Read this article start to finish or resign from FR. The meat is at the end. The timeline of the 10 PM phone call and the Hillary Press Release speaks volumes about the origin of the phony video story.
BO claimed he was informed of the situation around 5PM. He claimed he had Panetta handle it. I don’t believe he ever acknowledged the 10PM call. I am not sure if he ever denied this call occurred. Any FRpeers know if BO denied this call at some point. That would be more important than the content of the call. IMHO.
QFT and to add that true-blue FReepers need to read down into the comments, too. Several commenters add great questions for consideration. I especially liked the first comment that notes a key question: What is so bad about Benghazi, as yet unrevealed, that the IRS scandal was pushed to the fore?