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In Misstep, Obama Discusses Sealed Indictment on Benghazi
Copyright ©2013 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ^ | August 9, 2013, 5:14 PM | By Devlin Barrett

Posted on 08/10/2013 9:22:39 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

President Barack Obama was a lawyer before he became a politician, but on Friday he broke one of the most basic legal rules: He publicly discussed a sealed indictment.

Speaking at a White House press conference about government surveillance, terrorism, and other topics, the president was asked about his past statements that the people who attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year would be brought to justice.

“We have informed, I think, the public that there’s a sealed indictment. It’s sealed for a reason. But we are intent on capturing those who carried out this attack, and we’re going to stay on it until we get them,’’ Mr. Obama said.

While the president of the United States can declassify top secret intelligence information on his own say-so, disclosing secret grand jury material is a different matter. Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure clearly states: “… no person may disclose the indictment’s existence except as necessary to issue or execute a warrant or summons.’’

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: benghazi; indictment; obama; sealed
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UPDATE: A White House official said the president “was simply referencing widely reported information and was not asked about, nor did he comment on any specific indictment.’’

Sh'yeah, THAT's the ticket...

1 posted on 08/10/2013 9:22:39 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

The man is a lawyer like the granddaughter I mention in my tag is a Supreme Court justice.


2 posted on 08/10/2013 9:23:49 AM PDT by jimfree (In November 2016 my 13 y/o granddaughter will have more quality exec experience than Barack Obama)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Can we impeach him now for treason and prosecute him for releasing classified information?


3 posted on 08/10/2013 9:24:36 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

And this dirtbag wants to prosecute Snowden an start a Cold War with Russia?


4 posted on 08/10/2013 9:26:29 AM PDT by Arthurio
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
President Obama is above the law.

Louis XIV supposedly said, "L'etat, c'est moi." (I am the state.)

Obama's motto could be La loi, c'est moi.

5 posted on 08/10/2013 9:28:35 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

“President Obama is above the law.”

If the president does it it’s not illegal. It’s good to be king.


6 posted on 08/10/2013 9:30:37 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
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To: jimfree
The man is a lawyer like the granddaughter I mention in my tag is a Supreme Court justice.

HA!

The man is a man like my niece is my uncle.

7 posted on 08/10/2013 9:32:06 AM PDT by USS Johnston (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. ~ Edmund Burke)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Has OBUMER really studied Law or is it one of his many lies.


8 posted on 08/10/2013 9:33:02 AM PDT by Christian1
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Don't worry ... Eric Holder will get right on it

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9 posted on 08/10/2013 9:38:26 AM PDT by Elle Bee
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KILL ALL THE LAWYERS.


10 posted on 08/10/2013 9:39:06 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

The first name on any indictment should be his.


11 posted on 08/10/2013 9:40:15 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

President Pee Wee lost his bike again.


12 posted on 08/10/2013 9:43:19 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Spilling classified information, is he?

Well, maybe he can get sanctuary in Russia.


13 posted on 08/10/2013 9:43:25 AM PDT by Iron Munro (They Old. That's Old School People. We In A New School, Our Generation)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
 photo simplejack_zps38e1a242.png Don't even tell me Hussein isn't the stupidest p_resident ever in the history of the USA. Freakin moron. Affirmative Action Ambulance Chasing, Slip and Fall Shyster.
14 posted on 08/10/2013 9:46:35 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever.)
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To: Iron Munro

Anybody believe anything this fraud has to say. He was an affirmative action lawyer that represented phony community action scam cases. He knows jack about the real world.


15 posted on 08/10/2013 9:47:31 AM PDT by spawn44 (MOO)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I don’t think he got his hahvahd law degree “the old fashioned way.”


16 posted on 08/10/2013 9:48:07 AM PDT by Yaelle
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wut dif


17 posted on 08/10/2013 9:50:09 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (People are idiots.)
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To: Christian1

“Has OBUMER really studied Law or is it one of his many lies?”

He may have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.


18 posted on 08/10/2013 9:51:51 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever
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This subtle snake did not do this accidentally. It is probably a more recent (meaningless) indictment that was done for show, and was then "inadvertently" leaked by the Master Snake himself, as a way to try and blunt the obvious deliberate indifference of the White House in getting to the bottom of a bloody and embarrassing scandal. Unfortunately the MSM press will fail to even ask "when" the indictment was handed down.

It continues to be smoke and mirrors, 24/7-365. It is what we have learned to expect: All Lies, All of the Time!

19 posted on 08/10/2013 9:56:54 AM PDT by JustTheTruth
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To: stars & stripes forever

He watched an actor play one on TV.


20 posted on 08/10/2013 9:57:39 AM PDT by mom.mom
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