Audit of State Dept.’s ‘High Threat Level Posts’ Finds ‘Common’ Security Deficiencies

Published July 15, 2013 3:32pm ET



Nine months after the terror attacks at a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, an audit of five “selected high threat level posts” of the State Department by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) reveals cause for concern.  The report found that the facilities in question failed to comply with current security standards and that “common physical and procedural security deficiencies” were found [emphasis added]:

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