Benghazi report: US security chief quits
2012-12-19 21:03
Washington - An administration official says the chief of
the State Department's security service, one of his deputies and an official
from the agency's Middle East bureau have resigned after a damning report that
found systematic management failures responsible for a lack of security at the
US diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.
The official said Eric Boswell, the assistant secretary
of state for diplomatic security, and Charlene Lamb, the deputy assistant
secretary responsible for embassy security, stepped down under pressure after
the release of the report.
The third official worked for the Bureau of Near
East Affairs, but was not immediately identified, the official said, speaking
on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to discuss personnel
matters publicly.
The report said poor leadership in both bureaus left the
Benghazi mission under-protected.
- AP
