known weapons experts for al-Qaeda, wrote on a jihadi website that Stevens was killed by lethal injection after plans to kidnap him during the Benghazi assault went awry. Obviously we need to take anything a terrorist says with more than a grain of salt. However, is there any information that would indicate Stevens was killed by lethal injection? Was a full autopsy performed? If so, why haven’t the results been made public? Were any toxins found in Stevens’ blood?
• The ARB report states the intruders smoked up Villa C, likely to make breathing so difficult that anyone inside the safe room would need to come out. And that seems to be just what happened. According to the ARB report, Stevens and his guards had no choice but to exit the safe room for fresh air. How did Stevens and his guards make itfrom the safe room, where they were being smoked out, into a bathroom in the Villa without any of the intruders noticing?
• An Obama administration e-mail released in May 2014 states that in the immediate aftermath of the Benghazi attacks, someone at a local Libyan hospital called to report Stevens was at the medical center and was “alive and well.” The e-mail entirely contradicts the ARB report, which states the caller at the hospital said a man matching Stevens’ description was brought to the medical center and was “unresponsive.” How does the State Department explain this discrepancy? Was the hospitalized ambassador alive and well, or unresponsive? If Stevens was alive and well, as the Obama administration e-mail claims, then how did he die?
• How did Stevens’ body get from a heavily besieged compound to the Benghazi Medical Center? The ARB report says Stevens was transported by “good Samaritans.” 19 How did these “good Samaritans” make it past Ansar al-Sharia roadblocks with the body of the most high-profile American in Libya? And just who are these “good Samaritans” in Benghazi who risked their lives to make it through the various checkpoints all the way to the hospital?
• The Benghazi Medical Center was controlled by the rebels. The ARB report called the facility “dangerous for American personnel” because of Ansar Al-Sharia’s known presence inside the hospital. 20 Did Ansar or any other Islamic extremist group become aware of Stevens’ presence at the hospital?
• The ARB report explains that the “presumed remains of Ambassador Stevens” were brought to the airport by Libyan contacts in “a local ambulance at 0825 local, and the TDY RSO verified Ambassador Stevens’ identity.” 21 The ARB report does not explain how these “Libyan contacts” managed to get Stevens’ body out of the “dangerous” hospital. Who were the Libyan contacts?
• The eighty-five-page Senate report reveals details about how Stevens’ body arrived at the tarmac with the waiting evacuation airplane. “After more than three hours of negotiations and communications with Libyan officials who expressed concern about the security situation at the hospital, the Libyan government arranged for the Libyan Shield Militia to provide transportation and an armed escort from the airport.” 22 Who was holding Stevens’ body, and how were the remains eventually released? Were any promises made by the U.S. government for the release of the body?
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CONNECTION
• Are any of the attackers tied to Egyptian former president Mohamed Morsi or any other Muslim Brotherhood figures?
• It is known that the U.S. government had knowledge indicating some Egyptian participation in the assault. Why did the Obama administrationinitially keep this critical piece of information from the public?
• Unsubstantiated Arabic-language reports from the Middle East claim a passport belonging to the alleged killer of Stevens had been recovered at the home of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood deputy leader Khairat el-Shater. Is this true? Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reportedly visited el-Shater in