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So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by AlM on Wed May 15 19:06:11 2013

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Well, 2 scandals, actually.

1. The State Department provided extraordinarily poor security at the Benghazi Consulate and caused the deaths of 4 people.

2. Then they tried to cover up their failures.


Let's look at #1:

- It turns out that the Benghazi Consulate was actually a CIA operation. The CIA takes massive risks all the time - that's their job. Unfortunately an ambassador got hit by their risk-taking.


Now, #2.

- The CIA prepared the talking points. They didn't want the CIA to look bad.

- The State Department objected to the talking points. They stated things that, while probably true, weren't provable yet. They also made the State Department look bad because the CIA wasn't accepting its role in the debacle.

- In the back and forth, it's easier to get stuff removed than added. So what's left is bland stuff that doesn't say anything and leaves out the understanding that this attack was a premeditated event.

Basically, no one in government wanted to look bad. What a surprise! And in making a statement that didn't make them look overtly bad, it just made them look stupid. That's what Part 2 of the scandal has come down to.




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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by orange blossom special on Wed May 15 19:08:25 2013, in response to So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by AlM on Wed May 15 19:06:11 2013.

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You're still talking about this speed bump and you didn't even bring up youtube?

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed May 15 19:10:22 2013, in response to So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by AlM on Wed May 15 19:06:11 2013.

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- The CIA prepared the talking points. They didn't want the CIA to look bad

Um, no. The CIA released them. The State Dept prepared them, as the just released e-mails show.

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed May 15 19:17:31 2013, in response to So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by AlM on Wed May 15 19:06:11 2013.

fiogf49gjkf0d
And on 2, the Clandestine service didn't want to tip anybody's hand as to who knew what until they'd finished their own analysis. Information as to what information had been gathered can compromise feet on the ground. That's a no-no. Unless of course republicans decide to do it.

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by AlM on Wed May 15 19:22:57 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed May 15 19:10:22 2013.

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If true, so what?



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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by AlM on Wed May 15 19:29:15 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed May 15 19:10:22 2013.

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Um, Cheney and Hannity on Fox say the CIA prepared the talking points correctly and then State messed them up.

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/hannity/2013/05/14/dick-cheney-benghazi-cover-still-ongoing



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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed May 15 19:34:50 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by AlM on Wed May 15 19:29:15 2013.

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Now now ... gotta wait for the FOX "correction" update. :)

It'll be on once these finish scrolling by ...

Kentucky Derby losers are not turned into Ikea meatballs.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev did not accidentally blow up vowels in his own name.

The chupacabra does not deliver presents on Cinco De Mayo.

President Obama does not want to take away T-shirt guns.

Most women have only two breasts.

The Memphis Grizzlies are not a gay blues band.

Scientology was not founded by I Ron Man.

Bangladesh is not an 80s metal band.

Peaking at ladies' butts is not a background check.

Actual crows do have feet.

Pot pie is legal in every state.

The California wildfires are not a soccer team.

Jason Collins was not turned gay by a Washington Wizard.

The NRA is not a branch of government.

Foreign visas do not let Russian students go on shopping sprees.

Rick Moranis was never put on death row for shrinking his children.

New York exists outside the mind of Billy Joel.

A French press is not lifting weights with your tongue out.

Lena Dunham is not a girl ventriloquist.

Number 2 pencils are not sad that they lost.

Plan B birth control is not masturbating.

Justin Bieber and Anne Frank were not an item.

President Obama did not just wake up in Mexico.

F.A.A. does not stand for "Fart A**, A**"

Croquettes are not female crocodiles.

Kanye West is not an African American vacation destination.

Syria is not Arabic for "serious."

Rice and beans are edible. Ricin beans are not.

Casual Friday is not in the Bill of Rights.

Sam Adams was not too drunk to sign the Constitution.

The Gitmo prisoners are not working on their beach bodies.

Force feeding is not how Jedi’s eat.

Kevin Costner does not live in Watertown.

Smurfs are not elected.

Smurfs are not appointed.

Smurfs are cartoons.

Aretha Franklin and Patti Labelle have been in the same room together.

Anytime minutes don’t let you call the future.

4 and 3 aren’t basically the same thing.

Rock beats scissors.

Zach Braff is not the sound a trumpet makes.


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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Train Dude on Wed May 15 19:36:09 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by AlM on Wed May 15 19:29:15 2013.

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That's almost what one of the released e-mails said today. The CIA says it revised the report in accordance with the state department's desired narrative of the events.

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Olog-hai on Wed May 15 19:38:35 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed May 15 19:10:22 2013.

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PWN3D

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Olog-hai on Wed May 15 19:38:53 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Train Dude on Wed May 15 19:36:09 2013.

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PWN3D

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Dave on Wed May 15 19:44:46 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Olog-hai on Wed May 15 19:38:53 2013.

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+1

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by AlM on Wed May 15 19:45:21 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Olog-hai on Wed May 15 19:38:35 2013.

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Except Fox (and everyone else) says Chris is wrong.



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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by AlM on Wed May 15 19:46:17 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Train Dude on Wed May 15 19:36:09 2013.

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Exactly. But Chris was claiming the opposite.




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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed May 15 19:46:23 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by AlM on Wed May 15 19:45:21 2013.

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When Olog posts his usual "PWNED" it's first person speech. :)

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Train Dude on Wed May 15 19:47:40 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by AlM on Wed May 15 19:46:17 2013.

fiogf49gjkf0d
Well that certainly is more damning to the obama administration if the State Dept. requested the changes.

