2. Interview, February 15, 2013.
3. Interview, February 13, 2013.
4. Greg Miller and Julie Tate, “CIA’s Global Response Staff Emerging from Shadows After Incidents in Libya and Pakistan,” The Washington Post, December 26, 2012.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Interview, January 15, 2013, Honolulu.
8. Ibid.
9. See Interview, Charles Woods, January 15, 2013.
12: OVERRUN
1. Interview, February 18, 2013.
2. May 8, 2013, testimony of Gregory Hicks before the House Oversight Committee (Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage).
3. Jason Chaffetz, “Ambassador Stevens Called for Help During Benghazi Attack,” The Blaze, November 1, 2012.
4. Interview, February 28, 2013.
5. Eli Lake, “Exclusive: Libya Cable Detailed Threats,” The Daily Beast, October 8, 2012.
6. McElroy, Spencer, and Sanchez, “British Firm Secured Benghazi Consulate Contract with Little Experience.”
7. Paul Schemm and Maggie Michael, “Libyan Witnesses Recount Organized Benghazi Attack,” Associated Press, October 27, 2012.
8. Shashank Bengali, “Libyan Guards Speak Out on Attack That Killed U.S. Ambassador,” Los Angeles Times, October 13, 2012.
9. Kevin Peraina, “Destination Martyrdom,” The Daily Beast/Newsweek, April 19, 2008.
10. As per a broadcast (November 1, 2012) from the newswoman Jenan Moussa, on Al-Aan TV (Dubai, United Arab Emirates).
11. Interview, January 31, 2013.
12. Interview, February 27, 2013.
13. See Raymond, “Diplomatic Security Training Center.”
14. Interview, February 28, 2013.
13: NOTIFICATIONS
1. Interview, February 27, 2013.
2. See Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (chairman) and Senator Susan M. Collins (ranking member), Flashing Red: A Special Report On The Terrorist Attack At Benghazi, United States Senate Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs, December 30, 2012, p. 4.
3. Jim Garamone, “Little Describes Pentagon’s Benghazi Decision Process,” U.S. Department of Defense American Forces Press Service, November 12, 2012.
4. Michael Wood, “Spy Fiction, Spy Fact,” The New York Times, January 6, 1980.
14: THE FIRES OF THE MARTYRS
1. Interview, January 31, 2013.
2. Interview, February 28, 2013.
3. First-person account of the June 5, 1967, mob siege of the then U.S. consulate in Benghazi, as published in the findings of the Accountability Review Board report that was convened concerning the September 11, 2012, attacks against U.S. facilities and diplomatic personnel in Benghazi.
15: END OF SIEGE
1. Confidential interview, March 15, 2013.
16: DIPLOMATIC POUCH
1. Tabassum Zakaria and Susan Cornwell, “Washington Rejected U.S. Embassy Request for Plane in Libya,” Reuters, October 5, 2012.
2. Eric Schmidt, “C.I.A. Played Major Role Fighting Militants in Libya Attack,” The New York Times, November 1, 2012.
3. Interview, January 30, 2013.
4. As per www.glendohertyfoundation.org, a charity set up in memory of the former U.S. Navy SEAL Glen Doherty.
5. Interview, January 16, 2013.
19: CONTACT
1. Glen Doherty and Brandon Webb, Navy SEAL Sniper: An Intimate Look at the Sniper of the 21st Century (New York: Skyhorse, 2013).
20: BREAKOUT
1. Chris Stephen, “The U.S. Consulate Attack: The Facts, the Questions,” Libya Herald, October 7, 2012.
22: THE ANONYMOUS TARGET
1. Interview, March 13, 2013.
2. ROVERS had been used in Benghazi before, as per Giles Ebbutt, in his article “JTAC ROVER,” RUSI Defense Systems, Summer 2012, 53, and indication that the system was used by the GRS operators in Benghazi was referenced in Brandon Webb and Jack Murphy, Benghazi: The Definitive Report (New York: HarperCollins, 2013).
3. Harald Doornbos and Jenan Moussa, “Troubling Surveillance Before Benghazi Attack,” Foreign Policy, November 1, 2012.
23: THE LOOTERS
1. Interview, Dr. T., March 23, 2013.
2. Interview, February 28, 2013.
24: THE TERMINAL
1. Interview, March 16, 2013.
2. Interview, February 28, 2013.
25: BENGHAZI MEDICAL CENTER
1. Interview, March 18, 2013.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.; and Ethan Chorin, “What Libya Lost,” The New York Times, September 13, 2012.
4. Interview, March 23, 2013.
26: INCOMING
1. Charles Woods, interview, January 15, 2013.
2. Clint Bruce, interview, January 16, 2013.
3. Interview, March 30, 2013.
27: AFTERMATH
1. Interview, March 28, 2013.
2. Chris Stephens, “Inside the US Consulate in Benghazi: Material and Human Damage Laid Bare,” Guardian, September 13, 2012.
