BLOG#5: U.S. post in Benghazi had less than standard security before attack

The U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, was operating under a lower security standard than a typical consulate when it was attacked this month, according to State Department officials.There was a bombing attack where Stevens and three other Americans were killed in. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and the other Americans killed in the attack are believed to have died of asphyxiation from heavy smoke. Officials knew that there was a steel door to the a safe room, later realized that did not make the room fire proof. U.S. officials have said the attack was a spontaneous outgrowth of a protest over an anti-Muslim film. Officials told CNN's Security Clearance last week there were questions about whether there was a significant protest ahead of time."Someone made the decision that the mission in Benghazi was so critical that they waived the standard security requirements, which presents unique challenges to the diplomatic security service as you can imagine," said Fred Burton, vice president for Intelligence at STRATFOR, an intelligence analysis group.

According to this article is seems as though, because of this criminal act of attack on the U.S post in Benghazi that encouraged U.S  to improve the building and their security service. The attack that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, from my understanding of the article, it was again dealing with that video online that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad. Because of this U.S improved their security by adding "barbed wire, increased lighting, chain link fences, additional sand bags and closed circuit television." I get from this article that the State Department felt as though they could have maybe not stopped the attack but prevented deaths from the attack if they had better security. So they did what they could think of to better the security for better protection. The thought of there may be more attacks to come on behalf of this very video also encouraged them to make improvement on the place.

 http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/24/u-s-post-in-benghazi-had-less-than-standard-security-before-attack/?hpt=wo_c1