Benghazi Consulate

U.S. Paid Guards $4 per Hour at Threatened Benghazi Consulate

• By Noah ShachtmanEmail Author
• October 3, 2012 | 
• 6:11 pm | 
• Categories: Miscellaneous

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A car burns after clashes in Benghazi. Photo: AP/Mohammad Hannon

There’s fresh evidence that security at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was something less than first class. Documents recovered from the grounds of the American mission show that the guards there were paid an hourly rate of 5.21 Libyan Dinars — the equivalent of $4 per hour.