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Cause problems. either attacks within baghdad which they have been doing p. they can still he is security and one of the worst case is if there are security situations at the embassy and we have to shut down or temporarily close or relocate or evacuate staff, those are worst case scenarios we need to watch for. that may not be a take over but that would be something to dramatically alter both the policy strategically and how they deal with iraq and the strategy in general. >> a possible, you think? >> a possibility between a mortar attack. we have seen those things happen before. you know, it ...

Some old questions are getting new attention tonight concerning the murder of four americans in the raid on the u.s. diplomatic facility in benghazi, libya, september 2012. at issue, did the obama administration deliberately downplay the level of planning and execution now evident in those attacks? here is catherine herridge. >> if former cia director david petraeus and mike morrell are recalled to testify in benghazi, they can expect hard questions about the mortar attack in benghazi. republican mike rogers, chairman of the powerful house intelligence committee says the evidence suggests a hi...

Martha: some conflicting evidence is now emerging in the benghazi investigation. at issue is new information that shows that former cia director david petraeus and his deputy, michael morrell, who's become a real focus in this investigation, both downplayed the skill and the planning behind the mortar attack that killed two american security officers that night. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live in d.c. catherine, was in the kind of attack that really could have been done spontaneously or on the fliesome. >> reporter: well, not based on our report, and the republican ...

Suggested they did not involve significant preplanning. and when pressed on the same issue, petraeus also downplayed the planning and necessary skill, stating that the mortars could have been fired from the back of a truck. >> a truck would not permit you, that stable platform necessary to put the rounds down. because every time you fire, the truck shakes. it's not adequate for any sort of indirect fire. >> reporter: we asked general petraeus to further clawfy his assessment, and there was no immediate response. as for morrell, he's consistently stood by his testimony, but many both cases it's...

Tyrone woods and glen doherty who were defending the cia operation from the rooftop. a third cia contractor was also on the roof and permanently maimed in the mortar attack. this recent bipartisan senate intelligence committee report that found a lot of differing points of view on the attacks. quote, the collective assessment of the tell intelligence community remains that the attacks were deliberate and organized but their lethality and efficacy didn't necessarily indicate extensive planning. in layman's term the missing piece how long it took to plan. what is not in question whether the atta...