During one of the breaks in Hillary Clinton's testimony on Benghazi, Jeffrey Toobin insinuated that Ambassador Chris Stevens purposely put himself in harm's way.
Stevens travelled to Benghazi from Tripoli on September 10, 2012 and planned to stay until September 14, 2012. Stevens only had two Diplomatic Security personnel with him.
Committee member Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga.) said that Stevens had asked Clinton and her State Department multiple times for extra protection. Clinton said that Stevens did not have her personal email account but had the means to call or email any relevant person at the State Department.
"He had the email and he had the direct line of everybody that he worked with for years. He had been posted with officials in the State Department. They had gone through difficult, challenging, dangerous assignments together. He was in constant contact with people. Yes, he and the people working for him asked for more security. Some of those requests were approved, others were not," Clinton said.
Toobin said to CNN's Wolf Blitzer that Stevens purposely put himself and the security team in dangerous situation.
"Did he make an intellegent decision by exposing himself and all of these security guards to the obvious risk. Did he mistake in going into this extremely dangerous situation? Obviously, no one wants to blame this man," said Toobin.
Blitzer dismissed Toobin's comment and said that based off of the reports that were produced Stevens had made the decision to leave Tripoli and to go to Benghazi that day.