Judicial Watch reports US State Department ordered Benghazi security company to avoid media
The Judicial Watch has obtained countless emails as they report that the British security firm hired to protect the Benghazi safehouse were told the US State Department to avoid or dodge the media.
J. Christopher Stevens, United States ambassador to Libya from May 2012 until killed in an attack on the embassy in September 2012
JW writes “The order was delivered via electronic mail and it’s part of a new batch of State Department documents obtained by JW in an ongoing investigation of the September 11, 2012 Benghazi attack and subsequent cover-up by the Obama administration.”
The State Department contracting officer named Jan Visintainer contacted an unidentified executive at Blue Mountain Group (BMG), the inexperienced foreign company hired to protect the U.S. mission in Benghazi.
In the email, dated September 26, 2012, Visintainer writes: “Thank you so much for informing us about the media inquiries. We notified our public affairs personnel that they too may receive some questions. We concur with you that at the moment the best way to deal with the inquiries is to either be silent or provide no comments.”
“Some of the records were redacted or simply not included. For instance Visintainer received a cryptic email from a redacted source with an attachment that was not provided to JW by the State Department,” says JW.
The article details the cost and number of units working the security -read it here
JW has also published two in-depth special reports on Benghazi, the last one on the first anniversary of the terrorist attack. Read the special reports here and here.
The Benghazi investigation continues with four new subpoenas to people who have knowledge of the events
Benghazi safehouse on fire following the September 11 attack photo supplied by State Dept
