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ABC's Jon Karl: 'No evidence Hillary Clinton was aware' of Benghazi revisions
Politico ^ | 5/10/13 | DYLAN BYERS

Posted on 05/10/2013 11:04:45 AM PDT by neverdem

Today's blockbuster ABC News report about White House and State Dept. involvement in revising the CIA’s Benghazi talking points has provided Republicans with new talking points in their effort to discredit former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton. But Jonathan Karl, the ABC News White House correspondent who landed the scoop, says not so fast.

The emails obtained by Karl show that State Dept. spokesman Victoria Nuland raised objections to a paragraph in the talking points mentioning threats from extremists linked to Al Qaeda. When a round of revisions did not satisfy her concerns, she wrote back: “These changes don’t resolve all of my issues or those of my building's leadership."

In that reference to the "building's leadership," some see a reference to Sec. Clinton. But Karl says that to date, no such evidence exists.

"There's no evidence that I've seen that Hillary Clinton was aware of what was going on, or in any way tried to direct what was in these talking points," Karl told POLITICO on Friday morning. "But that sentence is certainly open to interpretation, and you can guarantee it is going to seized on by Republicans for a long time, because ultimately the leadership of that building is Hillary Clinton."

Republicans have been fighting to keep the Benghazi story alive for months, and the right-wing blogosphere has made it their r'aison d'etre. Despite front page reports in the New York Times and scoops from reporters like Karl, conservatives accuse the mainstream media of failing to adequately investigate the story.

Those accusations are likely to subside this weekend in the wake of Karl's report (and that of The Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes), which comes on the heels of Wednesday's 'emotional' testimony from three State Dept. officials. Benghazi is now driving the news cycle and -- as my colleagues Glenn Thrush and Maggie Haberman pointed out on Thursday -- Hillary Clinton is once again fair-game for critics.

The Sunday shows will be almost entirely dedicated to the issue: ABC's "This Week," will feature interviews with Sens. John McCain and Jack Reed, and Gen. James Cartwright, retired Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will join the roundtable. CBS's "Face The Nation" will feature interviews with former Sec. of Defense Robert Gates and Sens. Dick Durbin and Kelly Ayotte. NBC's "Meet The Press" will have exclusive interviews with House Oversight Committee Chair Darrell Issa and Senate Intelligence Chair Dianne Feinstein. 

But where the story goes after Sunday is anyone's guess.

"I have no idea how long this story will go on, but what is clear after this week is that there are still legitimate questions to be asked, and there's also going to be a political story regarding Hillary Clinton," Karl told POLITICO. "The story clearly has legs -- for how long, I just don't know."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abc; benghazi; hillaryclinton; jonathonkarl; soshillary
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1 posted on 05/10/2013 11:04:46 AM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem

Well, he works for ABC — he can’t go too far towards the truth.


2 posted on 05/10/2013 11:06:37 AM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: neverdem

Well then maybe the House needs to actually put Hillary Clinton UNDER OATH THIS TIME, and ask her what she knew, when she knew it, and other relevant questions. Stunning to think the Republican Leadership is so gutless they let her “testify” without, you know, making her testimony biding by swearing her in. Pathetic.


3 posted on 05/10/2013 11:07:16 AM PDT by antonico
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To: neverdem

They have found their scapegoats now.....Nuland and probably Rhodes.

Someone is going to have a nice fat off shore bank account to ‘retire’ to very soon.


4 posted on 05/10/2013 11:07:20 AM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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To: neverdem
Once again, the "Smartest Woman In The World"tm claims to not know what is going on around her.

Obviously she is the prime contender to fill Zero's shoes.

5 posted on 05/10/2013 11:07:47 AM PDT by PogySailor
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To: neverdem

yet once again, their usual attempted excuse...
we weren’t evil, we were just grossly incompetent

OK.
let them be “non-evil” (if anyone can believe that!?). OK.

I still want competent people in government now!


