Page 13 - Security Contractors News Today

Avoid scandal. cbs news obtained an internal state department inspector generals memo that shows several investigations were called off after coming to the attention of high-ranking officials. among the allegations, that a state department security official in beirut sexually assaulted foreign nationals hired as embassy guards. that member -- former secretary of state hillary clinton security detail, quote, engaged prostitutes while on official trips in foreign countries. a problem, the report s...

Diego. that, of course, is the military war memorial that has been the target of atheist groups for years. both woods and doherty from san diego were killed while workingg as security contractors at the u.s. consulate in benghazi. while the attack and the aftermath as we know are still under investigation, these two men were honored by a military flyover, the navy band, the navy seals. you see hundreds of people along with their families. listen. >> it is with a sad and heavy heart that i humbly...

Rocket-propelled grenades. security contractors and former special forces operators tyrone woods and glen doherty are killed in this attack. again, this is the pentagons official time line, one of the key questions critics want answered is why the rescue team secretary panetta put on stand by in europe were not actually deployed to libya and if they had been, could they have made it in time to stop the second attack that killed woods and doherty. that, according to those who organized it, was th...

They were unanticipate that secretary clinton couldnt testify before because she was unwell after her fall. >> saeblg clinton is going to take a lot of criticism for what happened in benghazi. i think shes also going to push back. i think shes going to say to congress, look, if you want more security at our diplomatic facilities, have you to pay for it. its the case that in many places around the world the state department is required to go for the lowest cost security contractors as opposed to ...

Weapons meet the need and fully reliable. >> karzai says he will secure immunity for the troops to allow them to stay after 2014. the small force proposed means the pentagon will likely have to rely on expensive security contractors. >> bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thank you. still ahead -- why some of nations toughest gup laws are not working if up with of americas most violent cities. first, you spend $6 billion hours a year trying to climb it. is anybody going to do anything a...

Fox has devoted countless hours of air time to the benghazi story booking guests to pedal the conspiracy theories. but today something rare happened. fox news invited journalist thomas ricks to share his thoughts about the whole thing. he reports the truth for a living. so needless to say his interview was cut short. >> senator john mccain said he would block any attempt to nominate susan rice to become secretary of state. shes currently the u.n. ambassador. he seems to be backing away from that...

Already being pushed on fox news. fox has devoted countless hours of air time to the benghazi skoir booking guests to pedal the conspiracy theories. but today something rare happened. fox news invited journalist thomas ricks to share his thoughts about the whole thing. he reports the truth for a living. so needless to say his interview was cut short. >> senator john mccain said he would block any attempt to nominate susan rice to become secretary of state. shes currently the u.n. ambassador. he ...

Do you know? >> i dont. >> no, nobody does because nobody cared. we know that several hundred died but there was never an official count dochb security contractors dead in iraq. see when i see this focus on what was essentially a small fire fight, i think number one, ive covered a lot of fire fights. its impossible to figure out what happens in them sometimes. second i think that the emphasis on benghazi has been extremely political partly because fox was operating as a wing of the republican pa...

>> no. nobody does because nobody cared. we know that several hundred died, but there was never an official count done of security contractors in iraq. so when i see this focus on what was essentially a small fire fight, i have covered a lot of fire fights. its impossible to figure out what happens in them sometimes. and second, i think that the emphasis on benghazi has been political partly because fox was operating as a wing of the republican party. >> all right. tom ricks, thank you for joini...

Died in iraq? do you know? >> i dont. >> no. nobody does because nobody cared. we know that several hundred died, but there was never an official count done of security contractors in iraq. so when i see this focus on what was essentially a small fire fight, i have covered a lot of fire fights. its impossible to figure out what happens in them sometimes. and second, i think that the emphasis on benghazi has been political partly because fox was operate iing as a wing of the republican party. >> ...