CIA Annex Security Team

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private military contractor team security unit

The CIA Annex Security Team was a small group of elite private security contractors who defended the U.S. diplomatic compound and CIA annex during the 2012 Benghazi attack in Libya.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
CIA Annex Security Team canonical	1
CIA security contractors	1
CIA security team in Benghazi	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1749682 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: CIA Annex Security Team
Context triple: [Mark "Oz" Geist (13 Hours film character), memberOf, CIA Annex Security Team]

A. CIA Security Protective Service
The CIA Security Protective Service is the armed federal law enforcement unit responsible for protecting CIA personnel, facilities, and sensitive assets, particularly at the agency’s headquarters.
B. CIA Special Activities Division
The CIA Special Activities Division is a covert paramilitary and special operations unit of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency responsible for clandestine missions, including sabotage, counterinsurgency, and support to foreign proxy forces.
C. National Security Branch
The National Security Branch is a major component of the FBI responsible for integrating and overseeing the Bureau’s counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and related national security operations.
D. National Counterintelligence and Security Center
The National Counterintelligence and Security Center is the U.S. government organization responsible for leading and coordinating national counterintelligence and security efforts to protect the country against foreign intelligence threats.
E. Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency is a U.S. Department of Defense agency responsible for overseeing industrial security, personnel vetting, and counterintelligence support for government and cleared industry.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: CIA Annex Security Team
Target entity description: The CIA Annex Security Team was a small group of elite private security contractors who defended the U.S. diplomatic compound and CIA annex during the 2012 Benghazi attack in Libya.

A. CIA Security Protective Service
The CIA Security Protective Service is the armed federal law enforcement unit responsible for protecting CIA personnel, facilities, and sensitive assets, particularly at the agency’s headquarters.
B. CIA Special Activities Division
The CIA Special Activities Division is a covert paramilitary and special operations unit of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency responsible for clandestine missions, including sabotage, counterinsurgency, and support to foreign proxy forces.
C. National Security Branch
The National Security Branch is a major component of the FBI responsible for integrating and overseeing the Bureau’s counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and related national security operations.
D. National Counterintelligence and Security Center
The National Counterintelligence and Security Center is the U.S. government organization responsible for leading and coordinating national counterintelligence and security efforts to protect the country against foreign intelligence threats.
E. Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency is a U.S. Department of Defense agency responsible for overseeing industrial security, personnel vetting, and counterintelligence support for government and cleared industry.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	private military contractor team ⓘ security unit ⓘ
activeDuringEvent	2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
associatedWith	U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi ⓘ linked to: United States consulate in Benghazi
basedAt	CIA annex compound, Benghazi ⓘ linked to: CIA Annex in Benghazi
composedOf	elite private security contractors ⓘ
conflict	Libyan Crisis ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dateOfEvent	2012-09-11 ⓘ 2012-09-12 ⓘ
describedIn	book "13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi" ⓘ
employer	CIA ⓘ linked to: Central Intelligence Agency
hasCasualty	Glen A. Doherty ⓘ Tyrone S. Woods ⓘ
hasMember	Glen A. Doherty ⓘ Jack Silva (pseudonym) ⓘ linked to: Jack Silva John Tiegen ⓘ Kris Paronto ⓘ Mark Geist ⓘ Oz (pseudonym) ⓘ Tyrone S. Woods ⓘ
hasType	paramilitary security team ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
location	Benghazi ⓘ Libya ⓘ
notableEvent	defense of rooftop position at CIA annex ⓘ response to attack on U.S. Special Mission compound in Benghazi ⓘ
notableFor	delaying evacuation order controversy ⓘ
notableWork	protection of U.S. personnel during 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ
operatedBy	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
operationalTask	compound defense ⓘ coordination with U.S. diplomatic mission ⓘ counter-assault operations ⓘ personnel evacuation ⓘ
partOf	CIA annex in Benghazi ⓘ linked to: CIA Annex in Benghazi
role	defense of CIA annex in Benghazi ⓘ defense of U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi ⓘ
subjectOf	film "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi" ⓘ linked to: 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
timePeriod	early 2010s ⓘ