Libya scandal emerging, Obama used UK security firm who agreed to 'no bullets' rule, a decision that leaves American blood on Obama's hands, Updated

9/18/12, "State Dept Reverses Denial of Hiring British Security Firm in Benghazi," Breitbart, Leahy

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9/18/12, "The emerging scandal of what happened in Libya," Legal Insurrection, William A. Jacobson

"It is plainly obvious that we have not been getting straight answers from Obama officials about what they knew and when they knew it about the dangers facing our consulate in Benghazi and throughout the region. It may be deception, or they may be so incompetent they still don’t know.
There is credible information that there were warnings of trouble to come, and 9/11 itself should have put a consulate in a dangerous section of Libya on high alert with substantial protection afforded the Ambassador. The story told by Susan Rice and Jay Carney the attack was spontaneous is becoming laughable.
There also is evidence emerging that the Ambassador was left with minimal protection. Michael Patrick Leahy at Breitbart.com reports as follows:

• "According to a source close to Breitbart News and high up in the intelligence community, the Obama administration’s policy following Muammar Gaddafi’s death has been to keep a “low profile” during a chaotic time.
• For this reason, according to the source, American Marines were not stationed at the U.S. embassy in Tripoli or the American mission in Benghazi, as would typically have been the case. In the spirit of a “low profile,” the administration didn’t even want an American company in charge of private security.
• Blue Mountain, the British firm the State Department hired, was willing to abide by the “no bullets” Rules of Engagement (ROE), so were a logical fit for the contract. These sub-standard protections for American diplomats were signed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the ROE.
• In essence, the Obama Administration tasked an unarmed British firm with security responsibilities that should have been handled by armed American servicemen, and it was all approved by the Secretary of State. Needless to say, the plan failed and an Ambassador was murdered, along with several others.
• As of now, the State Department has not disclosed the full State Department Rules of Engagement for Libya.

We’ll see where this goes. With the legacy media obsessed with getting Romney, it’s going to fall on others to get the truth out. Whether that happens before the election remains to be seen."



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