nikoula denies it, but he is sam basile.ng an alias violates his probation, but in hollywood terms, is he still a nobody that no one wanted to watch. july 6th. back in libya, americans are more concerned about terror attacks. but deputy assistant for diplomatic security charlene lamb says they shouldn't make a formal request for the extension of the security teams set to leave in august. >> lamb was discouraging to put it wildly. why do you keep putting this forward? >> august 8th. ambassador stevens sends another cable to washington. "what we have seen are not random crimes of opportunity, but rather targeted and discriminate attacks." less than a week after that cable, lieutenant colonel wood and his military sight security team leave the country. how did you feel about the security situation when you left? >> i didn't like it. and specifically for benghazi. >> reporter: still, stevens is being pushed to increase the diplomatic presence in the city. >> secretary clinton wanted benghazi converted to a permanent consistent p

we have a new interview with basili nikoula basili. he's the filmmaker.n you hear his story, it's absurd. >> the fact that this video caused the whole situation in benghazi. >> the theme, he tried to have -- he shows the movie in the vine theater in hollywood, and trying to gelt muslims to come there and get upset. the innocence of bin laden is what it's called at the time. get upset and his associate will videotape them coming out. it doesn't happen. it's absurd and so obscure, you think these two guys are at the center of what ended up being the secretary of the state and president of the united states talking about this video that wasn't getting any hits. >> and nailjailed a long period time. >> and still not getting hits on youtube. >> the suspect that was interrogated and released? we don't get any since of where the investigation is going. a lot of people involved on the attack at the compound. the murder of the ambassador and three others. >> there is a man from libya tied to the attack that has since been released. a number of people told us they