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Time for my favorite moment of the week the hit list with the scary -- might break out.
Next to me here the former CIA operative president of diligence LLC.
Build any -- FBI also -- Tom Ruskin former NYPD detective and president.
Of the CME group could see old gentleman -- thank you Mike it's nice to have you back thank you very much as well yeah.
I'm not cut McDowell thank you very much it's not the OSS -- The the big story of the day is that these -- hearings government oversight reform committee on the attack on the consulate in Libya.
There are a lot of genuine I mean that we we often -- -- -- look at these have series particularly this.
Election year and say there's a lot of politics here but there are a lot of genuine questions that need to be on -- on -- on the.
But is -- -- a lot of genuine questions and there's a lot -- -- politics which you have to assume counts for the the narrative that the other White House throughout -- at the very beginning of this.
-- I'm not one who thinks the White House the people who occupy.
That that place and and noses before them can be so stupid as to believe what they sort of saying from the very beginning so I have to assume that they they knew what -- what they're saying was wrong.
And they went with it because politically it made the most sense two months from an election -- you know whether that's -- I don't know but at some point political expediency -- -- the line I think.
So yes there's a lot of questions but we've been saying ever since.
The -- dust settled on the attack.
That there -- real problems here and the problems weren't just a couple days before the problems existed.
-- -- twelve months ago went through a series of incompetent decisions and just lack of of of common sense.
They allowed 4880.
-- poorly secured facility in a war zone and it and it just go from there to get a bill -- biggest point.
Here that there was simply not enough security.
I ran the ambassador to Libya of all the places it is really again we've suggested is unconscionable that this was it -- It was able to occur you know whether people -- and that could be hearing from today and probably already heard from -- is the regional security officer of the US Department of State and diplomatic security -- these people are not politicians these people are.
Full time career.
Security people for the -- -- -- He'll be testifying as to what his views are I think some early.
-- -- information coming out suggest that he had.
Had indicated to State Department only at the chain of command that he didn't feel as do.
-- -- stepping back from security was reported thank you need to be stepped up because of the Indian concerns in the area so I think it's people like that.
-- here from winning here really kind of I think the truth in -- with a rubber hits the road we've heard that already from someone who had been.
Aside nobody was from the you -- we -- -- -- a National Guard.
Committed to our viewers there is an art the end of you talk you talk since it does is -- -- country -- what it is yeah you know it's been trying to hide my a lot of Long -- that's.
Security and especially when you look.
This set -- all of the consulate.
Aden in -- -- this set up around the ambassador.
What are your immediate results that it was terribly flawed.
We know that the consulate was never upgraded the way that the ambassador -- asked.
The -- -- security -- had requested.
If anything the State Department did the opposite they took away their security personnel.
They did not improve the mission and the consulate.
To what -- -- me to properly protected and that's what led to some of these circumstances.
That led to the ambassador Stefan.
The three -- brave America.
-- we have four people that died for it for for no need there was no reason for those individuals a direct if if the State Department with -- White House support had done their job.
From the very beginning that's their job.
-- to assess the risk and determine the level security needed in any other facilities to protect all their people overseas.
It it's it's as simple as that and when when bill talks about the regional security officer that's that's that's a prime function.
Protect those people I know ensure the security of those facilities.
Overseas now the State Department the DS over State Department.
You should have been making those assessments a year ago when they decide to have this outpost a thousand kilometers away from Tripoli.
They should have done that there should have been a a significant -- and they do this all the time this is not rocket science and I talk.
I think I think the point it has to be made here's my esteemed colleagues have sixteen stated.
On the becoming -- is that these people are not politically driven.
Regular security driven they make that recommendation they don't care who's in the White House or who's in the state performance.
This is good job they've been brilliant pretend that you can't resist this bill as like bureaucratic screw up media days there's so much more responsibility and will -- I.
I'm glad I think it could be some bureaucratic issues of a lot of us who want to get terribly but -- bottom line is is that we had security professionals who were there who are around the world assessing these type of situations and we had someone.
In Libya it was providing information on up to.
The State Department because Washington and we believe at this point in and some early information coming out that he was suggesting.
That being you have much stronger security presence you know Johnson the other side of this -- -- -- -- our show last week is -- also quite.
Not just embarrasses Americans -- uphold -- we didn't have people in their right after this -- we have people.
On the ground almost putting out the fires away to your security content area as -- you know we allow journalists you don't pick up fragments and ready.
A diary that was left behind or.
Probably fell out of the pocket of the ambassador we -- we left documents we don't things in place for weeks before the FBI got in the air pollution at a point.
Those -- all been cut a couple of questions for not that it's specific questions Mike and you guys that that a when you -- also for.
View is here one can you read this -- does the FBI have to go through the State Department and justice to publish their initial report anybody do we know that.
While they will they'll have to forget how to be cleared by state well obviously before it's ever released to both.
Both in congress in a more public setting as well as the public it will have to go through some clearances there -- -- -- probably.
Testimony before probably close -- -- behind the foreign the intelligence committee and others where they can then provide your findings.
In -- in an outright fashion -- that's not -- -- be be hindered by what's the bottom.
-- -- -- Mentally FBI reports to justice right justice will only clear it was State Department anything of a confidential or classified secret but other than that they don't have -- the other one little question -- Just before I -- get to this disaster in LAX very quickly but.
What about you as saying I was so they have very -- -- -- embassies and consulates is that the -- could have my security guards test and look up look overseas for for most of my life and I I was involved in a lot of security assessments.
Of of facilities overseas primarily from my -- -- what we're worried about our own personnel and and you know what -- we had our offices and in some of these places.
This is not difficult there's nothing to -- I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm starting to get irritated because we've been beaten this horse now ever since the attack happened.
And we see that he did just that I guarantee you the outcome of this investigation will be nothing -- -- -- pretty much less than nothing because it's.
If it happens to be a Washington DC is someplace where we're investigations go to die so the part that I'm starting to get really irritated Basra have this investigation.
And nothing's going to happen particularly this close to election I almost -- -- guarantee and -- Jerry -- my banker has never gotten very very quickly you know my job is very -- Is that -- state farm has standards for protecting -- embassies and consulates have been placed for.
Basically decades have been improved based upon that attacks against our embassies overseas and those are pretty but those are in -- You know in place around.
The only thing and people didn't follow them you'd implement -- so let's get to LA acts upon a -- He's off case.
28 year old US citizen.
Traveling from Japan.
Via Korea on his way to Boston is how -- actually lives.
So did LAX wearing flame atop -- -- that bulletproof vest.
How to smoke grenade in his carry on luggage on somewhere else in his luggage -- entirely clear whether it was check.
All carry -- but he had Billy clubs kind cups body bags a whole plethora of bizarre -- Song.
From his coming up on Halloween you want to get Pennsylvania maybe it was just -- -- -- there was there anything actually illegal here I guess is -- well.
And because of the they're saying that the smoke grenades exceeds legal stay endurance and some of the Billy clubs may not be lawful in California which is where you -- Right the good news here is they found them as he had to do you know United States and and it doesn't look like he was a terroristic threat on the plane.
-- looking to do so be on the plane as most the stuff was in his luggage.
The -- bad news is they didn't find him before he got on the plane.
A bulletproof vest it's pretty.
Easy to see underneath you -- when I don't know what was where -- how to about the point we're carnahan's.
Says you know.
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Thank you very much as always thank you -- please don't get irritated here on the -- -- -- -- -- Mike -- could kill me with one hand and frequently dreams about doing exactly that unbelievable all right gentlemen -- about it --
