No individual officials ignored their duties, but “gross” miscommunication and leadership in the Bureaus of Diplomatic Security and Near East Affairs led to inadequate security, the panel says.
2012
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In wake of Newtown, Maine legislators look to act
Any review would consider ways to improve policies on school safety, guns and the mentally ill.
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Local & State Dispatches
Three injured when pickup spins into oncoming truck / Police seeking hit-and-run driver who hit teenage girl, mailbox / Police setting up sobriety checkpoints during holiday … and more news from around the state.
Posted inLife & Culture, News
McCain rejects torture scene in ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
“Not only did the use of enhanced interrogation techniques … not provide us with key leads … it actually produced false and misleading information,” Sen. John McCain says.
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Teacher sole heir of Nevada recluse’s gold-coin fortune
Walter Samaszko was a loner whose death went largely unnoticed. That all changed when a crew was sent to clean out his house . . .
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Investors turn against gun makers after massacre
Investors shunned some of the nation’s largest gun makers Tuesday, as their stocks plummeted and Cerberus announced it would sell the maker of the rifle used in the massacre.
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Propane leak prompts evacuation of Windham Walmart
No one was injured in the incident.
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Ex-Maine football player texted he ‘would shoot’ girlfriend
Jovan Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend and himself earlier this month, and may have foretold of the violence in a text message to his other girlfriend.
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Maine mom pleads no contest in baby’s mauling death
Katrina Mitchell, 31, was drunk and had passed out when her 7-month-old was mauled to death by the family’s dog, police say.
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Too big to jail? Bank execs avoid laundering charges
When the Justice Department announced its record $1.9 billion settlement against bank HSBC last week, it once again didn’t include money laundering charges.