It occurred at a consulate. There is a big difference.
Both embassies and consulates are representative departments of a foreign country/government within another country.
Technically, an Embassy is where an "Ambassador" is based. As there can only be one Ambassador for a specific country, there can only be (at most) one Embassy. As the Ambassador is the highest ranking representative of that foreign government, the Embassy is thus also deemed to be the highest level of representative location.
A consulate is similar, but generally deemed to be a lower ranking due to the lack of an Ambassador. Consulates will generally be smaller - often being more like an office where the embassy often doubles as the actual residence for the Ambassador and/or some of his staff.
http://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/9480/whats-the-difference-between-embassies-and-consulates
Embassies are in the capitols of countries usually. Consulates can be anywhere.
It is perfectly understandable, to be expected even, that a consulate will not be nearly as secure as an embassy.
The puzzling thing is the presence of a CIA compound fairly near the consulate.
What was the coordination and cooperation between the CIA and the State Department at the time? That is a question to which the American deserve an answer. Was there some sort of negligence on the part of the CIA which was then headed by Petraeus?
The German Embassy in the US is in the D.C. area. There is a German consulate in, for example, Los Angeles.
My question has always been why Stevens met with the Turkish ambassador in the consulate in Benghazi where the security would, of course, not have been as great as it would have been in the Embassy in Tripoli. Tripoli is the capitol of Libya.
I have wondered about that. My instincts tell me there was a reason for the choice of that strange and, of course, less secure meeting place. What was it?
Why don't the reporters, the media find out the answer to that question?
Jeb Bush obviously does not understand how foreign policy and diplomacy work. Why would he? He was the governor of a state, not in any way involved really in federal government.
Jeb Bush is no more qualified to be president than his brother was, and that was not qualified at all.
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