Tense: Ed Henry Confronts Jay Carney on Obama Statements During White House Press Conference

The Blaze ^ | 6/10/13 | Billy Hallowell

[Nachum]

White House press secretary Jay Carney clashed with both Fox News Chief White House correspondent Ed Henry and CBS News correspondent Major Garrett during Monday’s afternoon briefing.

Both intense exchanges surrounded the federal government’s data collection of phone and internet records and the administration’s handling of the issue.

Carney’s back-and-forth with Henry was the most notable. The journalist asked a number of pointed questions, especially about Obama’s claim on Friday that “every member of Congress” had been briefed on the NSA’s program involving monitoring of phone calls and Internet service.

“Why then are not just Republicans but Democrats like Keith Ellison saying ‘I’ve heard nothing about this.’?”

Carney responded by saying he couldn’t speak to “individual members,” and then launched into a prepared statement saying that the chair and ranking members had made clear that “every member” had been “advised of this” and “had the opportunity for briefings.”

Henry, not so willing to cave, pressed further. He noted that it seemed as though the administration was retroactively speaking with leaders about the issues at hand.

[jiggyboy]

dag nabbit!

[penelopesire]

This makes it obvious that the Zero administration had fore warning that these leaks were coming...probably from the WP!!

Go figure.....

[GOPJ]

If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

[duckman]

“Anyone who would go on TV and lie for the man is disgusting.”

A high six figure salary and benies could be persuasive to some people.

[jeffc]

... prepared statement saying that the chair and ranking members had made clear that “every member” had been “advised of this” and “had the opportunity for briefings.”

That would be very easy to verify.

For a real news media.......

[munin]

Do you believe anyone is going to rehire this clown as a journalist when Obama leaves office?

YES, MSNBC and others will hire him to do historical look back documentories in honour of the great one

[Grampa Dave]

Some liberal CEO will hire him for damage control.

[Grampa Dave]

Yep just following orders.

[expat2]

Patience — Watergate took a very long time to develop into a widely-recognized serious scandal.

[expat2]

Bennies? What bennies? Sex with Pelosi?

[Ann Archy]

Too bad it’s only ONE JOURNALIST asking HARD QUESTIONS!!! What are the others asking...”what’s your favorite COLOR, Carney?”

[cpdiii]

Do you believe anyone is going to rehire this clown as a journalist when Obama leaves office?

MSNBC

[cpdiii]

Do you believe anyone is going to rehire this clown as a journalist when Obama leaves office?

MSNBC

[nascarnation]

Or even more likely a lobbying outfit buying access.

[houeto]

That was "tense" Billy?

Blah...

[Madhattan]

I didn’t think it was possible to find someone more annoying than Gibbs then this asshat steps into the limelight! I wish Ari Fleischer would seize an opportunity to slam their heads together and watch them fall like sacks of potatoes!

[verga]

Do you believe anyone is going to rehire this clown as a journalist when Obama leaves office?

Well since you asked..... Rev. Al "resist we much" Sharpton, Eliot "Client #9" Spitzer, Kieth "worst person in the World" Olberman, Rosie "Steel can't melt" O'Donnell.... To name a few.

You keep forgetting there are different rules for liberals than for normal people.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

dag nabbit!

GMTA.

[houeto]

I wish Ari Fleischer would seize an opportunity to slam their heads together and watch them fall like sacks of potatoes!

I'd pay to watch. I'd pay even more to take Ari's place.