C.I.A. Played Major Role Fighting Militants in Libya Attack

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/world/africa/cia-played-major-defensive-role-in-libya-attack.html

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From: barry levine 
Date: Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 10:15 AM
Subject: re: C.I.A. Played Major Role Fighting Militants in Libya Attack
To: letters@nytimes.com


To the Editor:

    Seven weeks after the fact, it's still somehow contentious whether we had a consulate in Benghazi at all. Rest assured, if only for purposes of staffing and funding, our Department of State knows that answer; it is no.  What exactly we did have in Benghazi is less clear. Is it normal that the CIA should comprise a majority of the staff at any diplomatic compound? If Ambassador Stevens was killed while on a mission to provide a charade of legitimacy to a nest of spies, the episode takes on yet another layer of tragedy.

Barry Haskell  Levine