White house releases emails related to Benghazi attacks

The White House has released e-mails related to the attack on the US diplomatic mission in the Libyan city of Benghazi on 11 September 2012.

The 99-page correspondence shows conversations members of the Obama administration had when preparing to brief the media.

According to the BBC, the Obama administration released the emails on Wednesday in an attempt quell criticism of its handling of the crisis.

Until now, the White House had declined to make the documents public, instead letting congressional investigators review them without making copies.

The 99 pages of emails, and a single page of handwritten notes, include conversations between members of multiple agencies, including the CIA, state department and the FBI.

The assault by armed men left four Americans dead, including the US ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, the report added.