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Fox: Email Reveals Obama Advisor Urged Rice to Blame Video for Benghazi
Mediate.com ^ | April 29, 2014 | Noah Rothman

Posted on 04/29/2014 10:59:52 AM PDT by BulletBobCo

On Tuesday, an email obtained by the government watchdog Judicial Watch revealed that a senior American advisor informed then National Security Advisor Susan Rice to emphasize that the deadly 2012 attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya was the result of a spontaneous protest arising from an inflammatory YouTube video. Transcripts later revealed that senior defense officials had informed the administration on the night of the assault that the event was a “terrorist attack.”

Fox’s intel correspondent Catherine Herridge reported that a September 14 emails links White House Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes advised Rice to focus on the YouTube video during her appearances on a variety of Sunday morning news programs:

Among the goals Rhodes outlined for Rice was for her “to underscore that these protests are rooted in an internet video, and not a broader failure of policy.”


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 3rdthread; benghazi; benrhodes; hillaryclinton; hitlery; iran; jaycarney; libya; rice; susanrice; waronterror
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To: MNlurker

Interesting in that when it was announced he had been hired, there was speculation that something big was coming.


21 posted on 04/29/2014 11:13:13 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: MeshugeMikey
expect more flies....soon

Then BHO would truly be the lord of the flies.

22 posted on 04/29/2014 11:16:37 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: MeshugeMikey

HAD MY DOUBTS about Larry at Judicial Watch for some time now,
however he seems to be making some MAJOR break throughs on these
cases of corruption lately!! CONGRATULATIONS Larry my faith has
somewhat been restored!!! YOU seem to be gaining ALOT more ground
that OUR government investigative branches!!!!


23 posted on 04/29/2014 11:17:09 AM PDT by Kit cat (OBummer must go)
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To: MeshugeMikey

“I sense that this thing is going to unravel VERY QUICKLY form this point forward...”

It’s going to be tough to tell which unravels faster....
the cover-up LIES,

or current foreign policy failures (Russia, Israel, etc).

The race is on!


24 posted on 04/29/2014 11:17:20 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: BulletBobCo
Rush Limbaugh Discusses WFB Story on Benghazi Emails
25 posted on 04/29/2014 11:17:37 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: BulletBobCo

Maltese Falcon moment:

Joel Cairo: I certainly wish you would have invented a more reasonable story. I felt distinctly like an idiot repeating it.

Sam Spade: Don’t worry about the story’s goofiness. A sensible one would have had us all in the cooler.


26 posted on 04/29/2014 11:19:56 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("I'm a Contra" -- President Ronald Reagan)
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To: Uncle Miltie
What were 30 CIA guys doing in Ben Ghazi?

Remember the night of the attack and the turkist ambassador makes his visit? Bird Dog for obama, hillary and panetta to be certain Ambassador Stevens was there? What if the lid was about to be blown off by Ambassador Stevens and the truth be told?

27 posted on 04/29/2014 11:20:29 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: BulletBobCo
“to underscore that these protests are rooted in an internet video, and not a broader failure of policy.”

Bam! There it is.

28 posted on 04/29/2014 11:20:50 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: austinaero

no ya dont suppose that the foreign policy fiascos could have been planned to keep the focus OFF the BENGHAZI matter??


29 posted on 04/29/2014 11:21:55 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Going to be interesting to see which Republicans jump on this and take the reins at bringing investigations and charges. More enlightening will be the ones who do not jump on this, for we will know those who have been bought off with fear of revelations of wrong doings or with quid pro quo pork.


30 posted on 04/29/2014 11:21:58 AM PDT by ImNotLying (The Right To Bear Arms: Making good people helpless won't make bad people harmless!)
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To: BulletBobCo

They didn’t say it WAS a “broader failure of policy”, but they were concerned that the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy would view it as such.

See? If you try hard enough, you too can think like a Clinton.


31 posted on 04/29/2014 11:22:20 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Bratch

“This will fall down the same rabbit hole as the Black Panther voter intimidation case and Fast-and-Furious.”

Exactly. When you have a fascist regime in charge like the Nazi party, fabricated operations like the Gleiwitz Incident and Reichstag fire work and go undiscovered by the sheeple. This happens only because the sheeple think the propaganda ministry is news, and that the government of a good Christian nation like Luther’s Holy Germany could not be that evil.


32 posted on 04/29/2014 11:22:37 AM PDT by MikeSteelBe (Austrian Hitler was, as the Halfrican Hitler does.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

I think that’s the root of why there’s little interest in pursuing on Boehner’s behalf. This was a known covert act, and those on the security committees were probably briefed. It’s being ignored for national security reasons...right or wrong.


33 posted on 04/29/2014 11:24:52 AM PDT by ilgipper
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To: ImNotLying

the revelations will be flying!!


34 posted on 04/29/2014 11:25:33 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: BulletBobCo

35 posted on 04/29/2014 11:27:55 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: BulletBobCo

And they arrested the guy who made the video for “parole violations”. Anything to get elected. This makes Nixon look like Honest Abe.


36 posted on 04/29/2014 11:28:00 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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Meanwhile, from what I can see, Drudge has made no mention of this story on his website.


37 posted on 04/29/2014 11:28:13 AM PDT by Kevin in California
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To: Kevin in California
Meanwhile, from what I can see, Drudge has made no mention of this story on his website.

No, but NBA-gate is going Fast and Furious.

38 posted on 04/29/2014 11:31:18 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Fresh Wind

Yes, why should we be concerned about a minor matter like Benghazi when rampant racists are running professional B-ball teams .......


39 posted on 04/29/2014 11:41:37 AM PDT by mikrofon (MSM, thy name is Distraction...)
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To: Kit cat

Someone pointed out to me a few weeks ago that Larry hasn’t been part of Judicial Watch for near a decade.


40 posted on 04/29/2014 11:41:43 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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