Chris Emekauwa
Blog 10: (11/02/12)
C.I.A Behind The Scenes
During the attack in Benghazi,
Libya, on American diplomat J. Christopher Stevens (September 11th), the C.I.A.
played a crucial role behind the scenes. The C.I.A provided much needed support
by counter attacking terrorist militants. According to American officials the counter
attack included “deploying a rescue party from a secret base in the city,
sending reinforcements from Tripoli, and organizing an armed Libyan military
convoy to escort the surviving Americans to hastily chartered planes that
whisked them out of the country”. The
C.I.A. arrived on the scene very fast. “Within 25 minutes of being alerted to
the attack against the diplomatic mission, half a dozen C.I.A. officers raced
there from their base about a mile away”. On the way there the C.I.A quickly
enlisted even more help from Libyan militia fighters. Before securing the
survivors and withdrawing them to a safe location, they desperately searched
for J. Christopher Stevens.
One thing that could be addressed
by the C.I.A., as I’ve already discussed numerous times in past blogs, is the
lack of security guarding these special individuals, like American diplomat J.
Christopher Stevens, which are more likely to be attacked than others. Doing
this could have meant the difference between instantly and 25 minutes or life
and death and maybe some of the individuals who died could have ultimately been
saved. I’m not blaming the C.I.A. for
anything because I still believe that they did a good job and are the best at
what they do, but maybe having one or two C.I.A. operatives personally guarding
these people at all times could make a difference. Stricter policies for anti-terrorist
measures may insure the safety of those that may be exposed to sneak attacks
like this one that happened on September 11th, 2012.
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