Yeah, but it was “done by the book” or something.
Poor Susan Rice. Bless her heart.
“President Obama began the conversation by stressing his continued commitment to ensuring that every aspect of this issue is handled by the Intelligence and law enforcement communities ‘by the book’. The President stressed that he is not asking about, initiating or instructing anything from a law enforcement perspective. He reiterated that our law enforcement team needs to proceed as it normally would by the book.”
She was just confused.
“President Obama began the conversation by stressing his continued commitment to ensuring that every aspect of this issue is handled by the Intelligence and law enforcement communities. ‘Buy the book’. The President stressed that he is not asking about, initiating or instructing anything from a law enforcement perspective. He reiterated that our law enforcement team needs to proceed as it normally would. Buy the book.”
See? With a minor correction it's all completely understandable and she simply misunderstood what she was being told to do. Buy the book.
extreme sarcasm