The Obama Administration actually wants the American Public to "forget about the Benghazi thing because...it happened a long time ago" and yet they continue to blame Bush.
Quote from: iKAZ3D on May 12, 2013, 10:28:04 AMThe Obama Administration actually wants the American Public to "forget about the Benghazi thing because...it happened a long time ago" and yet they continue to blame Bush. Very true. Not much of a PR campaign of defense is it?
This is Whitewater all again. Ridiculous.http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-8-2013/the-big-benghazi-theoryWhat about the 54 attacks on diplomatic targets killing 13 Americans during Bush's administration? A total of 3 hearings...really? Where was your outrage then?
Was ABC News used by someone with an ax to grind against the State Department? It looks possible. A key email in its “scoop” that the administration’s “talking points” on Benghazi had been changed a dozen times came from White House national security communications adviser Ben Rhodes. It seemed to confirm that the White House wanted the talking points changed to protect all agencies’ interests, “including those of the State Department,” in the words of the email allegedly sent by Rhodes. But CNN’s Jake Tapper reveals that Rhodes’ email didn’t mention the State Department, and doesn’t even seem to implicitly reference it. The email as published by Karl differs significantly from the original obtained by Tapper. According to ABC’s Jonathan Karl, Rhodes weighed in after State Department’s Victoria Nuland, who expressed concerns about the way the talking points might hurt “my building’s leadership.” ABC quotes Rhodes saying: "We must make sure that the talking points reflect all agency equities, including those of the State Department, and we don’t want to undermine the FBI investigation. We thus will work through the talking points tomorrow morning at the Deputies Committee meeting." The email obtained by Tapper is very different. "Sorry to be late to this discussion. We need to resolve this in a way that respects all of the relevant equities, particularly the investigation. "There is a ton of wrong information getting out into the public domain from Congress and people who are not particularly informed. Insofar as we have firmed up assessments that don’t compromise intel or the investigation, we need to have the capability to correct the record, as there are significant policy and messaging ramifications that would flow from a hardened mis-impression. "We can take this up tomorrow morning at deputies." ... Significantly, the Rhodes email doesn’t even mention the controversial Benghazi talking points. Reporting by Stephen Hayes of the Weekly Standard paraphrased Rhodes’ email the same way – to depict him jumping in behind Nuland and protecting the interests of the State Department. Some on the right have suggested Karl and Tapper might be talking about two different emails, but in the ABC and CNN stories, the emails are dated identically, 9/14/12 at 9:34 p.m. Tapper provides the original; Karl did not.
Can't find a real scandal? No problem. Simply make one up by altering emails:QuoteWas ABC News used by someone with an ax to grind against the State Department? It looks possible. A key email in its “scoop” that the administration’s “talking points” on Benghazi had been changed a dozen times came from White House national security communications adviser Ben Rhodes. It seemed to confirm that the White House wanted the talking points changed to protect all agencies’ interests, “including those of the State Department,” in the words of the email allegedly sent by Rhodes. But CNN’s Jake Tapper reveals that Rhodes’ email didn’t mention the State Department, and doesn’t even seem to implicitly reference it. The email as published by Karl differs significantly from the original obtained by Tapper. According to ABC’s Jonathan Karl, Rhodes weighed in after State Department’s Victoria Nuland, who expressed concerns about the way the talking points might hurt “my building’s leadership.” ABC quotes Rhodes saying: "We must make sure that the talking points reflect all agency equities, including those of the State Department, and we don’t want to undermine the FBI investigation. We thus will work through the talking points tomorrow morning at the Deputies Committee meeting." The email obtained by Tapper is very different. "Sorry to be late to this discussion. We need to resolve this in a way that respects all of the relevant equities, particularly the investigation. "There is a ton of wrong information getting out into the public domain from Congress and people who are not particularly informed. Insofar as we have firmed up assessments that don’t compromise intel or the investigation, we need to have the capability to correct the record, as there are significant policy and messaging ramifications that would flow from a hardened mis-impression. "We can take this up tomorrow morning at deputies." ... Significantly, the Rhodes email doesn’t even mention the controversial Benghazi talking points. Reporting by Stephen Hayes of the Weekly Standard paraphrased Rhodes’ email the same way – to depict him jumping in behind Nuland and protecting the interests of the State Department. Some on the right have suggested Karl and Tapper might be talking about two different emails, but in the ABC and CNN stories, the emails are dated identically, 9/14/12 at 9:34 p.m. Tapper provides the original; Karl did not. Oops.http://www.salon.com/2013/05/14/who_doctored_a_white_house_email/
Benghazi was a consulate but it was closed to that use many months ago. There are three buildings in the Benghazi compound, building A is abandoned, building B & C are used by the CIA, There is an operation where the US is trying to establish an arms route through Turkey into Syria. It is supposed that this meeting with the Ambassador and a military official from Turkey was about arming the rebels. That Meeting was over at 9:30pm and the Turkish delegation left the compound. Our Ambassador went to building C where a bedroom had been prepared for him. The attack on the consulate timed to celebrate 9/11 began at 10 pm. The Ambassador and his bodyguard was moved to a safe room in bldg C. The CIA was handling the communications, letting the world know that this attack was taking place. Almost immediately the attackers found a diesel storage tank next to bldg C and used it to set the bldg on fire. The guards the US contracted with Syria to provide security, vanished. A team was sent from Cairo and attempted to get into bldg C to save the Ambassador. They found the bodyguard barely alive and the Ambassador dead from smoke inhalation. Budget cut closed the Consulate to begin with. The CIA had its own classified operation, otherwise nobody would have been there.Once again budget cuts played a role. No law was broken. Subsequently, the CIA moved into the Muslim Brotherhood HQ two blocks away and killed all who were there.
I can only add that the ambassador was dead within one hour of the attack. Smoke inhalation.
HemoDoc;I appreciate your comments, Doc. There were others there who deserve an applause too. As you have probably read, members of this unit during my time, were not permitted to talk about their work to anyone – unless you were inside an Army Security Agency operations building. Also, the unit was on loan to the National Security Agency, a civilian arm of American intelligence gathering. The consequences of this was the lack of promotions, recognition of the job/results, and no medals (which might lead to a publication of the name and duties of the unit). Some time around 1966, the qualifying standards were lowered due to demands for manpower. Talking about it now makes me a little nervous.I think you already know that the first person killed and on the Vietnam Wall Memorial was a man named Davis and he was in the ASA. I might say that I am not used to the attention for my time in the service. My time in Laos was with a unit designated as the Army Security Agency Special Operations Detachment. And, yes, I was shot at and I shot back. The Green Berets were much better at that than I was. gl
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