Sensitive documents left behind at US consulate in Libya

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EPA fileU.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, who was killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, during an event in Tripoli, Libya, Sept. 12.By NBC News staff and wire servicesDocuments including the full itinerary of Ambassador Christopher Stevens’s trip to Benghazi, Libya and the personnel records of Libyans employed to secure the U.S. official's mission were left behind at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, The Washington Post reported exclusively.

A reporter who visited the looted compound Wednesday found the sensitive documents strewn across the floor, The Post said. The State Department did not ask The Post to withhold the documents from publication.

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