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A new State Department document obtained by Judicial Watch via a FOIA request reveals that then White House Deputy Strategic Communications Adviser Ben Rhodes and other Obama administration public relations officials coordinated a campaign to “reinforce” President Obama's image and to portray the Benghazi consulate terrorist attack as being “rooted in an Internet video, and not a failure of policy.”
The main point of the White House team’s strategy was to paint the terrorist attack as being “rooted in an Internet video and not a failure of policy,” Judicial Watch said in an emailed release. Meanwhile, the State Department — at the same time that message was being shaped — initially considered the incident simply an “attack,” and perhaps even a kidnap try, the watchdog said.
On Tuesday, an email obtained by the government watchdog Judicial Watch revealed that a senior American advisor informed then National Security Advisor Susan Rice to emphasize that the deadly 2012 attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya was the result of a spontaneous protest arising from an inflammatory YouTube video. Transcripts later revealed that senior defense officials had informed the administration on the night of the assault that the event was a "terrorist attack."
Fox's intel correspondent Catherine Herridge reported that a September 14 emails links White House Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes advised Rice to focus on the YouTube video during her appearances on a variety of Sunday morning news programs:
Among the goals Rhodes outlined for Rice was for her "to underscore that these protests are rooted in an internet video, and not a broader failure of policy."
originally posted by: InverseLookingGlass
a reply to: freakjive
So keep please dogging them for their lies but admit it's naive to single out a particular politician for lying or fraud. It is the rule set of the game that is being played by the whole bunch and their corporate owners.
originally posted by: freakjive
originally posted by: InverseLookingGlass
a reply to: freakjive
So keep please dogging them for their lies but admit it's naive to single out a particular politician for lying or fraud. It is the rule set of the game that is being played by the whole bunch and their corporate owners.
That's the beauty of the forum and posting system. We can identify them and put them on blast one-by-one, mistake by mistake. There is no singling out here. We just call it as we see it...time and time again.
Besides, this isn't one politician. This is an entire administration.
Jon Karl vs. Jay Carney on Benghazi
April 30, 2014
Judicial Watch: Carney is Wrong, We Sued for Benghazi Talking Points
Carney said that talking points given to Ambassador Susan Rice to recite on talk shows following the Benghazi attack centered around protests in the Middle East, not specifically pertaining to Benghazi.
“If you look at that document, that document that we’re talking about today was about the overall environment in the Muslim world- the protests outside of Khartoum…These were big stories. These were- this was a big problem. And this was an ongoing story through that weekend when Ambassador Rice appeared in the Sunday shows,” Carney told Karl.
Fitton fired back at Carney’s blatant attempt to cover the Benghazi scandal up by lying about the emails, “We [Judicial Watch] didn’t ask for documents about protests everywhere in the world. We asked for Benghazi talking points, we got this document from the administration, from the State Dept. in response to a specific request about Benghazi documents.”
He continued, “This email has serious implications and the White House is flailing. There are serious implications to misleading Congress, lying to Congress, obstructing Congress…”
originally posted by: SloAnPainful
Yep the entire administration is a utter failure on so many levels. Hilary was the backbone of this whole scandal. I should be surprised, but I'm really not...