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The man behind the Benghazi cover-up?
American Thinker ^ | 05/04/2013 | Ed Lasky

Posted on 05/05/2013 6:28:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Stephen Hayes of the Weekly Standard has a must read column regarding the Benghazi cover-up by White House officials CIA career officials clearly and repeatedly identified Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda-linked Islamic terrorists as the culprits behind the murder of four Americans.

Of course, this would cause embarrassment for the Obama team, especially in the few weeks before the election. They had been boasting for years that Al Qaeda had been decimated, the "tide of war" was receding; they had been on a mission to whitewash the prospect of Islamic terrorism as a threat to America (see Lauri Regan's superb column ("Can a President who has promised to stand with Muslims protect America? ). Obama's Cairo speech before an audience that included Muslim Brotherhood officials that he compelled Egypt to include, was a paean to Islam. It was also, to a great extent, a work of fiction that included grandiose and subsequently disproven claims about the positive contributions Islam has made to America and the world.

That speech was written by Obama's foreign policy speechwriter and now National Security Council team member, Ben Rhodes.

That is the man who Hayes "outs" as a key person behind the Benghazi cover-up.

He reportedly altered the CIA talking points to delete references to Islamic terrorists, "attacks" (they became "demonstrations") and other negative references to Islamism. Also, someone at the White House level apparently dreamt up the idea of blaming an inconsequential video for triggering a spontaneous protest, that in the frenzy of events, led to the murder of Americans. These CIA talking points were eviscerated to whitewash the role of Islamic terrorism.

There was a White House whitewash that should not be dismissed over events that occurred a 'long time ago;"

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: benghazi; benghazifallguy; benrhodes; cicresponsible; coverup; egypt; hillaryclinton; kenyanbornmuzzie; libya; obama; scapegoat; terrorism; waronterror
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To: SeekAndFind
White House officials CIA career officials clearly and repeatedly identified Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda-linked Islamic terrorists as the culprits behind the murder of four Americans.

Sheeeeyit. That description fits our flabby old Socialist Muslim president himself.

21 posted on 05/05/2013 8:30:49 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: SeekAndFind
The White Hut.. ((( IS ))).... KUBUKI THEATRE....


22 posted on 05/05/2013 8:53:30 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: MissMagnolia
I wonder what the appeal is for him to come from obscurity so quickly to such a prominent position with Obama.

It's simple. He wrote/writes what John O. Brennan wanted/wants him to write.

23 posted on 05/05/2013 8:55:02 AM PDT by Roccus
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To: Roccus

He’ll make a great ‘fall guy’ .....


24 posted on 05/05/2013 9:00:32 AM PDT by MissMagnolia (You see, truth always resides wherever brave men still have ammunition. I pick truth. (John Ransom))
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To: MissMagnolia

my thoughts exactly.


25 posted on 05/05/2013 9:22:42 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: SeekAndFind
The man behind the Benghazi cover-up?

Crappy title. Ben Rhodes most likely is NOT the "man behind the cover-up". More likely he's the fall guy for the cover-up.

Ed Laskey should be more careful with his deceptive title. But then again Lasky is an NPR/Newsweek/NY Times favorite.

26 posted on 05/05/2013 9:30:03 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: jpsb

Cozy, isn’t it?


27 posted on 05/05/2013 11:09:13 AM PDT by FrdmLvr (culture, language, borders)
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To: SeekAndFind

Is some Republican going to say that the lessons of Benghazi, however ‘long ago’ and however much it may or may not ‘matter now,’ is that it could happen again and again and again at any moment so long as our government’s decision makers - our President, Secretary of State, National Security Advisor and Central Intelligence Director - are more interested in protecting Islam than they are in protecting Americans.


28 posted on 05/05/2013 11:14:26 AM PDT by EDINVA
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To: fivecatsandadog

Wrong. The man behind the coverup is OBAMA! Rhodes might be the mechanic but Zero is driving this pile of u no what.


More like the triumvirate of Obama, Jarret and Axelrod.


29 posted on 05/05/2013 3:22:10 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great natiorn is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: Venturer
"...(”Can a President who has promised to stand with Muslims protect America? ).

Not CAN he, but WILL he.

We all know the answer to that ...(Say that louder> ......... NO!!!

30 posted on 05/05/2013 5:44:31 PM PDT by gonzo ( Buy more ammo, dammit! You should already have the firearms ... FRegards)
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