6 posted on 05/10/2013 11:07:52 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (()
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To: neverdem
“There’s no evidence that I’ve seen that Hillary Clinton was aware of what was going on, or in any way tried to direct what was in these talking points,” Karl told POLITICO ...”

Apparently, he looked in the wrong places.....typical MSM cover up for cankles....

7 posted on 05/10/2013 11:07:59 AM PDT by illiac (If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
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To: neverdem

Oh yea...and oral sex is not sex either. These Marxists are incredibly good at propaganda, deceit, lies, and manipulation.


8 posted on 05/10/2013 11:08:04 AM PDT by mosaicwolf (Strength and Honor)
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To: neverdem

Of course not. She’s just a useful idiot. And a criminally negligent incompetent communist bitch, just like her idiot boss!


9 posted on 05/10/2013 11:09:09 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: neverdem

Well, of course. The reasons why people use phrases like “my building’s leadership” is specifically to avoid putting names on the record.

All paths in this case lead to Hillary Clinton. I hope and believe she isn’t going to take the fall on this one for Obama — if she is convinced that her goose is cooked, then I don’t see her wanting to go down alone.


10 posted on 05/10/2013 11:09:39 AM PDT by kevkrom (Obama: less class than Bill Clinton)
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To: neverdem

If she was unaware then she is the most incompetent government employee in the last 250 years.

She is supposed to be the smartest woman in the world, but nobody can possibly be that stupid.

The MSM is an active participant in the biggest scandal and cover up in history.


11 posted on 05/10/2013 11:10:25 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds.)
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To: neverdem

We have two choices: either Hillary intentionally lied to the American people to protect her reputation, or Hillary is shockingly oblivious to a story that should at the time have been the center of her life. Either way, it’s a disqualifying flaw.


12 posted on 05/10/2013 11:11:04 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Jim Robinson

OK let me understand this, She is on the phone with Mr. Hicks at 2:00am and he says its terrorism. So she forgot that when she saw the talking points? Must be that fall.


13 posted on 05/10/2013 11:11:22 AM PDT by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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To: neverdem

“There’s no evidence that I’ve seen that Hillary Clinton was aware of what was going on, or in any way tried to direct what was in these talking points,”

A. She’s a liar
B. She’s an incompetent leader
C. Both A and B are true


14 posted on 05/10/2013 11:11:38 AM PDT by ryan71 (The Second American Revolution)
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To: neverdem
ABC's Jon Karl: 'No evidence Hillary Clinton was aware' of Benghazi revisions

Good grief. How might Hillary herself put it ...?

I think that I ... uh ... the reports that you provide to us really require the willing suspension of disbelief.

15 posted on 05/10/2013 11:12:01 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: neverdem

“There’s no evidence that I’ve seen that Hillary Clinton was aware of what was going on, or in any way tried to direct what was in these talking points,”
++++++++++++++++++++
And why should she have? The only things that were at stake were her future political career and her plans to succeed Obama as President of the United States. Let the staff deal it. Nothing to see here. Time to move on.


16 posted on 05/10/2013 11:12:42 AM PDT by InterceptPoint (If I had a tag line this is where you would find it)
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To: crosslink

As I said. Criminally negligent incompetent bitch.


17 posted on 05/10/2013 11:12:53 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: neverdem

Sounds like Jon Karl got a call from Chicago.


18 posted on 05/10/2013 11:12:58 AM PDT by ScottinVA ( Liberal is to patriotism as Kermit Gosnell is to neonatal care.)
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19 posted on 05/10/2013 11:13:01 AM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: antonico

It’s not gutless. It’s complicit.

Prople on the intel committees knew that Al Quida was hired to guard an American Embassy. The rest of the world could go to a freaking web page and see an AQ battle flag on the Brigade’s home[age. The Intel people couldn’t? Please.

We don’t want to admit that ‘our’ people helped this disaster. But they did. The GOP sat on it’s ass for months and let the dems drive the media narrative. The RNC refused to run election ads on it. Romney refused to fight it out in the debates.

That’s the reality folks. We are sold out. Completely.


20 posted on 05/10/2013 11:14:07 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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