Washington (Reuters) - the state council made a "serious mistake", make the United States in benghazi open task, although in the weeks the insufficiency, safety and the increasingly serious threat assessment before a deadly militant attacks, a senate committee said on Monday.
On September 11, attacks on the United States in the senate homeland security committee and the central intelligence agency nearby accessories, one of the American embassy in Libya and three other americans killed, broken enough tight, don't pay attention to Libya radical intelligence agency in a report.
Also accused the U.S. state department, waiting for the clear warning, not improve safety.
The committee evaluation, "flashing red: a special report on the terrorist attacks in benghazi," follow a strict report by an independent state department accountability review board, resulting in a top security official resignation, and the other three were ease its function department.
Independent senator Joseph lieberman, who presides over the committee says, it review in hundreds of thousands of files, there is no indication, secretary of state Hillary Clinton have personally denied that require additional funding or safety benghazi task. He said, the key decision "middle management personnel" who is responsibility.
Republican senator Susan Collins said, "this is there may be others need to be responsible for, but the decision by the company the best state, who have the best understanding of" the chain of command requirement, in order to get a higher security."
Attack and death of American ambassador Christopher Stevens the diplomatic safe practice in dangerous areas of position for review and proposed the question, in the area of military activity information is enough.
The senate report said, in benghazi a imminent threat of the specific information "may reflect the lack of failure" intelligence agencies pay close attention to is not weak or no "base" organization and its subsidiary business contact armed groups.
"Black laden bin laden dead," base "organization core is abate, violent islamist socialist tissue and cell has a new set" on the report said that in the past two to three years. This trend has appeared in the "Arab spring" national political transition or military conflict, it said.
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The report recommended that U.S. intelligence agencies "expand and deepen their focus on Libya and beyond, the violence of newborn islamist socialist organization in the area lack of powerful core base organization or its main subsidiary business contact."
Whether the senate report, also unsorted accountability review committee report on a specific militant group in benghazi attack blame. The federal bureau of investigation (FBI) are investigated who is behind the attack.
President Obama on NBC's "meet the press" in an interview on Sunday, the United States has "very good clue" attack. He did not provide details.
The senate committee said, the state council should not wait for clear warning to take action before the benghazi improves the safety.
Also said, it is well known, after the revolution of the Libyan government is "does not have the ability to perform his duties to protect American foreign institutions and personnel," but the state council failed to fill the security hole.
"Although the Libyan government's failure to fulfill its responsibility to ensure that facilities, increasingly dangerous and threat assessment, especially vulnerable facilities, state department officials did not end in benghazi facilities, should be closed or temporarily closed. The report said. "This is a serious mistake."
The senate panel review changing attacks, led to a political storm in operation to the November presidential election, and led to the American ambassador to the United Nations Susan rice back her name from consider replacement Clinton, Obama government put forward opinions, who is early next year to step down.
Rice said that her, on the basis of the preliminary opinions against predecessor is a spontaneous demonstrations against islamic movie information provided by institutions of talking points.
Lieberman said, it is not the intelligence agency to develop non confidential talking points, they should refuse such a request, in the future work.
The report said, the original talking points including line said: "we know", and "base" organization related personal or its associated companies to attack. But the final version has been shifted to said: "there are signs that radical participation" and "base" organization and its subsidiary has been deleted.
The report said, director of national intelligence James clapeyron, to provide the committee with a detailed timeline talking point is how to written and development, provide, this has not been delivered to the congress of the United States, because authorities have spent several weeks "internal debate" whether it should be the information to the congress considered "review".
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