Five days before Muslim militants killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans on Tuesday, Sept.11, the State Department’s security team told diplomats around the world that there was “no credible information” of any attack planned to coincide with the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attack on America, the clearest sign federal officials were clueless about this week’s assaults on embassies in Libya, Egypt and Yemen.

The State Department’s Overseas Security Advisory Council, charged with issuing travel warnings to Americans, on Sept. 6 issued this statement:

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