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August 16th cable that's been classified that my colleague catherine herridge has seen and describes it as a smoking gun showing all the security issues. why is that classified, that document? >> well, we actually allude to that cable in our report. and some of it is still classified but most of it was declassified and what ambassador stevens said in a cable on august 16th is that the situation is deteriorating in benghazi. it's trending worse we know there are a minimum of 10 al qaeda training camps that are located in benghazi, not in libya but in benghazi and it gives some other dire circum...

Ultimately the security of our diplomats depens on the host country. this is all a discussion about there might have been five security people on the ground if only there was more funning and deployment and that cable and this cable, there would have been eight or nine that might have led to more protection or more casualties. here in washington the decision was made to provide well more than 16 security people to libya. nobody that i know of in washington was involved in the issue of how many of those were in benghazi going with the ambassador or there in advance. the decision that all 16 wer...

With regard to the security requests, subsequent to the august 16th cable, our personnel in libya had not submitted additional security requests to washington at the time of the september 11 attack. now, there was an ongoing dialogue as you know between libya and washington. i think -- >> my time is limited. an emergency meeting was held and a cable support out on august 16th by the ambassador himself, warning what could happen. this cable went unnoticed by your office. that's the bottom line. >> the facts as we have them, congressman, and i will be happy to have people give you this in detail...

To my attention or above the assistant secretary level where the arb placed responsibility where as i think ambassador pickering said the rubber hit the road. >> when were you aware of this cable? >> after the arb gone to gather information and material which of course -- >> who within your office did see this cable? >> i'm not aware of anyone within my office. within the secretary's office having seen the cable. >> within the national security council? >> i have no information or awareness of anyone having seen that cable. >> was this a cable that was a surprise to you? >> you know, congressm...