Demonstrators set the U.S. Consulate compound in Benghazi, Libya, on fire on September 11. The U.S. ambassador and three other U.S. nationals were killed during the attack. The Obama administration initially blamed a mob inflamed by a U.S.-produced movie that mocked Islam and its Prophet Mohammed, but later said the storming of the consulate appears to have been a terrorist attack. Photos: Protesters storm U.S. Embassy buildings
A desk inside the burnt U.S. Consulate building in Benghazi, Libya, on September 13, two days after the attack.
The damage inside the burnt U.S. Consulate in Benghazi on September 13.
A lounge chair and umbrella float in the swimming pool of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi on September 13.
Demonstrators on September 12 gather in Libya to condemn the killers and voice support for the victims in the attack on the U.S. Consulate.
U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement about the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Rose Garden at the White House on September 12 in Washington.
A burnt vehicle is seen at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on September 12.
People inspect the damage at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on September 12.
A small American flag is seen in the rubble at the U.S. Consulate on September 12.
President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stand at Andrews Air Force Base as the bodies of the four Americans killed at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi are returned on September 14.
A man stands in part of the burned-out compound on September 12.
Smoke and fire damage is evident in this consulate building on September 12.
Half-burnt debris and ash cover the floor of one of the consulate buildings on September 12.
The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames on September 11.
A protester reacts as the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi burns on September 11.
A vehicle and the surrounding area are engulfed in flames after it was set on fire inside the compound on September 11.
Flames erupt outside of a building in the U.S. consulate compound on September 11.
A vehicle burns during the attack Tuesday on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi on September 11.
Onlookers record the damage from the attack on September 11.
Onlookers walk past a burning truck and building in the compound on September 11.
A vehicle sits smoldering in flames on September 11.
- Bureau of Diplomatic Security to get the blame, two sources say
- Senior management "does not come out well at all," a source says
- An unclassified version of the report is expected to be released
Washington (CNN) -- An independent review of the September 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi criticizes the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security for its work in Libya before the event in which four Americans were killed, two sources who have read the report told CNN Tuesday.
The senior management in charge of diplomatic security "does not come out well at all," said one of the sources.
Assistant Secretary of State Eric Boswell is head of diplomatic security and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Charlene Lamb oversaw State Department decisions on security at the diplomatic outpost. Lamb testified before Congress about the security precautions; documents show Lamb denied repeated requests for additional security in Libya.
The review has been sent to Capitol Hill, and an unclassified version was expected to be released as well.
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The Accountability Review Board completed its investigation into the matter this week and sent a copy to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for review. A classified version of the report was delivered Tuesday afternoon to members and staff of the committees on Capitol Hill that have jurisdiction over the State Department.
Veteran diplomat Thomas Pickering and former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, both members of the review board will brief members of the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations Committees in a classified setting about the report on Wednesday.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters Tuesday that Clinton, who is home recovering from a stomach virus and concussion, wrote a letter to members of Congress that will accompany the report being sent to Capitol Hill.
Clinton ordered the review in the aftermath of the attack, which claimed the lives of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. Such reports are mandated by Congress when Americans working on behalf of the United States government are killed overseas.
It was expected to present a detailed examination of the events that led to the attacks along with a set of recommendations on improving security at U.S. diplomatic facilities around the world.
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In a notice sent to all State Department employees Tuesday, the department explained how the report would be implemented once it was released.
"To implement the Board's recommendations, the Secretary has directed the Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources to lead the implementation team, supported by the Under Secretary for Political Affairs, the Under Secretary for Management, the Director General of the Foreign Service, the Executive Secretary and the Deputy Legal Advisor," the notice said.
Employees were told the implementation team met Tuesday and would continue to do so regularly to implement the recommendations of the board.
The politics surrounding the events that led to the report have claimed one political casualty, with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice last week pulling her name from consideration to succeed Clinton. Some Republican senators had said they would put a hold on her nomination if President Barack Obama had submitted it, based on comments Rice made in the days after the attack.
In place of Clinton, Deputy Secretaries of State William Burns and Thomas Nides will testify before the House and Senate committees Thursday.
People duck flames outside a consulate building on September 11. 
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