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 Report released.U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the Sept. 11, 2012, Libya attack. The Democrat-dominated Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a report that said the White House was only responsible for a "minor change" in the White House talking points. A number of GOP lawmakers questioned whether the presidential staff rewrote the talking points for political reasons, but they were practically silenced by the Democratic leadership in the Senate and by some so-called moderate Republicans. "Once again, the Obama administration is being let off the hook in another scandal that would have caused a media frenzy in a GOP presidency. Once again, we have evidence of a biased news media coupled with a spineless opposition party," said former law enforcement and intelligence officer Sid Franes. The committee also blasted the director of national intelligence for stonewalling the panel of lawmakers by holding back a promised timeline of the talking points changes. The ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said she had used the talking points to say in television interviews on Sept.16, 2012, that it may have been a protest that got out of hand. Rice's bogus explanation forced her to forgo the nomination as Hillary Clinton's replacement in the new Obama term as President. Obama instead nominated Democratic Sen John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who is expected to be easily confirmed since he's friends with most senators in both political parties. Security Deficiencies Officials at the State Department in December acknowledged weaknesses in security as well as errors in judgment exposed in a scathing independent report on the assault. The Senate report said that on Sept. 19, 2012, eight days after the attack, National Counterterrorism Center Director Matthew Olsen told the Homeland committee that the four Americans died "in the course of a terrorist attack." At the same time, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the department stood by the assessment of the CIA and other intelligence agencies such as NSA. The next day, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney stated, "It is, I think, self-evident that what happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack." Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton also used the term "terrorist attack" on Sept. 21, 2012. Olsen's acknowledgement was important, the report said, because talking points prepared by intelligence officials the previous week had undergone major changes. A line saying "we know" that individuals associated with al-Qaeda or its affiliates participated in the attacks was changed to say, "There are indications that extremists participated." The talking points dropped the reference to al-Qaeda and its affiliates altogether. In addition, a reference to "attacks" was changed to "demonstrations". |
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dmaestro 01-Jan-13, 20:18 |
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I am not buying that Patraeus stepped down from CIA Director because he was having an affair. I expected to see that he was having an affair with someone underage, a man, someone young and/or ditzy/not respectable, or with a prostitute. But Paula Broadwell? Why on earth is this scandalous or even interesting beyond being sad that the two of them don't just get divorced and be together and happy already? One media outlet reported that Patraeus got married when he was very young to the daughter of the director or headmaster or whatever at West Point. His marriage has "necessary" and "advantageous" and "Prince Charles-esque" written all over it. Tiger Woods cheated with strippers and porn stars, and ran his escalade into a tree while fleeing his wife who was attacking with a 9 iron. Arnold Schwarzenegger has an 8 year old love child with the housekeeper. Bill Clinton was getting BJ's from an intern IN the oval office, leaving stains on the interns dress. But Patraeus? He's being scandalized for having an affair with an attractive and normal adult who is a well educated military strategist and author. Patraeus met her while she was writing the strategic operations that ended up turning around the war in Iraq. They've been friends since then and have been having an affair for at least half of that. She spent a lot of time in Iraq and Afghanistan with him. Supposedly she is one of the only people who can keep up with his running pace. So I am not buying for a second that Broadwell was jealous of anyone. Especially not this woman in Florida who doesn't appear to do anything of interest or value. Furthermore, Patraeus is married! If Broadwell was the jealous stalker-type, wouldn't she have gone after his wife years ago? If Broadwell was a woman scorned, she wouldn't have just emailed Kelley in Florida. She would have talked to people. Instead, all she did was email Kelley. Both she and Patraeus fell off the face of the Earth when he resigned. The entire thing doesn't add up. All of it. I don't know one person who faults Patraeus for his relationship with Broadwell. But the things that have surfaced since about Afghanistan.....along with the bizzare Benghazi investigation....those things could stain his actual reputation as a four star General. If he had to testify about Benghazi he could have been put in the position of either saying things that would bring him and others down, or perjure himself. Based on everything I've read about Patraeus and Broadwell, it wouldn't surprise me if they are actually so close that she fell on a massive sword for him to save his reputation. Id believe that before I believe the story that's been given to the press. Speaking of falling on swords......I can't think of a government agency that could probably take the blame for something and cover things up with little accountability more easily than the CIA. |
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dmaestro 02-Jan-13, 14:35 |
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