3. From “What We Found in Benghazi,” photographs were taken by Jenan Moussa of Dubai’s Al-Aan TV and the freelance journalist Harald Doornbos at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, for their article “Troubling Surveillance Before Benghazi Attack.”
4. Hoda Abdel-Hamid, interview, February 28, 2013.
EPILOGUE
1. “Libya Closes Benghazi Air Space Temporarily,” Anti-Islam Video Protests Live Blog, Al Jazeera, September 14, 2012.
2. AFP Khartoum, “U.S. Embassy in Khartoum to Re-open After Six-Month Closure,” March 24, 2013.
3. “U.S. Embassy Attack in Khartoum: Sudan Rejects Marine Deployment Request,” The Huffington Post, September 15, 2012.
4. Charles Woods, interview, January 15, 2013.
5. Ibid.
6. White House release, September 14, 2012.
7. Ibid.
8. Woods interview.
Index
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Abdalla, Khalad
Abdel-Hamid, Hoda
Abdullah (guard)
Abu Salim Brigade
Advisory Panel on Overseas Security
Afghanistan war
AfPak (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
AFRICOM
debriefings and
response to Special Mission attack
Afriqiyah Airways
AGOCO. See Arabian Gulf Oil Company
agreement on forgiveness (sulcha)
Ahmid, Wisam Bin
Aidid, Mohammed
Air France hijacking
Ajami, Fouad
Akin, Ali Sait
Albright, Madeleine
alcohol
Allahu akbar (God is great)
American Corner
Ames, Robert
al-Amn al-Watani
Anderson, Kent
Andrews Air Force Base
the Annex
attack on
breakout and travel to
communications with
departure from
Doherty and Woods, T., during attack on
drones during attack on
DS agents and attack on
GRS and attack on
noncombatants at
reinforcements for
RPGs in attack on
as safe haven
Special Mission and
staffing at
Stevens at
Tripoli Task Force at
Ansar al-Sharia
Antar, Roda
Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA)
Anwar (guard)
Arab Spring
epicenters of
impacts of
vacuum of
Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO)
Arafat, Yasir
Asqui
th, Dominic
al-Assad, Bashar
ATA. See Antiterrorism Assistance
“Attack, Attack!” warning
Ba`Sam
Baghdad embassy
Bahrain
al-Bakush, Fahed
Barak, Ehud
Bat’Mah. See Bitachon Misrad Ha’Hutz
battalions (katibas)
battle rattle
Beirut
embassy
Green Line in
Ben Ali, Zine El Abidine
Ben Gasher
Ben Qumu, Sufian
Benghazi. See also Special Mission Benghazi
beauty salon attack in
British abandonment of
British consulate in
history of
housing riots in
nameless roads in
parade in
Stevens’ arrival in
Stevens’ visits to
Tebisty Hotel in
traffic in
uprising in
U.S. airstrikes on
Western Fwayhat section of
Benghazi embassy attack (1967)
Benghazi Fire Service
Benghazi Medical Center
Benina (town)
Benina International Airport
Berg, Nick
Berger, Samuel D.
Berlin discotheque bombing (1986)
Biden, Joe
Bierly, Jason
Bill Scott Raceway
Bin Khayal, Ashour
bin Laden, Osama
death of
links to
al-Bishari, Jamal
Bitachon Misrad Ha’Hutz (Bat’Mah)
Black Hawk Down incident
Black September Organization
Blackwater contractors
blood chit
Blue Mountain
Blue Mountain Libya
during Special Mission attack
training and equipment for
Boehner, John
Brachman, Jarret
Bravo-1 gate. See Special Mission Benghazi
Bray, Steve
Brennan, John
bribes
Britain
abandonment of Benghazi
British consulate, Benghazi
British specialist protective detail
Bruce, Clint
Bunker, Ellsworth
Bureau of Diplomatic Security
Burke, Thomas F.
