Beyond that, Petraeus has already issued a press release denying that the CIA stopped help from going to the Americans who were under attack in Benghazi. If the Democratic representative is lying about Petraeus' position on the video causing the 'demonstration' at Benghazi then he has an obligation to rebut that misinformation just like he did on the reports about the CIA being ordered to stand down.
vbmoneyspender posted:
“If the Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee publicly states that Petraeus said one thing and Petraeus didn’t say that, he can easily come out and say he didn’t say that. Indeed given the circumstances, he would have an obligation to do so so that his fellow citizens do not remain misinformed about an event of national significance.”
marktwain replies:
I disagree. This was a classified briefing. It is not the head of the CIAs job to correct members of Congress. The CIA has traditionally stayed out of these sort of topics, because they are supposed to provide information only.
It is a big thing that the CIA has officially said that they did not stop anyone from providing aid in Benghazi. Rather unusual. Petraeus is going out on a limb that the CIA usually is not willing to go out on.