Posted on 10/14/2012 7:41:04 AM PDT by markomalley
The State Department is the latest casualty of the Obama administration’s obfuscation of the events surrounding the Benghazi attack.
Tearing a few pages out of the old Clinton playbook, David Axelrod carefully defined the word “we” this morning for Fox News’ Chris Wallace: when the Vice President said in Wednesday’s debate that “we” weren’t aware of the Benghazi consulate’s requests for increased security, “we” included only the President and the Vice President – not the Obama administration at large or the State Department. You got that, right?
In response to Wallace’s inquiry about whether the President takes personal responsibility for the denial of security requests in Benghazi, Axelrod said, “these were judgments that were made by security folks at the State Department.”
In the October, 2012, issue of Vanity Fair, there is what is intended to be a gushing article on Obama. It talks a great deal about Obama playing hoops without listing the games on his official schedule. Along with revealing that Obama gets up at 7 and works out until 8:30, it tells us that Obama was intimately aware of what was going on in Libya, because Obama had made the decision to intervene “more or less on his own.” To the point that Obama was told that a U.S. navigator was missing after his plane was shot down.
Can’t have it both ways. When this administration - as it frequently does -
faces the choice between being labeled incompetently unaware or responsible for a failure that got Americans killed, they pick incompetent. But this very current article makes that harder to do.
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2012/10/michael-lewis-profile-barack-obama
(Chris Stevens (wiki): He arrived in Tripoli in May 2012 as the U.S. Ambassador to Libya)
Does New Defense Clandestine Service Spell Big Changes for Military Intelligence?
Noah O. Braymen - May 8, 2012
The Pentagon is pulling together hundreds of officers from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) to create an intelligence service called the Defense Clandestine Service (DCS). The DCS is tasked with gathering terrorist network information, weapons of mass destruction, and other rising threats. Michael Vickers, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, and John D. Bennett, CIA counterpart leading the National Clandestine Service, arranged the various elements of the service. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta approved their plan on Friday, April 20, 2012.
This service will be composed of both military and civilian officers, and it will work alongside the CIA. According to Rep. C. A. Ruppersberger, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, the DCS plans are still in progress, but it will emphasize and expand the Pentagon’s human intelligence agencies. Particularly, it will focus on gathering information through personal contact with sources, not on the interception of communications along the lines of the NSA agencies based at Fort Meade.
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Guess they’re putting Hillary in her place... These Chicago goons are as charming as Biden.
I believe there is a strong link to Valerie Jarret. I’ll go further and suggest that Jarret is the real power in the ‘throne room’. She was in the action from the time her father and Mischell’s father were involved in the Chicago labor/communist scene. She is also a very devoted anti USA person with Muslim beliefs. The entire Chicago cabal needs to be thoroughly vetted, including Axelrod and his Russian parents communist and bolshevik ties.
Before the Obama/Romney debate, I opined that if Bengahzi came up in the discussion Obama would drop the hint that Hillary was to blame not him. Apparently I was too dismissive of the criminal enterprise which has a well designed plan to blame Hillary at State. It is so similar to the plan on how to deal with their being caught in the Fast and Furious strategy.
Sadly, not enough of our fellow Americans are capable of understanding the danger such evil running the government is capable of. The entire of ther democrap party IS the enemy of We The People.
Under the bus for zero’s gal pal val?
-——it appears Benghazi was really all about the CIA-——
what makes you think that?
The CIA is America. Obama’s America was under attack. The Assault on a high value target was a continuation of the war. The war is denied by Obama et al
Valerie Jarrett runs Obama for his Muslim masters. She ain’t goin’ anywhere unless she flees the country.
Did you know your name can be scrambled to say “malarkey”.
From what I heard earlier (forget where) he was to be cremated. Not sure if a Memorial Service has been held.
Wasn’t Malarkey the one always looking for a luger?
I agree - why would Patraeus TAKE the CIA job in the first place? Also,Okie, I'm hoping that Patraeus IS smart enough to return the favor in Ozippies face about the Patraeus betrayed us full page garbage. Lots of us do NOT forget.
This CIA was there to RE-cover the 20,000+ weapons that Ghadaffi had, which now are scattered God knows where around the world, fully capable of downing airplanes. Ryan was right - caught with their hands in the cookie jar AND with their pants down.
Does anyone think for one minute that the Clintons will allow Zippy to “take them down and out” for this failed garbage? But hey.... there is Huma and there IS her connection to da MBrotherhood. Tangled web. This is a hugh and series situation and NO, zippy and axelgrease - that nice boy from Chicago - we will NOT let this Benghazi murder of 4 excellent Americans end up as a Bump in The Road. What a complete insult to the American people.
In the context of the statement from axelrod, it appears no one is safe - including val.
From the article: “we” included only the President and the Vice President – not the Obama administration at large
My take is that this has been a SHTF scenario. They all know what has to be done for the cause and are okay with it.
There was an article on FR in the past day or so that said the zero would have to decide whether he would stick with biden's claim, or not. Looks to me like he's made his decision - rather it was made for him.
I believe they're all willing to stick to the game plan, no matter what. Changing this country is their ultimate goal and they'll go under the bus quietly - with the exception being hillary.
We have learned invaluable information from Catherine Herridge of FOX News. She has been brilliant these last 4 weeks and deserves the highest recognition for her journalistic investigation on Benghazi. She has been one step ahead of the White House on all of this. THIS is why FOX was denied participation in that phone conference for journalists the night before the Congressional hearing. Trust me on this. My 2 cents. What do you think?
Dont know that reference, but i know of a vp who when you scramble his brain he spouts malarkey.
I don’t remember seeing Petraeus saying this to congress.
The buck stops, well, way way over there.
Don't blame me, I was out defending Big Bird.
Hey, take it up with that White chick Cutter, that's what we're paying her for.
That will teach Bill Clinton for saying I would be serving him coffee.
If you guys drop this story, I'll let you take a peek at my Columbia Transcripts.
Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, lalalalalalalala.
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