Embassy Security

Price to Avoid Another Benghazi? House Leaders Question $461 Million Training Center

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Josh Siegel June 25, 2014 State Department officials hope the Foreign Affairs Security Training Center, proposed for land at Fort Pickett in Virginia, would help embassy security agents defend against terrorist attacks such as those on the consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Photo: UPI/Tariq AL-hun) With the deadly Benghazi attacks providing impetus and momentum, the State … Read more

U.S. Embassies Found at Risk From Lax Guard Screening

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Security contractors have failed to fully screen local guards at U.S. embassies, putting Americans overseas at risk almost two years after the deadly attacks on the mission in Benghazi, Libya, an audit found. A review by the State Department’s inspector general of six contractors that provided local guards to boost embassy security found none fully … Read more