Posted on 04/29/2014 3:00:39 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Key communication chiefs at the White House waged an all-out strategy to rally behind President Obama and help him push the mantra that the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attacks on the U.S. facility in Benghazi were due to an Internet video — and not policy failure, a watchdog revealed.
Key to the messaging: Making sure the president appeared strong in the face of adversity, the nonprofit Judicial Watch found, in a recently received FOIA request.
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.
The email from Mr. Rhodes, dated Sept. 14, 2012, read in part: “Goal: … To underscore that these protests are rooted in [an] Internet video and not a broader failure or policy.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
They had to lie — otherwise the most transparent Pressdent in history wouldn’t have been reelected.
1) We already knew this but it is still infuriating that “looking good” took priority over the truth, American lives, and accountability.
2) When you say picked up by outlets — Has NBC, ABC, CBS picked it up (not rhetorical...just hope someone does, but won’t hold my breath).
Which ones? Fox, Rush, FR...
Good article, thanks for posting.
The Current Occupant fooled us? He FOOLED us?
Doesn’t he know it is NOT NICE to fool the American people?
Didn’t work for Richard Nixon, shouldn’t work for Barack Hussein Obama, either.
There shall never be equality in this country until any given “person of color” who has gained high office is held to the same standards of conduct as any other person of high position of power and influence.
And in holding to those standards, is subjected to the same level of stringent scrutiny and application of remedies.
It is pointless to apply polish to really fetid fecal matter.
Someone should send this to Candy Crowley. She was sure played for a fool.
Add it to the list.
There should be "election integrity" hearings to tie all these scandals together.
So impeach the fraudulent bastard and indict him and his enablers. This adds proof to the fact that the whole election was rigged.
Obama could weaponize narcoterrorists, al Qaeda,
and even mobilize the IRS against Americans, and
the most-hated, EXEMPT, treasonous Congress
in US history would do NOTHING.
Obama could nuke an American city, and the
bastard EXEMPT Issa and criminal EXEMPT Cummings
would laugh together -— AND DO NOTHING. Just like now.
She wasn’t a fool, she was complicate and knew full well what was going on, as the other liars did. They have fallen on Obamas sword all along and will continue to do so until Hillary needs help and then it will be Hillary’s turn to be protected. I
USA Today, WaPo, and others. Still waiting for CBS, ABC, NYslimes and LAslimes...
No broadcast networks yet.
Making sure the president appeared strong in the face of adversity instead of the president actually being strong in the face of adversity.
Affirmative action presidents end up getting a lot of good people dead. And yet there he is living large and gettin paid.
Thanks Dimrat party and your media for bringing such a low life puke into the white house.
This is just to ensure that obammy and hitlery are in the clear. It gives libs in and out of the media a story to follow (usually called talking points).
That foreign affairs aspect of Benghazi is what makes this a never ending scandal
These were not “four Americans”. Like hikers or even journalists. They’re were diplomats in country, like thebiran hostages, whom would never have Ben not are referred to as “Americans”.
Ask Ted loop ell who made a career out of it, and who hasn’t given a crap about this because it involves Obama and the Clintons”. Btw. The Clinton’s are all over this mess yet they’re running unashamed and unopposed for a third term
But BGz will never go away. Foreign govts see it
The Benghazi Obama administration (Brennan, Clinton, Jarrett, et al.) cluster fuhhh... was on 9-11-2012.
Their `Fast and Furious’ reach-around:
June 14, 2012: Two South Texas law firms representing the family of Jaime Zapata file a claim against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, FBI, ATF and DOJ. The claim states that two AK-47 rifles bought in Texas and smuggled into Mexico were used by the attackers to fire more than 90 rounds at men.
June 19, 2012: Issa’s committee voted to hold Eric Holder in contempt by a 23-17 vote. Obama asserts executive privilege to maintain secrecy over the documents that Holder will not bring forth to Congress.
June 27, 2012: The House will proceed with a vote on holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for withholding documents.
OK. So they seriously screw the perro and give weapons to Mexican cartels—who knows why they do the things they do—and this `hits the fan’ just two months before they find, uh oh: they’ve `accidentally’ been supplying heavy weapons to Syrian `freedom fighters’ who happen to be affiliated with—drumroll please—*al Qaeda*—that is, the guys our troops have been trading shots with in Iraq, Afghanistan and all over the middle east.
WTF?
Duhhh-on’t you think that even the average, low-info, voter might think, “Hmmm, uhhh—president Obama is giving guns to bad guys: narco-terrorists and he’s arming the guys that blew up the World Trade Center towers. Golly, I don’t care what anyone says, that ain’t right, I don’t think I’ll vote for him.”
Yeah the MSM covered for them. But this is just coming out?
Usually everyone is behind FR by 48 hours or a few days. But after almost two years?
Here are the canned notes, for any lurking Democrats:
Obama is arming the enemy! He’s a traitor or a screw-up, you choose!
Postscript notes: I was actually listening to NPR for a couple minutes, I was so `zoned’ while mowing the yard, and heard from one of their reporters in the middle east that the reason the Libyans attacked our consulate was that they had been promised some of heavy weapons, but were disappointed—and the weapons went to Syria instead. And they found out.
You could almost hear the NPR newsreader’s thoughts over the static: “Must Blame Bush! Must Blame Bush!”
Oh, and NPR said some of the weapons were ....... “lethal.”
As opposed to `child-proof’ ordnance? So I found some music.
I just wonder if Issa and his committee know about FOIA requests? Seems he and his committee are obstructing Justice IMHO.
“The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam,” Obama told a U.N. meeting Sept. 25.
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