US State Dept. blasts CNN report on Stevens' diary

Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | September 23, 2012 | LYNN ELBER

[Cincinatus' Wife]

CNN reported on the personal journal of slain American ambassador Christopher Stevens over objections from his family, a State Department spokesman said Saturday.

The news channel, in a story posted online Saturday, said that it found a journal belonging to Stevens four days after he died in a Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Three other Americans also were killed.

CNN broke a pledge to the late ambassador's family that it wouldn't report on the diary, said State Department spokesman Philippe Reines, a senior adviser to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

In a blistering statement, Reines called CNN's actions "indefensible."

The channel said in the story online that it took "newsworthy tips" from Stevens' diary and confirmed them with other sources. Citing an unidentified source "familiar with Stevens' thinking," CNN said that the ambassador was concerned about security threats in Benghazi and a "rise in Islamic extremism."

In a statement Saturday, CNN defended its use of the journal's contents and asked "why is the State Department now attacking the messenger."

...."Given the truth of how this was handled, CNN patting themselves on the back is disgusting," Reines said in his statement.

[Sacajaweau]

Obama and Hillary can’t handle the Truth.

[Salgak]

In other words, the Powers That Be wanted CNN to report the Pravda, not the truth. . .

[tet68]

What this tells us is that the Clinton State Dept.
made no effort to secure the site AFTER the fact,
makes you wonder what else was found scattered in
the wreckage.

[Lancey Howard]

It’s theater.

In collusion with Ubama’s people, CNN did NOT reveal parts of the diary that would be fatally embarrassing to the Ubama regime. It is likely CNN was contacted and instructed on how to play this for credibility. So now CNN and the State Department have to feign a scuffle as they wink and nod at each other.

Just look at who got the diary (CNN) and who didn’t (Fox News).

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Evidence tampering is a major felony.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Evidence tampering is a major felony.

So is voter fraud, gun running, treason, and any number of things this regime does every day.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Evidence tampering is a major felony.

So is voter fraud, gun running, treason, and any number of things this regime does every day.

[MestaMachine]

I was split on this. On one hand, you have the state department deliberately lying about the situation with Chris Stevens while his diary says the exact opposite. On the other hand, there is the family who didn’t want it made public...although I am not quite sure why that is. You would think the family would want the truth out there since the state department was lying about the circumstances.
IF CNN confirmed what was in the diary, I gotta go with them on this one. hillary was flat out lying. Do you let the lie stand when you know the truth? I think not.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

September 23, 2012 - Bill and Hillary Clinton dine at trendy Brooklyn pizzeria Roberta’s at party for Democratic donor Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton dined Friday at the graffiti-laden, uber-trendy Brooklyn pizzeria Roberta’s during a private birthday party for a top Democratic donor, according to a singer who performed at the gala.

“I don't think I could top this one, to be honest,” said Lia Ices, who sang for the 70-person group, which also included director Joel Coen and Gloria Steinem.

All three Clintons gave speeches....."

[exnavy]

The quoted statements show a whole lot of rocket scientists at state department.

Apparently it never occurred to these people that the "Arab spring" could make things worse in the middle east.

Not sure if that is arrogance or ignorance.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

[abb]

Ain’t enough makeup in the world to fix up Hillary enough to run in ‘16. She’s UUUUUUUGLEEEE!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

President Obama is briefed in the Oval Office before a March 2011 meeting with congressional leaders on the conflict in Libya. (Pete Souza, White House / March 17, 2011)

Obama's foreign policy approach: Act cautiously, and not alone - The president fashions a use-of-force doctrine that supporters say is prudent but critics deem too timid - ".....Supporters of the administration point to the military intervention in Libya as an example of success for the Obama doctrine, despite the storming of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi last week. While agreeing that the deaths there of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans show that Libya is still threatened by Islamist radicals and other armed groups, they say the radicals remain weak and that Libya has made a promising start after decades of dictatorship.....

[Sacajaweau]

If it's in his diary, you can be ABSOLUTELY certain that Hillary was informed.

And remember, even Khaddafi (before we assassinated him) told us that the rebels were being led by former gitmo detainees.

Now the Dems would LIKE to blame the noted detainee of the Libyan attack on Bush, but it was the Dems that were saying that we were holding these detainees illegally.

[Sacajaweau]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/us/21guantanamo.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0

[poobear]

Sir, they want the Middle East destabilized in order to destroy Israel. Flat out that simple.

[MestaMachine]

Let's take a walk back in time. This image is of a very young hillary with a very young suha arafat. Their relationship with the arafats only grew during the ensuing years.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Bill and Hillary and Huma and Anthony ".....If you've scratched your head trying to puzzle out the complex inter-relationships between these glamorous grifters, stop scratching. I'm about to unveil a Grand Unified Theory that explains why Huma Abedin, the alleged Muslim Brotherhood asset who's the top aide of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, chose to marry disgraced ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner in an interfaith ceremony performed by matrimonial expert Bill Clinton......"

[MinuteGal]

Hillary's hair always looks like it was combed out by a mixmaster.

Leni