On December 28 , 2013 , Kirkpatrick published a detailed account of the 2012 Benghazi attack titled " A Deadly Mix in Benghazi " . Based on extensive interviews with Libyan witnesses and American officials , the article concluded that the attack began as neither a spontaneous protest nor an Al Qaeda plot . It was a planned attack carried out by local Islamist militants , and it was inspired in part by an American-made online video ridiculing Islam
2012 Benghazi attack
2012 Benghazi attack
David D. Kirkpatrick