Posted on 08/20/2016 4:34:49 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The U.S. State Department on Thursday said there is “no evidence” that a “deliberately edited” videotape of its Dec. 2, 2013 State Department briefing was intended to “conceal information from the public,” even though someone requested the edit.
Spokesman John Kirby said a months-long internal investigation was unable to identify the person who asked for the edit: “And while the technician recalls receiving a phone call requesting the edit, there is no evidence to indicate who might’ve placed that call or why.”
Kirby also said even if the video was edited with the intent to conceal, “There was no policy in place at the time prohibiting such an act.” …
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No rule of law.
No nation
So, tech guy gets a call, from somebody (a Nigerian ???), requesting an edit.
Tech guy says oky doky, and makes the edit.
Thats their story, and they are sticking to it!
Amen brother
We decide if there is wrong doing, well we look really hard and can never find any.
TRANSLATION: “Yeah, we know, you caught us red-handed, but we’re not going to admit a thing, and there is nothing you can do about it.”
“Spokesman John Kirby ...”
Substitute: Paid Liar John Kirby .... Then it all makes perfect sense!
There is no evidence the State Department is telling the truth.
Two can play this game.
there is no evidence to indicate who might’ve placed that call or why.
= = =
‘edit out all instances of xxxxx.’
‘OK, I’m on it.’
And no questioning of Who are you???? or why????
If Julian Assange will give us that tech guy’s number we can all call him up and give him edit requests.
“There was no evidence”... do they really think this line holds water with most rational adults? It was requested, it was edited, and it was surely to cover up some very bad act by someone high up enough to have the authority to request the edit. That leaves a very short list of possibilities.
“No Evidence” is classic Clintonspeak.
look just how rapidly the Clintonian way of thinking is spreading.
The fish rots from the head down.
“The videotape of that 2013 news briefing — posted on the State Department’s website and YouTube channel — omitted part of an exchange between spokesman Jen Psaki and Fox News reporter James Rosen, who asked Psaki if the State Department lied to protect the secrecy of nuclear negotiations with Iran.
“James, there are times when diplomacy needs privacy in order to progress. This is a good example of that,” Psaki replied at the time.
That exchange was included in the eight minutes deleted from the video and replaced with a white flash.
Thursday’s State Department briefing began with an update on the case from spokesman John Kirby, and we post it here almost in its entirety:
“As you know, when this matter came to light, many of us, including Secretary Kerry, had concerns and questions as to how and why this had happened. And so at the secretary’s request, the Office of the Legal Advisers spent the last several months looking deeper into the issue,” he said.
“All told, they have spoken with more than 30 current and former employees at all levels of seniority, and they’ve gone through e-mails and other documents to see what information might be available. They’ve now compiled their findings and a description of their process into a fact-finding review, which has been provided to the secretary. We’re also sharing it today with Congress and the inspector general.”
OK. But when Planned Parenthood was filmed BOASTING about selling aborted babies for “spare parts” THAT editing WAS “evidence of concealment” and made the entire issue proof of false claims!
No “ruling authority” to do anything about it. The neutered Congress doesn’t count.
“The U.S. State Department on Thursday said there is “no evidence” that a “deliberately edited” videotape of its Dec. 2, 2013 State Department briefing was intended to “conceal information from the public,””
Except for the FACT that the edit concealed information from the public which is evidence in my book.
We have investigated ourselves and found that there was no wrongdoing. Isn’t a leftist world grand? If you’re in power anyway.
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