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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: [Accountability Review Board report for Benghazi]
  title info:
    title: Benghazi report
  title info:
    title: ARB report
  name:
    name part: United States
    name part: Department of State.
    name part: Accountability Review Board for Benghazi,
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: United States
    name part: Department of State,
    role:
      role term: issuing body.
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: dcu
    date issued: 2012
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (39 pages)
  abstract: "Pursuant to Title III of the Omnibus Diplomatic and Antiterrorism Act of 1986, 22 U.S.C. § 4831 et seq., (the "Act"), Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton convened an Accountability Review Board (ARB) for Benghazi to examine the facts and circumstances surrounding the September 11-12, 2012, killings of four U.S. government personnel, including the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, John Christopher Stevens, in Benghazi, Libya. A series of attacks on September 11-12, 2012 involving arson, small-arms and machine-gun fire, and use of rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), grenades and mortars, focused on two U.S. facilities in Benghazi, as well as U.S. personnel en route between the two facilities. In addition, the attacks severely wounded two U.S. personnel, injured three Libyan contract guards and resulted in the destruction and abandonment of both facilities--the U.S. Special Mission compound (SMC) and Annex. Four Board members were selected by the Secretary of State and one member from the intelligence community (IC) was selected by the Director for National Intelligence. Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering served as Chairman, with Admiral Michael Mullen as Vice Chairman. Additional members were Catherine Bertini, Richard Shinnick, and Hugh Turner, who represented the IC. The criminal investigation of the September 11-12, 2012, Benghazi attacks, for which the statutory responsibility rests with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), was still underway at the time of this report. The Board enjoyed excellent cooperation with the Department of Justice and FBI throughout preparation of this report. The key questions surrounding the identity, actions and motivations of the perpetrators remain to be determined by the ongoing criminal investigation. As called for by the Act, this report examines: whether the attacks were security related; whether security systems and procedures were adequate and implemented properly; the impact of intelligence and information availability; whether…
  note: "Unclassified."
  subject:
    geographic code: f-ly---
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    topic: Benghazi Consulate Attack, Banghāzī, Libya, 2012
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Stevens, John Christopher
      name part: 1960-2012
    topic: Assassination
  subject:
    name:
      name part: United States.
      name part: Special Mission (Banghāzī, Libya)
    topic: Security measures
  subject:
    name:
      name part: United States.
      name part: Department of State
    topic: Security measures
  subject:
    topic: Terrorism investigation
    geographic: Libya
    geographic: Banghāzī
  subject:
    topic: Ambassadors
    geographic: Libya
    geographic: Banghāzī
    topic: Death
  subject:
    topic: Ambassadors
    geographic: Libya
    geographic: Banghāzī
    topic: Assassination
  classification: HV8079.T47 U66 2012eb online
  classification: S 1.2:B 43/2
  identifier: https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo32374
  record info:
    record content source: GPO
    record creation date: 121219
    record change date: 20211120170617.0
    record identifier: in00002844597
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng