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Stephens, why not for his own security? you say he's an expert in libya and north africa but not when he asked for a security detail to extent their stay? >> reporter: this morning's hearing heard testimony that security problems within beyond the consulate in the 2012 attack and in some cases u.s. government personnel are operating in warehouses and not fortified compounds. in this exchange republican congressman jim jordan asked why the state department was in benghazi and if physical security standards were being met? >> were those followed with the benghazi facility? >> no, sir, they were ...

We first reported here at fox news on september 28 that a type of waiver had been signed which meant the consulate in benghazi did not meet very is specific state department security standards. you see if you have a posting in an area that is at high threat for terrorism or for civil unrest there are very specific physical security standards such as reenforced ballistic windows, doors, even the width and depth of the concrete to reenforce the windows and doors is dictated and this was waived in benghazi and because it was waived it meant there wasn't that hour of time which is what the standar...

We first reported here at fox news on september 28 that a type of waiver had been signed which meant the consulate in benghazi did not meet very is specific state department security standards. you see if you have a posting in an area that is at high threat for terrorism or for civil unrest there are very specific physical security standards such as reenforced ballistic windows, doors, even the width and depth of the concrete to reenforce the windows and doors is dictated and this was waived in benghazi and because it was waived it meant there wasn't that hour of time which is what the standar...

The required physical security standards for posting in a high-risk for terrorism or civil unrest area. this is designed to give the ambassador and his team an hour, it's sometimes called a golden hour where they can burn classified documents and call in emergency evacuation. what is clear from that reporting from the newspaper on the ground is that none of that happened. i would argue that there was a waiver signed here in washington d.c., i'm told by someone senior within the state department to allow the ambassador to operate at that consulate given that the physical security was not meetin...