SECURITY OFFICER on STATE DEPARTMENT BLOCKING REQUESTS..? ‘FOR ME the TALIBAN IS INSIDE the BUILDING’ ..SECURITY OFFICER: TALIBAN IS INSIDE THE STATE DEPARTMENT..

The former regional security officer in Libya, Eric Nordstrom, recalled talking to a regional director and asking for twelve security agents.

“His response to that was, ‘You are asking for the sun, moon and the stars.’ And my response to him – his name was Jim – ‘Jim, you know what makes most frustrating about this assignment? It is not the hardships, it is not the gunfire, it is not the threats. It is dealing and fighting against the people, programs and personnel who are supposed to be supporting me. And I added (sic) it by saying, ‘For me the Taliban is on the inside of the building.’”Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Wood, the commander of a Security Support Team (SST) sent home in August – against his wishes and, he says, the wishes of the late Ambassador Chris Stevens – said “we were fighting a losing battle. We couldn’t even keep what we had.”

“I have been a career foreign service officer for 39 years,” Kennedy said when asked if political considerations trumped protocol. “I have served every president since Richard Nixon, I have directly served six secretaries of State, Democratic and Republican. On my honor: no. None.”

Wood said that when he heard of the attack on the Benghazi post on September 11, it was “instantly recognizable” that it had been a terrorist attack.

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