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Criminal organizations. targeted attacks against westerners were on the increase. in june the ambassador received a threat on facebook with a public announcement that he would like to run around the embassy compound in tripoli. when i arrived in february there were three msd teams on the ground. ambassador kretz was confronted having to lose one of those teams and requested an equal number of regular diplomatic security agents. the ambassador struggled with renewing the sst beyond april 5th. tha...

Gaut gaut guatemala, and germany. im here to share best information to date about what happened in benghazi on september 11th. as you know there are ongoing investigations and reviews being conducted and we are speaking today with an incomplete picture the but as this process moves forward, and more information becomes available, we will continue to engage closely with congress. let me begin by describing the actual compound in benghazi. it is more than 300 yards long and nearly 100 yards wide. ...

This uncertain and volatile environment. the ssts mission was to support and answer to the chief of mission in libya. i worked directly for the regional security officer. we provided security support, medical support, communications support, for every facet of security that covered the embassy. as the sst commander i had a seat on the country team. i was closely involved with the operational planning and support to the rsoes, security objectives. the embassy staff lived and worked together at tw...

To their curiosity about what the obama administration is doing. jon: was some of it pushed, richard, by this video that, well, its not exactly the video we have on screen now, but i believe it was reuters shot some video outside our embassy that night that, basically, just shows a bunch of guys walking through the streets with rocket-propelled grenade launchers in their hands. there was no rioting, no, you know, "death to america" kinds of chanting, its just a bunch of thugs in the street with ...

Breach their security. tell us about that. >> i cant speak to the rules of engagement in each country. but i do know that the marine security guards, normal marines in the embassies, their main focus is to protect classified information. the physical security falls in the bureau of diplomatic security and guard forces on the outside. fast teams will be there to protect the embassy i cant speak to their rules of engagement in each country. >> are ambassadors armed? that was question people asked ...

Luggage. 84% of domestic flights are on time, give or take about 15 minutes. and there are fewer bags being lost. three bags lost for every 1,000 passengers. the reason, fewer flights and fewer weather delays. continuing with the airport, airplane theme. a drunken norwegian tourist waiting for a flight at the airport in rome caught the attention of security agents when this picture, yes, of him, popped up on their x ray monitors. he jumped over an unstaffed ticket counter and fell asleep on th...

Mosque, and a separate judge ruled in the mosques favor. >> a mosque has to be treated the same as other religious groups. the judge said you cant treat a religious group differently because its unpopular. that is the rule that will protect the mosque today, a synagogue tomorrow and a church on sunday. >> reporter: they obtained signatures last month from numerous christian, jewish and other religious organizations supporting the right of this mosque to build here in rut they are ford county. su...

>> reporter: tense moments over the atlantic for a united airlines jumbo jet heading newark to geneva, switzerland. an event that shows us just how on edge or how alert airline crews are these days. less than two hours into the flight, a flight attendant notice aid camera stuffed into the compartment of the back of an empty seat. after asking passengers if it belonged to anyone on board the flight attendant told the pilot who, according to the tsa out of abundance of caution, decided to turn aro...

Return here to the u.s. after a flight attendant noticed an abandoned camera. once at the airport, that camera was inspected by security agents and found nothing suspicious inside that device. passengers were rescreened and then put on another flight. also air canada is investigating what appears to be another incident involving a sewing needle found in an airline sandwich. now last month as you may remember, needles turned up in six sandwiches on delta flights from amsterdam. this latest inci...

Which was contracted to provide security agents has failed to fill. they say that now just 72 hours before the opening ceremony, they just want to cover every possible eventuality, listen. >> they have got a huge weekend ahead. opening ceremonies just three days away. so its better to have those troops on the ground so were they to be needed they can swing into action immediately. i think it gives people great confidence to think we have got our soldiers and armed services there on the ground. >...