CIA Takes Heat for Role in Libya - WSJ.com: The congressional investigator said the delay showed that the secret CIA-State security arrangement was inadequate.
"The officers on the ground in Benghazi responded to the situation on the night of 11 and 12 September as quickly and as effectively as possible," the senior U.S. intelligence official said.
At the State Department that night, officials frantically tried to find out what was happening. In recent interviews, some administration officials criticized the CIA for not being forthcoming with information.