Tonight the MoD was urged to investigate the actions of British officers, with political and military figures insisting that the commanders of the base share the blame for the security lapses.
...security at the base was in fact the responsibility of British officers, some of whom have since been promoted.
Maj-Gen Gurganus’s former deputy, Stuart Skeates CBE – who was awarded a Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the operational honours announced yesterday – has been elevated from brigadier to major-general and is now the Commandant of the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. Jeff Portlock, the Bastion base commander on the night of the attack, has been promoted from group captain to Air Commodore.
"If British commanders were culpable then, like their American counterparts, I would expect disciplinary action to be taken. Questions do need to be answered."
….extracts from today's Telegraph.