Benghazi could have been prevented

A US Senate report said the attacks that killed four Americans in Libya in 2012 could have been prevented. The report came after Senate Intelligence Committee investigators conducted hearings on the September 2012 attack that targeted the US diplomatic facility and the nearby CIA annex in Benghazi. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others were killed in the attack. The report said the State Department failed to follow warnings to boost security, despite the deteriorating security environment in Libya. In a statement, the panel said, “The committee found the attacks were preventable based on extensive intelligence reporting on the terrorist activity in Libya… and given the known security shortfalls at the US mission.”

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