Reminder of Things in the Benghazi Timeline:
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2009 - 2013: Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State. Though it would later be claimed by personnel in the Obama Administration Hillary Clinton did not use e-mail, there was an e-mail exchange between her and Gen. David Petraeus, in which she told him she “had to change her email address.” This email was not included later in FOIA lawsuit seeking “all emails” of Hillary Clinton. Huma Abedin was her chief-of-staff, receiving a special security clearance to also continue her employment with the Clinton Foundation. Heather Samuelson was Clinton's White House Liaison at State.
A high official in Clinton's State Department was the nephew of Ghislane Maxwell, Alexander Djerassi, whose father was the inventor of the birth control pill,including when Benghazi occurred: “Alexander Djerassi was a nonresident associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,where his research focused on Tunisia and U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East and North Africa.From 2009 to 2012, Djerassi was chief of staff and special assistant in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, covering U.S. relations with Arab states, Israel, and Iran.=He worked on matters relating to democratization and civil society in the Arab world, the Arab uprisings,and Israeli-Palestinian peace.Djerassi has served as a U.S. representative to the Friends of Libya conferences, Friends of the Syrian People conferences, U.S.-GCC Strategic Coordination Forum, and several UN General Assemblies.”
March, 2012: U.S. consular officials in Benghazi, Libya, began requesting additional security due to attacks.
April, 2012: Two former security guards of the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, threw an IED over the fence. Another bomb was thrown at a convoy four days later.
May, 2012: The office of the International Red Cross in Benghazi was attacked, the local al-Qaeda affiliate claiming responsibility.
June 6, 2012: A large hole was blown in the wall of the U.S. consulate gate in Benghazi, Libya. It was estimated that 40 men could go through the hole in the wall.
June 10, 2012: The British Ambassador Dominic Asquith was the victim of an assassination attempt.
Late June, 2012: As a result of all the attacks, the British withdrew their entire consular staff from Libya. American military and consular personnel communicated their concerns to top brass through official channels. Two security guards in the consulate noticed a Libyan police officer (or at least someone dressed as one) taking pictures of the building.