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For Benghazi, Justice Is Long Overdue

May 20, 2017 | 13:57 GMT

Lessons From Old Case Files

(Stratfor)

Almost five years after attackers overran the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, in an assault that left two diplomats and two security agents dead, not one person who participated in the crime has faced justice. This, despite the fact that the U.S. intelligence community almost immediately fingered several members of the Ansar al-Sharia militia responsible for that night of chaos and death. For months afterward, Washington was consumed with finger-pointing and political hand-wringing over who was to blame for the security lapses that had led to the death of a U.S. ambassador and three others. Through all the turmoil that roiled the nation, one aspect of the attack continued to haunt both myself, and many of my current and former special agent colleagues: Why had no effort been made to bring the terrorists responsible to justice? ...

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