CNN exclusive: White House email contradicts Benghazi leaks

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[chessplayer]

CNN has obtained an e-mail sent by a top aide to President Barack Obama about White House reaction to the deadly attack last September 11 on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that apparently differs from how sources characterized it to two different media organizations.

The actual e-mail from then-Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes appears to show that whomever leaked it did so in a way that made it appear that the White House was primarily concerned with the State Department's desire to remove references and warnings about specific terrorist groups so as to not bring criticism to the department.

[Irenic]

“If someone in the GOP altered those emails, that will make people reject ANYTHING the GOP says.”

That’s the truth. I can’t imagine somebody would do something like that. If they did, they need to go to prison but I still want to know everything. I want the truth.

[RetiredArmy]

Sadly, it does not matter if they cover their butts or not. They could come out and say they did everything they are accused of and say, so what! What are you going to do about it? Nothing! You can’t touch us. That is the attitude of the socialists. They know they are in control and know they are winning. They know they control Amerika now. The Hispanics have replaced blacks as the majority minority party and thus the vote buying is in full swing. The dims will win. I don’t think we will ever see another RINOcrat win. No true conservative will ever win again. Only someone as far left as a dim will win for the RINOcrats. But, there will be none of those in my humble opinion. The RINOcrats simply don’t have the vote buying power.

[Toespi]

I guess we never learn. The sheer mention that the Republicans doctored information is enough. We don’t have to understand it, it does not have to be based on truth.. I saw this coming last night and my blood ran cold. Juan Williams said, (paraphrasing). “The Republicans have already found that there was nothing the WH did to cause the attack, and there was nothing that could be done to save them, so now they are making a big deal out of talking points that don’t mean anything.

[Jane Long]

Maybe I’m dreaming, but I have deja vu when I read the Rhodes email. Does anyone else recall having already seen that?

This *email* has a Rathergate air about it.

[SeminoleCounty]

Boehner needs to stop acting like a vagina and get impeachment going. If the GOP does not impeach...they are complicit

[LibLieSlayer]

You trust the white hut and cnn to tell you the truth?

LLS

[a fool in paradise]

Without reading the White House's version, I can surmise that it probably doesn't explain away the $70,000 ad campaign from Mr. Obama to blame a youtube video, either.

[onyx]

This is all crap.
Tapper took the bait.
Let me ping you.

[AllAmericanGirl44]

In your future you see NO conservative EVER elected again?!
Wow, you sound eerily like my ex, who was very informed via being in the government for decades.

I just don’t buy it, just my own sense of how the future can play out. It’s interesting, I have yet to find anyone who can tell me exactly what the future will be. Too many variables and no counting for the human spirit and it’s desire to be free.

[memyselfandi59]

I read the entire article, twice,...and all I have to say is “Huh?” I couldn’t follow what they were saying.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

This thing needs to play out. If they start talking impeachment now they will get their a$$e$ handed to them.

[a fool in paradise]

Ask Time-Lies-CNN if the claim “fake but ACCURATE” works since the media circled the wagons to protect Dan Ratherbiased during an October Surprise ginned up in Texas and afforded priviledged distribution to AP and CBS courtesy of Democrat politicos.

[Biggirl]

Second it.

[tomkat]

Your rush to run up the white flag would be funny if it weren't so lame.

So whoever leaked the inaccurate information earlier this month did so in a way that made it appear that the White House – specifically Rhodes – was more interested in the State Department’s concerns, and more focused on the talking points, than the e-mail actually stated.

This is an intentional teacup tempest meant to distract from the indisputable fact that the traitor Ø and her minions were spouting the bald-faced lie of a non-relevant video THREE WEEKS after the fact, KNOWING that it was total bullshit.

If there's justice, the halfrican traitØr will be hung in this world, and arrive in the next as a dung beetle.

The AP story is growing longer legs by the day .. that execrable turd Holder is going down over the IRS CF .. and whatever happens vis a vis Ø & Hitlery! will be disappointing only to the extent that it's not literally fatal for both.

/.02

[Resettozero]

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[MestaMachine]

This is ridiculous and the last ping was just to let you know how ridiculous this one is.

Anyone wanting on or off this ping list, please advise.

Benghazi Index

[VRWCarea51]

Let’s see, Anyone care to bet whether Tapper was one of the Prestitutes who got to join in on the private deep (BS) background briefing last week?

[Perdogg]

Plus Pumpkin Head is coming according to Drudge’s editor.

[SecondAmendment]

Huh ?

Without reading any internal memos, e-mails, etc we know:

• The White House and State Department pushed the "Video Did It" motive via Susan Rice, who was neither a WH or State Department Spokesman.
• POTUS and SS released a PSA to the Islamic World Apologizing for our First Amendement
• There was credible testimony this week that the WH and State new about the AQ attack from the beginning.

And we should now disregard all of this because of a 3rd party e-mail ?

[popdonnelly]

And why is this so important?