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CIA Spokesman Slams ‘13 Hours’ as ‘Distortion’ of Benghazi Events
Variety via Drudge ^ | January 15, 2016 | Ted Johnson

Posted on 01/17/2016 7:23:06 AM PST by G Larry

A spokesman for the CIA is criticizing the Michael Bay movie "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi" as a "distortion of the events and people who served in Benghazi that night."

The spokesman, Ryan Trapani, was quoted in an exclusive Washington Post story, which also features an interview with the CIA chief in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012, when Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others were killed in a siege of the diplomatic compound and attack on the CIA annex.

"No one will mistake this movie for a documentary," Tripani told the Post. "It's a distortion of the events and people who served in Benghazi that night. It's shameful that, in order to highlight the heroism of some, those responsible for the movie felt the need to denigrate the courage of other Americans who served in harm's way."

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To: RetiredArmy
Good summary of the beltway pundits, CIA and the pols in the beltway.

You are right about the American hating. If I were a betting man, I would put my best friend’s farm up on that bet that 99.9999% of everyone in the beltway is for this Regime of Evil - Hussein Obama, the murdering muslim embedded mole. Supported and paid by the Sauds monarchy. He did bow to his now dead king who is rotting in islamic hell with his 72 hillary looking hos.

Just add Opecker Princes to the Saudis.

21 posted on 01/17/2016 7:43:36 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Obama is living proof of the disaster of not sticking to the Wisdom of our Founding Fathers!!)
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To: ClearCase_guy; Lazamataz

The spokesman has spoken!

An Obama-spokesman lowered the sea levels, floated on a raft of styrofoam columns drawn by swimming-drowning polar bears to discredit this unfair movie!


22 posted on 01/17/2016 7:44:42 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (1000 muslim migrant gang-rapists in Germany -- Trump helped trigger protests.)
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To: G Larry

You are on target. That spokesman and others bucking for and jockeying for certain positions are playing the CYA game for this rotten Pres and his entire crew of Muslim loving, socialist, lying, unqualified idiots.


23 posted on 01/17/2016 7:44:51 AM PST by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: zzwhale

Are they still subject to the monthly polygraphs to test if they have leaked details to anyone?


24 posted on 01/17/2016 7:45:38 AM PST by NOVACPA
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To: G Larry

Why is the CIA commenting at all on a Hollywood creation???


25 posted on 01/17/2016 7:46:01 AM PST by petitfour (Americans need to repent.)
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To: VR-21; G Larry

Yep,
“the play’s the thing wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king”
- Shakespeare’s Hamlet

The movie has struck a nerve....


26 posted on 01/17/2016 7:46:39 AM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: zzwhale

‘SINCE WHEN IS THE CIA A MOVIE CRITIC... ???’

The moment that that the spokesman has spoken. Don’t-en you know-en the truth when you hear it?

The Truth will Set you Free!

And this spokesman, hand-picked by the Obama administration, must be believed, see?


27 posted on 01/17/2016 7:47:15 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (1000 muslim migrant gang-rapists in Germany -- Trump helped trigger protests.)
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To: rawcatslyentist

About how many were in the theater for that showing?


28 posted on 01/17/2016 7:47:55 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: Grampa Dave

Wonder why Hussein doesn’t make that ugly mug of a wife wear that burka with full face mask so the world doesn’t have to look at her. The day the muzzies take over A-mere-re-ca, that fat cow, Hillary and all the radical feminists & supporters will be in their burka’s and walking several feet behind the mooo-la Hussein. Or maybe Hussein will wear the burka and walk behind her. I forget which one of them wears the pants in that family and has the “goods” between the legs.


29 posted on 01/17/2016 7:48:51 AM PST by RetiredArmy (Read 1 Corinthians 15: verses 1-4. This is the Gospel of Grace, the ONLY WAY TO BE SAVED!!)
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To: G Larry

If the CIA spokesman is so on spot with his criticism let the people that were saved at Benghazi speak out. As long as they are threatened and have to be silent, the CIA and the administration cannot complain about a damn thing.


30 posted on 01/17/2016 7:50:11 AM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: combat_boots; SunkenCiv

Obama never, ever polticized the CIA. God forbid.

Trust them ...

Trust them ...

Trust ... but wait ...

CIA admits to spying on Senate staffers
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/cia-admits-spying-senate-staffers


31 posted on 01/17/2016 7:52:37 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (1000 muslim migrant gang-rapists in Germany -- Trump helped trigger protests.)
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To: G Larry

Of course they’d say that ...


32 posted on 01/17/2016 7:53:33 AM PST by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: vetvetdoug

Now quit confusing the CIA with the facts. Remember their job — spy on congress.


33 posted on 01/17/2016 7:53:37 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (1000 muslim migrant gang-rapists in Germany -- Trump helped trigger protests.)
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To: G Larry

We saw the movie last night. It was terrific. And I long ago gave up listening to the lying liars in our gov’t. The CIA should sit down & shut up.


34 posted on 01/17/2016 7:54:34 AM PST by Twotone (Truth is hate to those who hate truth.)
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To: petitfour

Right! “What difference at this point does it make?”


35 posted on 01/17/2016 7:57:32 AM PST by Liberty Ship ("Lord, make me fast and accurate.")
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To: Thank You Rush

Watch - all the criticism will be based on that one scene and the WAIT order that was given. Maybe the guys were wrong and he didn’t say “stand down”, maybe he said “WAIT”. They will hang their hats on that one word!! All the criticism early on was pointed at obozo, Hillary, Panetta or whoever who gave that order and then it came out that it was SAID at the annex by a CIA officer.

“”On Friday, the movie’s opening day, the Washington Post quoted the now-retired CIA station chief, identified only as Bob, as strongly denying he ever issued such an order or anything like it.

“There never was a stand-down order,” the base chief was quoted by the Post as saying. “At no time did I ever second-guess that the team would depart.”

“”The author of the book upon which the film is based, Mitchell Zuckoff, stood by his depiction of the scene on Friday, saying in a telephone interview he had based it on several firsthand accounts. Zuckoff collaborated on his book, 13 Hours, with some of the surviving security contractors.””

“It’s not credible what he’s claiming,” Zuckoff said of the station chief, whom he said he had tried to interview when writing the book.

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/16/13-hours-film-benghazi-author-defends-book


36 posted on 01/17/2016 7:59:58 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: zzwhale

Are they still subject to the monthly polygraphs to test if they have leaked details to anyone?


37 posted on 01/17/2016 8:01:46 AM PST by NOVACPA
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To: zzwhale
And where are the 36 rescued from Benghazi...???

That is THE question! No one has heard from any of them.

38 posted on 01/17/2016 8:05:11 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: G Larry

The CIA and most of the government is in serious CYA mode!


39 posted on 01/17/2016 8:09:00 AM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: G Larry

Then the CIA can let their people testify and we can all get clear about that. Right?


40 posted on 01/17/2016 8:09:36 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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