "individuals with direct knowledge of events in Libya."

Messrs. Issa and Chaffetz said the attack in Benghazi that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans was the latest in a long line of attacks on Western diplomats and officials in Libya in the months before the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

Mr. Chaffetz said in an interview that the individuals were so upset with the State Department decision not to send additional security that they were anxious to speak with the committee.

The lawmakers said they planned a hearing on Oct. 10.

They asked Mrs. Clinton whether the State Department was aware of the previous incidents, and how the department responded to requests for more protection.

Mrs. Clinton responded in a letter to Mr. Issa on Tuesday that she has established an accountability review board that will determine "whether our security systems and procedures in Benghazi were adequate, whether those systems and procedures were properly implemented, and any lessons learned that may be relevant to our work around the world."

She asked the committee to withhold any final conclusions about the Benghazi attack until the committee can review the board's findings. The panel is led by retired State Department official Thomas Pickering. and includes retired Adm. Mike Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Republicans have lashed out at President Barack Obama and senior administration officials over their evolving description of the deadly Sept. 11 attack, a late campaign-season broadside.


A version of this article appeared October 3, 2012, on page A13 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Lawmakers Say Libya Security Pleas Were Rejected.


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