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September 25, 2012

Why Benghazi Attack Will Blind the U.S.

Robert Baer, Time

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The overrunning of the American consulate in Benghazi and the murder of the U.S. ambassador to Libya is a disaster for U.S. intelligence-gathering capabilities in the Middle East. The resultant siege mentality in Washington creates an imperative to pull our spies and diplomats back into fortresses ­ heavily defended U.S. sanctuaries from which it’s almost impossible to collect good human intelligence.

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