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Attack that the same state department contracting officer had refused to intervene in a dispute between security personnel on the ground in benghazi after complaints that the security agreement with blue mountain was unworkable. in a letter at that time, two months before the attack, contracting officer jan wrote quote, u.s. government is not required to mediate any disagreements between the two parties of the blue mountain libya partnership adding that to date, contract performance is satisfactory. asked about that letter, then state department spokeswoman victoria newman told reporters that ...

Mountain u.k. was standard and the situation was unworkable. when the libyans tried to bring in a third party, an american contractor to improve security at the consulate, a state department contract officer apparently shut it down in a july 10 letter. it reads in part, quote, the u.s. government is not required to mediate any disagreements between the two parties of the blue mountain libya partnership. both parties must agree to change key personnel. the contract terms and conditions preclude any subcontracting. at the state department say the briefer did not have specifics on the blue mounta...

Still working through what we have in the building in terms of documentation, in terms of information, what we knew, who knew and when we knew it. >> reporter: the letters obtained exclusive by fox news appeared to confirm similar allegations and show the state department refuse to get involved in the dispute between blue mountain libya, security license holder and the operation blue mountain u.k. that trained and provided local guard. source with knowledge of the two state department meetings one in june and the second in july tells fox that the libyan contract holder felt the security provid...

Improve security of the consulate, a state department contract officer shut it down in a july 10 letter that reads in part, quote, the u.s. government is not required to mediate any disagreements between the two parties of the blue mountain libya partnership. both parties must agree to change key personnel. the contract terms and conditions preclude subcontracting. there was no immediate response from blue mountain. k. to fox's request for comments. asked about the security dispute, the team told fox they would look into it further and i would note that july 10 letter said the state department...