Libya mission was mainly CIA operation, report says

The U.S. effort in Benghazi was at its heart a CIA operation, according to officials briefed on the intelligence, Wall Street Journal writes.

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NEW YORK The U.S. effort in Benghazi was at its heart a CIA operation, according to officials briefed on the intelligence, Wall Street Journal writes. The U.S. Consulate was attacked by extremists on September 11. Libya mission was mainly CIA operation, report says The CIA operation in Libya, that started soon after a rebellion against Muammar Gaddafi began in February 2011, was aimed at counterterrorism and securing heavy weapons held by the embattled regime. Of the more than 30 American officials evacuated from Benghazi following the deadly assault, only seven worked for the State Department. Nearly all the rest worked for the CIA, under diplomatic cover, which was a principal purpose of the consulate, CIA officials were quoted as saying by the WSJ. Two of the four men who died that day, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, were former Navy SEAL commandos who were publicly identified as State Department contract security officers, but who actually worked as CIA contractors, U.S. officials say. According to WSJ, almost 20 CIA agents were working from a compound publicly referred to as the "annex," which was given a State Department office name to disguise its purpose. Consulate officials retreated to the annex after the first attack of the extremists on September 11. Since the attack, the U.S. administration has been facing numerous questions as to whether the security in the consulate had been flawed. The Journal suggested that the security lapse may have been caused by miscommunication between the CIA and the State Department, with the latter assuming the annex security team was a sufficient backup for its own guards. With all U.S. personnel evacuated, the CIA appears to have dispatched local Libyan agents to the annex to destroy any sensitive documents and equipment there, officials said. The U.S. Consulate after the attack (Beta/AP) Tanjug

Libya mission was mainly CIA operation, report says

The CIA operation in Libya, that started soon after a rebellion against Muammar Gaddafi began in February 2011, was aimed at counterterrorism and securing heavy weapons held by the embattled regime.

Of the more than 30 American officials evacuated from Benghazi following the deadly assault, only seven worked for the State Department. Nearly all the rest worked for the CIA, under diplomatic cover, which was a principal purpose of the consulate, CIA officials were quoted as saying by the WSJ.

Two of the four men who died that day, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, were former Navy SEAL commandos who were publicly identified as State Department contract security officers, but who actually worked as CIA contractors, U.S. officials say.

According to WSJ, almost 20 CIA agents were working from a compound publicly referred to as the "annex," which was given a State Department office name to disguise its purpose. Consulate officials retreated to the annex after the first attack of the extremists on September 11.

Since the attack, the U.S. administration has been facing numerous questions as to whether the security in the consulate had been flawed. The Journal suggested that the security lapse may have been caused by miscommunication between the CIA and the State Department, with the latter assuming the annex security team was a sufficient backup for its own guards.

With all U.S. personnel evacuated, the CIA appears to have dispatched local Libyan agents to the annex to destroy any sensitive documents and equipment there, officials said.

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