Now Christoper Stevens knows what Tommy DeVito felt like when he walked into the empty room in GoodFellas.

This was a set up.

There’s no way in the world that competent government operatives would allow themselves to have their cheese out in the wind like this.

Someone wanted some series of events to transpire, things did not go as planned or anticipated, and Chris Stevens is dead.

Someone’s got some ‘splainin to do.

Barry? Can you explain this?

This.

I’m not really prone to conspiracy theories, but I’m beginning to wonder, “Who is Bathsheba?”

First, Fox News reported yesterday that the State Department decided to stick to its schedule of rotating out a 16-man Special Ops team assigned to diplomatic security in Benghazi, just weeks before the attack in August. They were joined in their exit by a six-man security team from the State Department itself:

“Rotation” implies that, as one team leaves the site, another is there to continue the security duties. Obviously, this was not the case.

One cannot help but wonder about the administration’s motives in leaving the consulate unprotected (for all intents and purposes) on the 9/11 anniversary. It almost sounds as though what transpired was the intended result.

O.M.G.!!

The State Department responded this morning by claiming that Stevens had requested a specific level of security which matched what he already had.

Liars. If he asked to keep the 16, then by default he’s asking to keep what he already had. You cut it in half, not counting the fact that you ought to be laughed out of a job for suggesting the local security left was equivalent to 16 Special Ops soldiers.

This lying is criminal and some people ought to go to jail for it.

Another thing to note is that the dead ambassador comes out of the Suzy Creamcheese tradition being Berkeley trained. Considering the date, he should have known to stay out of Benghazi.

Well, who will ask…

Does it get worse than that? And why does he think he should be in charge of national security for 4 more years?

“Hello. Thanks for calling the White house. Our normal business hours are 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM or so. Please call back during normal business hours or leave a message after the beep.”

Akzed on October 8, 2012 at 9:04 AM

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Thanks for keeping this story where it belongs. Never let up, Hotair, never let up.

Sources critical of what they view as a security drawdown say three Mobile Security Deployment teams left Libya between February and August in addition to the 16-member Site Security Team on loan from the military. That’s 34 highly-trained security personnel moved out over a six month period.