Posted on 11/24/2014 10:48:32 PM PST by iowamark
On September 11, 2012, Islamist militants attacked U.S. complexes in Benghazi, Libya. Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed, the first U.S. Ambassador killed in the line of duty since 1979. Three other men were killed and 10 were injured.
The media immediately turned it into a political story, focusing more anger on Mitt Romney’s comments about the administration’s blaming of a YouTube video critical of Islam than determining the facts of the attack itself. Many in the media thought it fine that President Obama jetted off to a high-dollar fundraiser before the bodies cooled. When various high-level government officials blamed either a YouTube video critical of Islam — or our laws protecting free speech, it didn’t generate much controversy among big media.
The media tended to parrot White House talking points about the attack even years later. So even though everyone with knowledge of the scene in Benghazi knew otherwise, the New York Times was claiming until Friday — just this past Friday — that al Qaeda had nothing to do with the attack on Benghazi...
If there’s something true in that pile of horse manure, you’ll have to point it out. Within days this was thoroughly debunked by those in the know (albeit highlighted by media outlets such as CNN). But just this past Friday afternoon, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released “the definitive House statement on the Intelligence Community’s activities before, during and after the tragic events that caused the deaths of four brave Americans” in Benghazi. We’ll look through all the flaws with this report (.pdf) here soon, but first we need to talk about the media reaction to same...
(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...
House Benghazi Report (37 page pdf):
http://intelligence.house.gov/sites/intelligence.house.gov/files/documents/Benghazi%20Report.pdf
Still, it seems somebody cut the legs out from underneath Gowdy.
The deconstruction of this hideous thing in the attached article is just OK. But in point of fact, the Intelligence Committee report ignores or is at odds with known open source intelligence that has been thoroughly vetted. Just one example: [Deputy CIA Director] Morrell is known to have doctored the CIA talking points, despite Petraeus' objections. The IC committee report claims this was not political. Sharyl Attkisson's reporting, now several years old, demonstrated very convincingly that it was, and that Petraeus was almost certainly blocked from making a stink about it because of his testosterone problems. But the IC report doesn't even try to explain why the alterations were made, let alone that the CIA Director himself did not want them to be used.
Even if Gowdy's select committee were to find evidence of a cover up and malfeasance, what difference would it make. It is my understanding that findings of criminal activity would have to be referred to the DOJ for prosecution. Fat chance of the DOJ doing their job in this Regime.
MIke Rogers is a SKANK!!!
I only thought something was FISHY when Rogers announced his retirement to be a radio talk show host, when he is Chairman of an important committee......didn't make sense......now it does. GOOD RIDDANCE MIKE RPOGERS!!
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Thank You and the posters.
His sponsorship of various bills relating to intellgience matters, his chairmanship of HSIC, and his wife's firm's contracting of intelligence work has been cited and criticized many, many times. The above referenced article is just one example.
THAT is EXACTLY why he’s leaving office!!! What a SKANK!! He was a SMART SKANK though!! Too bad he didn’t step aside on the Benghazi thing because his WIFE’s involvement really dirtied up the investigation!!
Follow the money with Mike Roger’s wife!!!
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