Posted on 05/10/2013 9:17:02 AM PDT by Kaslin
ABC journalist Jon Karl actually followed up on Wednesday's Benghazi hearings, exposing that CIA talking points on the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack were "dramatically edited" a total of 12 times by the administration. In a report airing on Friday's Good Morning America, Karl explained to viewers that, between the first version and the last, "all references to al Qaeda and all references to CIA warnings before the attack about the terror threat in Benghazi" were removed. [See video below. MP3 audio here.]
An ABC graphic went so far as to wonder, "Benghazi Statements Not True? White House Statements contradicted." Karl quoted from Hillary Clinton's State Department spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland. Playing politics, Nuland said of the information in the warnings, "[It] could be abused by members of Congress to beat up the State Department for not paying attention to warnings, so why would we want to feed that?" An online version of Karl's story showcased a full paragraph that was removed.
This section, highlighting previous CIA warnings about Al Qaeda threats, was entirely deleted:
The Agency has produced numerous pieces on the threat of extremists linked to al-Qa’ida in Benghazi and eastern Libya. These noted that, since April, there have been at least five other attacks against foreign interests in Benghazi by unidentified assailants, including the June attack against the British Ambassador’s convoy. We cannot rule out the individuals has previously surveilled the U.S. facilities, also contributing to the efficacy of the attacks.
Thanks Civ...
Obomba is good at back tracking.
LLS
It is shocking me but some are.
LLS
Death is a part of life, what difference does it make? Nothing to see here, move along.
I would just caution not to be too excited about this from ABC.
The emails are a distraction. They are a bit of evidence, not the truth we need to know about Benghazi.
The emails don’t reflect that answers we need to get to the truth. Evidence yes, but ABC is using them as a distraction for the regime.
Leak the 12 changed documents, media focus is on who changed the talking points....not on who left Americans to die in Benghazi!
ABC is toeing the line here for the regime. They are hoping after this leak and the media circus on these talking points...this will be able to be put to bed.
And we still won’t know who gave the ‘stand down’ order to leave Americans to die in Benghazi or why those boots were not ordered in there to secure American assets, evidence or interests. Understand they’re blaming the Libyan President for the delay...uh....where was our President in demanding our troops get in there? Those assets used to protect our interests should have been there...Libyan President be damned.
The ABC report on the talking points is a regime orchestrated distraction designed to deflect attention from the President. The person who changed the talking points isn’t the one who gave the order to ‘stand down’ and then failed to further secure our interests for days after the attack. ABC will get to the bottom of who changed the talking points, someone will take the fall for it, and then the media will be done Benghazi matter.
And we still won’t have the answers Americans deserve.
Nobody saw John Dean coming.
Where is this posted? I don't think anyone has been able to account for The Dear Leader much past six o'clock.
Excellent point.
LLS
I’m with you. ABC is too corrupt to be telling the truth on purpose...
I haven’t seen it posted anywhere other than on a white board timeline that Eric Bolling held up on The Five.
I was also surprised that no one else on The Five commented upon or challenged that timeline.
I believe that either the bamster was AWOL ( dead asleep resting up for his fundraiser next day ), or he is being protected for calling the Stand Down order in Benghazi.
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