Benghazi - The Smoking Gun - WH Tied to Misinformation Program

GBFan

Well-Known Member
Joined
Oct 30, 2013
Messages
1,455
Newly released emails on the Benghazi terror attack suggest a senior White House aide played a central role in preparing former U.N. ambassador Susan Rice for her controversial Sunday show appearances -- where she wrongly blamed protests over an Internet video.

More than 100 pages of documents were released to the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. Among them was a Sept. 14, 2012, email from Ben Rhodes, an assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser for strategic communications.

The Rhodes email, with the subject line: "RE: PREP Call with Susan: Saturday at 4:00 pm ET," was sent to a dozen members of the administration's inner circle, including key members of the White House communications team such as Press Secretary Jay Carney.

In the email, Rhodes specifically draws attention to the anti-Islam Internet video, without distinguishing whether the Benghazi attack was different from protests elsewhere.

The email lists the following two goals, among others:

"To underscore that these protests are rooted in an Internet video, and not a broader failure of policy."

"To reinforce the President and Administration's strength and steadiness in dealing with difficult challenges."

The email goes on to state that the U.S. government rejected the message of the Internet video. "We find it disgusting and reprehensible. But there is absolutely no justification at all for responding to this movie with violence," the email stated.

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said the documents read like a PR strategy, not an effort to provide the best available intelligence to the American people.

"The goal of the White House was to do one thing primarily, which was to make the president look good. Blame it on the video and not [the] president's policies," he said.

The Rhodes email was not part of the 100 pages of emails released by the administration last May -- after Republicans refused to move forward with the confirmation of John Brennan as CIA director until the so-called "talking points" emails were made public.

The email is also significant because in congressional testimony in early April, former deputy CIA director Michael Morell told lawmakers it was Rice, in her Sunday show appearances, who linked the video to the Benghazi attack. Morell said the video was not part of the CIA analysis.

"My reaction was two-fold," Morell told members of the House Intelligence Committee, regarding her appearances. "One was that what she said about the attacks evolving spontaneously from a protest was exactly what the talking points said, and it was exactly what the intelligence community analysts believed. When she talked about the video, my reaction was, that's not something that the analysts have attributed this attack to."

Incidentally, three leading Republicans on Monday night sent letters to the House and Senate foreign affairs committees asking them to compel the administration to explain who briefed Rice in advance of the Sunday talk shows and whether State Department or White House personnel were involved.

"How could former Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, during the five Sunday talk shows on September 16, 2012, claim that the attacks on our compounds were caused by a hateful video when Mr. Morell testified that the CIA never mentioned the video as a causal factor," said the letter, from Sens. Lindsey Graham, of South Carolina; Kelly Ayotte, of New Hampshire; and John McCain, of Arizona.

The Sept. 14 Rhodes email does not indicate whether there was a "prep call" for Rice, as it suggests. If the call went ahead, it does not indicate who briefed her. Fox News has asked the White House if Rhodes prepped Rice for the Sunday shows, and, if he didn't, who did -- as well as what intelligence Rhodes relied upon.

The newly released emails also show that on Sept. 27, 2012 a Fox News report -- titled "US officials knew Libya attack was terrorism within 24 hours, sources confirm" -- was circulated at the most senior levels of the administration. This included going to then-deputy national security adviser Denis McDonough; then-White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan; Morell; and Rhodes, among others, but the comments were redacted, citing "personal privacy information."
 
Werbung:
This will hurt Hillary in the election.
I would like to think this would hurt her in the primary or hefore to the point that she does not run at all. She will not risk losing, she has had plenty enough embarrasment in her life. SCOTUS whould suit her and if a dem gets elected Ginsbetg can quit and give her a seat.
 
Bill Orelly as right last night. The Mainstream media is dishonest. CNN wont report it,MSNBC wont report it, NBC NEWS, ABC NEWS and CBS NEWS wont report it nether. No newspaper except the Washington post did report it only small colum on page 14. The Media ignores Benghazi its all about Protecting Barrack Obama. Any other republican prez this scandal the Media will run wild on it just like the they did to Nixons watergate scandal. Plus the Democrats will run wild and rush to impeach republican president just like they did to Nixon.
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/index.html
 
Yup definately in protect mode. But HRC was foolish enough to he before a camera when she had her meltdown. Thats her Kerry the Sperm or Dukakis the Tank Fool moment. Do you think America wants a raving hysterical lunatic with her thumb on the launch button ? (And you do know how hysterical and hysterectomy are related ? Right ? That put the cause of femalez in politics back years.)
 
Amazing they've gone to such lengths to cover up something everyone knew from the get-go.

You know what they say; "oh what a wicked web we weave, when first we begin to deceive".

Shows you the mind of this Administration. All politics all the time. It was more important to lie, throw people under the bus or intimidate them and defy congress, all to protect a mirage. This is only an example of what this Administration has done numerous times.
 
Werbung:
Back
Top