Cairo embassy
Carter, Keith
CATs. See Counter Assault Teams
CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives) events
Central Command (CENTCOM)
Charlie-1 gate. See Special Mission Benghazi
Charlie-3 gate. See Special Mission Benghazi
Chávez, Hugo
chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives. See CBRNE
chief of station (COS)
choke points. See also X
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). See also the Annex
drone strike on al-Libi
rescue sortie
response to attack
stations
at Tripoli embassy
classified material, destruction of
Clinton, Hillary Rodham
at Andrews Air Force Base
award presented by
response to attack
Commander’s In-extremis Force
communicator
Corinthia Bab Africa Hotel
COS. See chief of station
Counter Assault Teams (CATs)
country clearances
Crampsey, Leo
critical-threat posts
Crowley, Steven
crusaders (salibiyeen)
Dalai Lama
Dar es Salaam embassy bombing (1998)
Davis, Ken
Davis, Raymond
DCM. See deputy chief of mission
De Sanctis, Guido
debriefings
Deedy, Chris
Deibler, Tony
Delta Force
Department of Defense
on evacuation and security
response to attack
Department of Homeland Security
Department of State
Award for Heroism
on evacuation and security
lack of support from
notification and response to attack
deputy chief of mission (DCM)
Derna
DevGru
Diplomatic Security Service
Rewards for Justice Program
role and history of
Diplomatic Security Service Command Center (DS/CC)
Doghman, Salah
Doherty, Glen Anthony
during Annex attack
death and body of
life and career of
Obama on
drones
during Annex attack
rumor about
during Special Mission attack
strike on al-Libi
DS agents. See also specific individuals and embassies
Annex attack and
assignments for
awards to
breakout and travel to Annex
job description for
questions for
recruitment of
residence for
retention rate and selection process for
sleep and downtime for
Stevens’ relationship with
training for
DS directors
DS/CC. See Diplomatic Security Service Command Center
Dubs, Adolph
duck-and-cover alarm
Durant, Mike
EAC. See emergency action committee
E&E (escape and evacuation)
Egypt
evacuation to
government in
protests and demonstrations in
embassies. See also specific embassies
attacks on
expeditors
protests and demonstrations at
role of
tactics and protocols for
emergency action committee (EAC)
escape and evacuation (E&E)
evacuation
expeditionary diplomacy
Fadeel Hotel
FAST. See Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
FE/BR concept
February 17 militia
during rescue operations
during Special Mission attack
Feltman, Jeffrey
FEST. See Foreign Emergency Support Team
five thousand miles from home rule
Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST)
Foggy Bottom
attack notification cable to
award presentation at
Folensbee, Scot
Foreign Emergency Support Team (FEST)
Foreign Service National (FSN)
Foreign Service National Investigator(FSNI)
Forjani, Salem
Free Libya Martyrs
FSN. See Foreign Service National
FSNI. See Foreign Service National Investigator
Furey, Bob
“Future of Operations in Benghazi, Libya” (Feltman)
GardaWorld
al-Gharabi, Muhammad
Global Response Staff (GRS)
during battle
breakout and travel to Annex
combat philosophy of
rescue operations
technological superiority of
God is great (Allahu akbar)
Golacinski, Al
Green Line
grenades, RKG-3s anti-tank
GRS. See Global Response Staff
Haggerty, Brian
Ham, Carter F.
Hamas
hardship posts
Hazimoun movement
helpers
Herse, Jack
Hezbollah
Hicks, Gregory
high threat
High-Threat Training (HTT)
Hipp, Mark
HK416
Hoekstra, Peter
Hostage Rescue Team (HRT)
hot spots
HRT. See Hostage Rescue Team
HTT. See High-Threat Training
hump agents
“I remember when” game
Ibrahimović, Zlatan
ICRC. See International Committee of the Red Cross
Idris (king of Libya)
IED (Improvised Explosive Device)
infidel (kafir)
Inman, Bobby Ray
Inman panel
Inman standards
“Innocence of Muslims” video
Intelligence and Research (INR)
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)
Iraq. See also Operation Iraqi Freedom
Blackwater contractors in
consulates in
as hot spot
Iraq war
ISI. See Inter-Services Intelligence
Islamabad embassy
Islamic fundamentalism
Islamic militias
Israel
corpses as bargaining chips
Israeli embassy, Giza
Istikhbarat Askaria
Jamarat Islamiya Al-Moutashedida
Al Jazeera
al-Jehani, Fathi
Jerusalem consulate
jets, chartered
for rescue operations
for survivors
Jibril, Mahmoud
jihad
flags of
support for
Web sites
Joint Base Andrews
Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)
Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System. See JWICS
JSOC. See Joint Special Operations Command
J-turn
JWICS (Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System)
K12-rated drop bars
Kabul
embassy
al-Qaeda in
kafir (infidel)
Karachi
Karim, Abdul Basit Mahmoud. See Yousef, Ramzi
Karr, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse
Kataf, Fawzi Abu
katibas (battalions)
el-Keib, Abdurrahim
Kennedy, Patrick
Kenya embassy bombing (1998)
Kerry, John
al-Khalifa, Khalid bin Ahmad bin Muhammad
Khartoum embassy
kill zone. See also X
Kissinger, Henry
Kousa, Mousa
Kuwait City embassy
Lariviere, Ronald Albert
le Carré, John
Leary, Timothy
Lebanon
Lethal Weapon
al-Libi, Abu Yahya
Libya
as critical-threat post
deteriorating situation in
foreigners and colonization in
intelligence services in
liberation of
Libyans’ relationship with Stevens
nations leaving and remaining in
protests and civil war in