Today, Ambassador Christopher Stevens has no job. His unemployment stems exclusively from one singular circumstance - he is still dead.
Very much alive and very much still employed is Ms. Charlene Lamb, the State Department's Top Security Official responsible for stripping our Libya Embassy of all military security personnel shortly before the gruesome, murderous attacks on 9/11 last year. In an environment of complete anarchy, in which rival militias were waring daily for control of Benghazzi (these thousands of militants and terrorists were armed to the teeth with Colonel Khadaffi's looted arsenal - larger than many European NATO countries in size and sophistication), Ms. Lamb testified to Congress that a security detail of twelve non-military individuals was adequate protection for our Libyan Diplomats. That four of these brave Americans were slaughtered did not alter Ms. Lamb's absurd conviction.
Now, there is no need to ponder why a certifiably insane person remains employed by the United States Department of State. Another well qualified Department rep., spokesperson, Victoria Nuland, has informed us that pursuant to controlling federal law, incompetence is not deemed to constitute a breach of one's job duty - REALLY, I am not making this up!
Few commentors have discussed Ms. Nuland's unequivocal statement that a federal government employee can abuse the public trust so egregiously that four coworkers die and suffer no career limiting consequences, let alone job dismissal. I guess that it is taken for granted that there is no accountability for poor (to deadly awful) job performance in the federal government. Except for those brave souls who venture into "Indian Country" where personal accountability includes termination with extreme prejudice when your cohorts safe and warm back at Headquarters deem you to be expendable. Rest in Peace Chris, you and your brave colleagues will not be forgotten.
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