Exclusive: Benghazi Talking Points Underwent 12 Revisions, Scrubbed of Terror Reference

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Originally posted by AURaptor:

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Originally posted by HKCavalier:
Holy crap! This is so fullbloodedly retarded. You're talking about a press release!

A PRESS RELEASE.

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No, it's much more than a 'press release'. It spurred on the talking points for UN Sec Rice, to go on 5 Sunday morning shows, and repeat the same lie, 5 different times.

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Do you even know what a talking point is??? It's ad copy. It's spin. It is not, fundamentally, journalism. Journalism is what folk do to find out if the talking points reflect reality. When they don't reflect reality, that's an embarrassment, perhaps, but it is IN NO WAY criminal nor actionable in any gorram way.

She went on some MORNING TALK SHOWS. The fuck is wrong with you? From the beginning, Benghazi was called an "act of terror." Your "coverup" doesn't exist. The talking points and all their revisions WERE RELEASED BY THE WHITE HOUSE. That's how you know about your "coverup." Fullbloodedly retarded.

HKCavalier

Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

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Oh, damn, Mike, you missed prize for first guffaw of the morning by THAT much! That's WONDERFUL...how about prize for first SUSTAINED laugh of the morning? "Fast Relief From Landslide Election Defeat"... priceless...

Many thanx!

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The fuck is wrong with you?

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Oh, Cav, you already KNOW...don't let him get to you, just think of him as a "talking TV" constantly tuned to FauxNews...zat better?

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And it turns out that the "e-mail" that ABC supposedly has looks to be a scam - a doctored e-mail talking about things that the original never mentioned.

http://www.salon.com/2013/05/14/who_doctored_a_white_house_email/

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Was ABC News used by someone with an ax to grind against the State Department? It looks possible. A key email in its “scoop” that the administration’s “talking points” on Benghazi had been changed a dozen times came from White House national security communications adviser Ben Rhodes. It seemed to confirm that the White House wanted the talking points changed to protect all agencies’ interests, “including those of the State Department,” in the words of the email allegedly sent by Rhodes.

But CNN’s Jake Tapper reveals that Rhodes’ email didn’t mention the State Department, and doesn’t even seem to implicitly reference it. The email as published by Karl differs significantly from the original obtained by Tapper.

According to ABC’s Jonathan Karl, Rhodes weighed in after State Department’s Victoria Nuland, who expressed concerns about the way the talking points might hurt “my building’s leadership.” ABC quotes Rhodes saying:

We must make sure that the talking points reflect all agency equities, including those of the State Department, and we don’t want to undermine the FBI investigation. We thus will work through the talking points tomorrow morning at the Deputies Committee meeting.

The email obtained by Tapper is very different.

Sorry to be late to this discussion. We need to resolve this in a way that respects all of the relevant equities, particularly the investigation.

There is a ton of wrong information getting out into the public domain from Congress and people who are not particularly informed. Insofar as we have firmed up assessments that don’t compromise intel or the investigation, we need to have the capability to correct the record, as there are significant policy and messaging ramifications that would flow from a hardened mis-impression.

We can take this up tomorrow morning at deputies.

You can read the original here.

Significantly, the Rhodes email doesn’t even mention the controversial Benghazi talking points. Reporting by Stephen Hayes of the Weekly Standard paraphrased Rhodes’ email the same way – to depict him jumping in behind Nuland and protecting the interests of the State Department. Some on the right have suggested Karl and Tapper might be talking about two different emails, but in the ABC and CNN stories, the emails are dated identically, 9/14/12 at 9:34 p.m. Tapper provides the original; Karl did not.

Presumably, someone changed Rhodes’ email before leaking it to Karl, but ABC News hasn’t replied to the scoop by Tapper (who used to work there). ABC’s story added fuel to the Benghazi fire; we’ll see if CNN’s helps put it out.

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Let the excuse-fest from the right begin...



"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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Aw, Kwick beat me to it.

Though I doubt well get much in the way of excuses. They'll just pretend this never happened, then start a new thread about this imaginary cover-up.

Buffoons.




Excuse me while I soak in all these sweet, sweet conservative tears.

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"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

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Did I call it or what?

No response to this from the raptard - but he's already started a new thread to complain about this fictinal cover-up. A thread with not a shred of ANYTHING, except his whining.

Priceless.




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"We will never have the elite, smart people on our side." -- Rick "Frothy" Santorum

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A survey released by Public Policy Polling on Monday found that 41 percent of Republicans believed that the alleged Benghazi cover up was the biggest scandal in American history. The poll also found that 39 percent of those people did not know that Benghazi was located in Libya.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/13/tea-party-leader-dick-armey-conf
uses-benghazi-with-bangladesh/

GOP: Not letting facts get in the way of their phony indignation!






"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
And it turns out that the "e-mail" that ABC supposedly has looks to be a scam - a doctored e-mail talking about things that the original never mentioned.

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So it's good news to you that there's so much in-fighting and finger pointing within the Administration that someone would fake an e-mail to put blame on the State Department?


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Originally posted by Geezer:

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
And it turns out that the "e-mail" that ABC supposedly has looks to be a scam - a doctored e-mail talking about things that the original never mentioned.

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So it's good news to you that there's so much in-fighting and finger pointing within the Administration that someone would fake an e-mail to put blame on the State Department?

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I've yet to see any evidence that anyone "within the Administration" did this, only that the e-mail that ABCNews reported and quoted was faked.

But by all means, keep spinning, boy! Spin, boy, SPIN!





"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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