It just doesn’t make any sense. They knew the truth. They knew it truth was no secret. Were they just so arrogant they thought they could get away with lying? Were they so confident in their partnership with Big Media they expected them to back them up in the lie?
Because they knew about the anti-Muslim movie beforehand, very possibly had a hand in it, and knew that attacks were on the way, and were planning to use the anti-Muslim movie “causing” the attacks as a way to prohibit free speech. Sort of a “movie” version Fast and Furious.
This is the way they've operated all along. We had scandal after scandal in the 90's under Clinton and they got away with it all. Now it is Obama's MO.
They are getting caught more than usual with Benghazi and it is taking them by surprise.