Ethan Chorin is a former US diplomat, political analyst, author, and environmental entrepreneur. From 2004 to 2006, he was one of a handful of US diplomats posted to Libya. Six years later, as codirector of an NGO, he became a witness to the Benghazi attack and its aftermath.

We talk about the lead up to the conditions of the Benghazi attack ten years ago from a diplomat's point of view.

A widely respected expert on Libya, Chorin is the author of Benghazi! A New History of the Fiasco that Pushed America and its World to the Brink along with others about the region.  He has appeared in the New York Times, the Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Prospect, Forbes, Newsweek, and others. He has been a regular commentator on Libya for the BBC, and has also appeared on CNBC, CNN, CBS, and C-SPAN.

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