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Vile Rat David Kushner
Sean Smith lived a double life-one as an American envoy at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya and another in a cult online fantasy world peopled by real spies, hackers and government agents, where he was known as Vile Rat. On September 11, 2012, when terrorist attacked the consulate, Smith's two worlds converged in one final, harrowing moment