F.B.I. Agents Scour Ruins of Attacked U.S. Diplomatic Compound in Libya

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/world/africa/fbi-agents-scour-ruins-of-attacked-us-compound-in-libya.html

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From: barry levine 
Date: Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 1:28 PM
Subject: re: F.B.I. Agents Scour Ruins of Attacked U.S. Diplomatic Compound in Libya
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To the Editor:

    What was the nature of this "diplomatic compound" in Benghazi? We have established that it was neither an embassy nor a consulate, and that it had a substantial C.I.A. contingent.  Subtracting those, was there a legitimate diplomatic mission at all? Was our ambassador sent there merely to lend a false veneer of respectability to a nest of spies? While we mourn the loss of ambassador Stevens and his staffers, we mustn't balk at asking why we continue sending Americans into harm's way.

Barry Haskell Levine