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| Subject: Awww, US security chief Eric Boswell quits, three others are suspended... awww... Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:15 am | |
| senior US security official has quit and three others are suspended after a damning report into a deadly attack on a US mission in Benghazi.
The state department said diplomatic security chief Eric Boswell resigned and three other unnamed officials had been put on administrative leave.
US envoy to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other officials were killed in the attack on 11 September.
An internal report said "grossly inadequate" security led to the deaths.
However, the report did not suggest disciplinary action be taken against any individuals. Political fallout
"The Accountability Review Board identified the performance of four officials, three in the Bureau of the Diplomatic Security and one in the Bureau of Near East Asia Affairs," state department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement.
"The secretary has accepted Eric Boswell's decision to resign... The other three individuals have been relieved of their current duties."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20787086 |
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