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Petraeus Knew Benghazi Was Terrorism - Blackmailed To Lie?
IBD EDITORIALS ^ | November 17, 2012 | Staff

Posted on 11/17/2012 6:34:03 AM PST by raptor22

Scandal: David Petraeus' admission that he knew almost immediately that Benghazi was a terrorist attack raises anew our question: Was he coerced into telling lawmakers Sept. 14 that it was caused by a video?

The tangled web that is Benghazi-gate got more tangled Friday when, according to Rep. Peter King, David Petraeus testified in a closed-door hearing that his agency determined immediately after the Sept. 11 Libya attack that "al-Qaida involvement" was suspected — but that the line was taken out in the final version circulated to and by administration officials.

"No one knows yet exactly who came up with the final version of the talking points," King told reporters after the House hearing on Friday. "His testimony today was that from the start, he had told us that this was a terrorist attack," he said.

King, a New York Republican, said he told Petraeus he had a "different recollection," referring to his Sept. 14 briefing to members of Congress that the attack on our Benghazi consulate was a "flash mob" gone wild in response to an Internet video.

"The original talking points were much more specific about al-Qaida involvement. And yet the final ones just said indications of extremists," King said, adding that a CIA analyst specifically told lawmakers that the al-Qaida affiliates line "was taken out." By whom and for what reason remain open questions.

This begs the question, which we raised in an earlier editorial, of whether Petraeus' Sept. 14 briefing was influenced by an administration that had knowledge of his affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell.

If he knew almost immediately it was terrorism, as his CIA station chief reported in the first 24 hours, why did he reportedly parrot the administration's false narrative three days later?

(Excerpt) Read more at news.investors.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: benghazi; benghazigate; davidepetraus; genpetraus; ibd; ibdbenghazi; libya; petraeus; petraeusblackmail; waronterror
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To: Candor7

trason=treason


21 posted on 11/17/2012 8:25:26 AM PST by Candor7 (Obama fascism article: http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: elpadre
#2 The CIA does not broadcast their assessments. They know exactly who received each copy.

True. But I believe it's the law that the CIA reports only to the DNI. That's Clapper. That's to who the assessment would go.

#3 It is the CIA’s business to know who, where and why their assessment was changed and to clearly make it known it ceased to become their assessment at that point.

Actually, once the CIA gives their assessment to the DNI, it isn't their responsibility to know who, where and why their assessment was changed.

22 posted on 11/17/2012 8:29:43 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: M.T. Helmets
Did no one take notes at the September 14 briefing, Rep King? All you have to do is compare the notes from September 14 to what Patreus said Friday. Sheesh!!!

Bingo! Something smells funny about the guy who protected Bill Clinton back in 1998, Peter King.

23 posted on 11/17/2012 8:32:41 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: fabian

Yep - Middle East looking good!


24 posted on 11/17/2012 8:35:14 AM PST by I am Richard Brandon
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To: himno hero

At Benghazi the Arabs threw Obama under the bus. What did he expect? Arabs do not have to keep a bargain with a black man. Arabs buy and sell black men.


25 posted on 11/17/2012 8:38:30 AM PST by abclily
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To: Candor7

In a scandal looking more and more like Fast and Furious, information is coming out revealing what may be the real reason why the Obama administration refused to provide military support to save Americans in Benghazi. Obama was terrified the public would find out that American weapons had been given to Libyan terrorists, who then used them against Americans in the attack.

http://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2012/11/17/benghazi_betrayal_may_be_a_coverup_of_american_weapons_in_hands_of_terrorists


26 posted on 11/17/2012 8:40:34 AM PST by Para-Ord.45
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To: abclily

Most blacks are ignorant of that.

Illiteracy, stupidity and subservience runs the day within islam.


27 posted on 11/17/2012 8:42:08 AM PST by himno hero (hadnuff)
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To: FreeReign
Okay, correction to my earlier post. It now appears to me that King is not buying the CIA-did-it story.

Fox New
28 posted on 11/17/2012 8:45:20 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: sanjuanbob

Could Obama be the one who is being blackmailed?

Isn’t that how Valerie controls him?


29 posted on 11/17/2012 8:46:49 AM PST by abclily
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To: raptor22

Probably. That’s exactly how this regime behaves.


30 posted on 11/17/2012 8:57:04 AM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: raptor22

Whether he knew or not is the smokescreen. The big question in the Bengahzigate cover up is who made the decision, and why it was made, not to send a timely military force to the besieged American embassy. I don’t recall any discussion of that yet. Where are the new Woodward and Bernsteins?


31 posted on 11/17/2012 9:03:12 AM PST by golf lover (going)
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To: I am Richard Brandon

Yeah Israel will probably have to nuke..


32 posted on 11/17/2012 9:23:46 AM PST by fabian (" And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo in laughter")
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To: golf lover

Only Obama can answer why help was withheld. Has anyone asked him why help was withheld?


33 posted on 11/17/2012 9:43:10 AM PST by abclily
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To: jaz.357; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Cincinatus' Wife; ...

And just why does that not... surprise me?

Well, Bendy, here in Spain they say it takes a media whore... to know one--

34 posted on 11/17/2012 9:54:33 AM PST by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Admin Moderator

Why was this legitimately posted IBD EDITORIAL removed from topic “Editorials”? Where does one report YOUR abuse?


35 posted on 11/17/2012 10:57:49 AM PST by raptor22 (Join me on Twitter @gerfingerpoken)
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To: I am Richard Brandon

What’s next? Could it be boxcars, wooden bars of soap, and showers for all?


36 posted on 11/17/2012 2:54:13 PM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Bender2

Buy ammo!!


37 posted on 11/17/2012 3:25:08 PM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: Bender2
it means their necks are tired from bobbing for dollars...
38 posted on 11/17/2012 4:38:11 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Para-Ord.45
Thanks for that link.

That article...which is good...got posted:

Benghazi Betrayal May be a Cover-Up of American Weapons in Hands of Terrorists

39 posted on 11/17/2012 9:47:51 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I think Frank Gaffney hits the nail on the head. Basically, Obama is likely guilty of treason by way of giving aid and comfort to the enemy:

The evidence suggests that the Obama administration has not simply been engaging, legitimating, enriching and emboldening Islamists who have taken over or are ascendant in much of the Middle East. Starting in March 2011, when American diplomat J. Christopher Stevens was designated the liaison to the “opposition” in Libya, the Obama administration has been arming them, including jihadists like Abdelhakim Belhadj, leader of the al Qaeda franchise known as the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/22/the-real-reason-behind-benghazigate/


40 posted on 11/17/2012 10:17:08 PM PST by Para-Ord.45
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