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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:37 PM Oct 2012

Congress to probe security flaws for Libya diplomats

October 5, 2012 7:26 PM
Sharyl Attkisson

... CBS News learned Friday that a former top security official for the embassy in Libya has been called to testify before Congress next week.

A subpoena was issued for the official who is a National Guard Army Green Beret who headed up a security team in Libya. Lt. Col. Andy Wood led a 16-member Special Forces site security team responsible for protecting U.S. personnel in Libya.

Wood says his military group and a six-member State Department elite force called a "mobile security deployment team" were scheduled to leave Libya in August -- one month before the Benghazi assault -- despite the fact that U.S. officials on the ground wanted them to be extended.

Wood says he met daily with U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, and security was a constant challenge ...

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57527150/congress-to-probe-security-for-libya-diplomats/

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