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KARL: Yeah, this is fascinating. Because Mike Morrell, who was the deputy director, was the one that ultimately signed off on this one. Petraeus finally saw the final version of the talking points. This is the Saturday afternoon before Susan Rice’s appearances on the Sundayshows. He looks at these and says they’re essentially useless. And direct quote from his e-mail. He says, I would just as soon not use them. But it’s their call, meaning the White House’s call.
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Sunday he believes “more whistleblowers” will come forward with information on the deadly attack last year on diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya.
I do think we are going to see more whistleblowers. I know certainly my committee has been contacted, I think others committees [have been contacted] as well,” Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) said on “Fox News Sunday.” …
“I will tell you, we have had people come forward because of the testimony and say, we would also like to talk, we feel a little bit intimidated by this, but have information we think is valuable,” Rogers said.
Originally posted by Hopechest
Its doubtful Obama had direct knowledge of any of those events.
Presidents usually issue broad directives and let their people figure out the details. Remember that Nixon knew nothing about Watergate until it broke and was only guilty of covering it up afterwards.
The actual break-in was done without his knowledge.
WND that despite a spotless tax record, he became the target of an audit in January 2011 when he received an “unsettling” call from an IRS agent who called himself a fan of his and considered it “an honor” to audit him.
“That order had to come from the highest levels of government,” he asserted.
“Obama is using the power of the IRS and other government agencies to punish his political opposition and intimidate and silence his critics,” Root charged.
He’s had numerous conversations with high-profile friends who contribute to the Republican Party or are GOP bundlers and also have been audited by the IRS.
He said that he personally requested to be my auditor…and it was a great “honor” to be auditing me. I hung up the phone and felt a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach. This was an unsettling conversation.
Soon my gut instinct was verified. My accountant called to say he’d had several conversations with the IRS agent and something seemed very different from any IRS audit he’d ever handled. This agent clearly had an agenda. He was unreasonable. He disregarded facts. He simply disallowed virtually all of my legal deductions. There was even a debate over my mortgage deduction. Soon he was auditing a second year. It got worse with each conversation.
My accountant called and said, “Wayne, it is so clear that this IRS agent is out to badly damage you. You must hire a top tax lawyer. This is like nothing I’ve ever dealt with. This not an ordinary IRS audit. You need legal representation right now.”
On April 20, President Obama’s campaign named VanderSloot to the first presidential “enemies list” since the Nixon era. Eight private citizens were singled out for their donations to Romney. They committed no crimes, sought no attention, and yet they became the subject of Obama’s scorn.
Barack Obama’s enemies list contains not hundreds, but thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of names.
Conservative giant and bestselling author Floyd G. Brown in his blockbuster book, Obama’s Enemies List: How Barack Obama Intimidated America and Stole the Election, describes an actual mammoth list of Obama’s political enemies, with bio info, opposition research, and even unsealed court records.
But now it’s the “little guy” also. The blogger who runs a small website critical of Obama. A restaurant owner whodeclines to comply with one of Obama’s photo ops. A small business owner who tells her employees she has to cut staff because of ObamaCare.
Originally posted by SubTruth
reply to post by elouina
When is the mainstream media going to start to connect the dots? If they do nothing they are going to lose what little respect they have left.
Personally I think they are in on it. If they do not cover these stories it proves it beyond a reasonable doubt. The pendulum is going to swing the other way and when it does they will have a lot of explaining to do.
Originally posted by Hopechest
People might be surprised to learn that presidents do not really have that much control. They are very often kept out of the loop of day to day activities.
Most of these agencies are run by lifers who outlast whoever currently is president so their loyalty is to their agency, not any particular administration. Because of this, many things happen without the Presidents knowledge.
He is ultimately responsible because he is the head of the executive branch but there is no way he can keep track of everything the people under him are doing. There are thousands of employees that he is the boss of.
Originally posted by cholo
Of course Republicans have to put every democratic president on trial, it's manditory.
Anyone wanna put a list of Bushs failing next to Obama's ? GWB's is massive, which makes
This witch hunt laughable...
Originally posted by Aleister
Obama didn't know about the IRS thing, and when he heard of it he got a team on it immediately and some heads will be rolling soon. The head of the IRS should be checking out his retirement plan. Yes, I'm taking Obama's word on this. Maybe someone in the White House knew, maybe not, but they would have kept it from the top.
I knew Watergate. Watergate was a friend of mine. And Senator, this is no Watergate.
Are we starting to notice a trend here? Fast and Furious, Benghazigate, IRS intimidation and now phone tapping of the Associated press.
Originally posted by muse7
Originally posted by cholo
Of course Republicans have to put every democratic president on trial, it's manditory.
Anyone wanna put a list of Bushs failing next to Obama's ? GWB's is massive, which makes
This witch hunt laughable...
I've said this before and I'll say it again. If Bush was not impeached and jailed for taking this country to war under false pretenses, then all of these sideshows that Republicans keep coming up with will result in nothing.