World | Benghazi US Files 1st Charges in Benghazi Attack Ahmed Khattalah accused in sealed indictment By Neal Colgrass Posted Aug 6, 2013 3:44 PM CDT Copied This Sept. 13, 2012 file photo shows a cameraman filming one of US consulate burnt out offices in Benghazi, Libya. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon, File) So the Benghazi probe isn't dead: The Justice Department today filed charges against Libyan militia leader Ahmed Khattalah but kept details under wraps, CNN reports. Officials contacted by CNN refused to divulge anything or even say whether Khattalah will be detained. But Khattalah's possible involvement is nothing new: Libyan security officials said last year Khattala, founder of the Ansar al-Sharia militia, was at the US consulate in Libya during the attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others. The Wall Street Journal notes that other suspects beside Khattalah were also charged. Read These Next Beyonce leaves national anthem unfinished. A space capsule carrying ashes of 160 people crashed in the ocean. A lesson in minding your own business ... at 30,000 feet. The death toll in the Texas floods has risen to 27, including 9 kids. Report an error