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by RockParkMan on Wed May 15 19:50:45 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Dave on Wed May 15 19:44:46 2013.

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Benghazi was a JOKE. YOU NAZIS cheered and waved flags when Bush sent 4,000 US troops to their deaths.

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by AlM on Wed May 15 19:53:13 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Train Dude on Wed May 15 19:47:40 2013.

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Hey, not many people here are claiming that the Obama Administration covered itself with glory. Just that it was routine stupidity and self-interest, not Watergate.



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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Train Dude on Wed May 15 19:54:39 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by RockParkMan on Wed May 15 19:50:45 2013.

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"Benghazi was a JOKE."

Four US patriots killed in a terrorist attack, hahahhahahahhaahahhahah. I can see the liberal point of view. Are you sure that's really what you meant to say?

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by AlM on Wed May 15 19:55:58 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Train Dude on Wed May 15 19:54:39 2013.

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RockParkMan is not a liberal.



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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Train Dude on Wed May 15 19:56:00 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by AlM on Wed May 15 19:53:13 2013.

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And if obama said it from the git-go it would be no news today. But he lied. Hillary lied. The American public was lied to.

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by ClearAspect on Wed May 15 20:01:13 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Train Dude on Wed May 15 19:56:00 2013.

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Grasping at straws sir... trying to make this into a fiasco of failure like the original 9/11

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by AlM on Wed May 15 20:27:09 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed May 15 19:17:31 2013.

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Yes, it looks like Michael Morrell, CIA Deputy Director agreed with the State Department about taking out references to terrorists while Petraeus wanted to keep them in.



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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed May 15 20:36:22 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by AlM on Wed May 15 20:27:09 2013.

fiogf49gjkf0d
Well ... back to the conservatard furor ... still can't fly missions in there to save anybody when you don't have bases nearby and on alert. After all, it was an "embassy" ... and as the wheels spin today, Christopher either demanded or refused protection depending on whose spin your eye catches. I'll wait. :)

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Fred G on Wed May 15 20:40:16 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by ClearAspect on Wed May 15 20:01:13 2013.

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If we had some ham we could have ham and eggs if we had some eggs.

Your pal,
Fred

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed May 15 20:42:34 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Fred G on Wed May 15 20:40:16 2013.

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Blues Brothers called it a "wish sandwich" ... :)

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Fred G on Wed May 15 21:57:52 2013, in response to So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by AlM on Wed May 15 19:06:11 2013.

fiogf49gjkf0d
That's pretty much David Brooks' take on it as he stated on Meet the Press.

your pal,
Fred

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Fred G on Wed May 15 22:09:36 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed May 15 20:36:22 2013.

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Fmr Defense Sec. Gates shot down all the Rambo theories.

your pal,
Fred

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed May 15 22:22:23 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Fred G on Wed May 15 22:09:36 2013.

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Yeah, caught that on S-SPIN. :)

But hey ... pajamasmedia had jets ready to go but nobody sounded the klaxon. Heh.



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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Train Dude on Wed May 15 22:24:54 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by ClearAspect on Wed May 15 20:01:13 2013.

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Well then I guess that's what it is. It's good to know that you have the clarity to see what the majority of Americans are confused about.

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by SMAZ on Thu May 16 02:00:33 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by RockParkMan on Wed May 15 19:50:45 2013.

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Bush sent 4,000 US troops to their deaths.

4488.


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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by SMAZ on Thu May 16 02:22:14 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Fred G on Wed May 15 22:09:36 2013.

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I love the wording he used.

The GOP having "cartoonish views of military capability".



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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu May 16 02:30:24 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by SMAZ on Thu May 16 02:22:14 2013.

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Charles G on Thu May 16 03:05:35 2013, in response to So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by AlM on Wed May 15 19:06:11 2013.

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And, what of the part where the administration knowingly sent Susan Rice out to the Sunday talk shows to lie to the American people?

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by AlM on Thu May 16 08:38:13 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Charles G on Thu May 16 03:05:35 2013.

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The CIA and State Department agreed she should lie by withholding CIA knowledge of terrorist activity. The Deputy Director of the CIA was strongly in favor of withholding this information while the Director was not, but the Director gave in.

Lying to not make the State Department look bad is very shabby, even when it has no consequences. Lying to protect CIA sources, which the deputy director was trying to do, is not if the consequences are as minimal as these were. What damage was done by refusing to admit on Sunday that the US knew it was planned terrorist activity?




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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Train Dude on Thu May 16 08:45:44 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by SMAZ on Thu May 16 02:00:33 2013.

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Old news. What about the 4 that dies 8 months ago. Do they not count?

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Olog-hai on Thu May 16 13:06:35 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Charles G on Thu May 16 03:05:35 2013.

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pwnt.

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by AlM on Thu May 16 13:40:11 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Olog-hai on Thu May 16 13:06:35 2013.

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So then answer my question.


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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Charles G on Fri May 17 11:29:19 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by AlM on Thu May 16 08:38:13 2013.

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So it's OK with you if the government covers up its own ineptitude in order to ensure that the President doesn't look bad in an election year?

And you're OK with the US Government blaming a YouTube video when they knew that serious terrorists were really behind the attack?

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by AlM on Fri May 17 12:00:14 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Charles G on Fri May 17 11:29:19 2013.

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So it's OK with you if the government covers up its own ineptitude in order to ensure that the President doesn't look bad in an election year?

And you're OK with the US Government blaming a YouTube video when they knew that serious terrorists were really behind the attack?


1. The government didn't cover up its ineptitude. It was known right away. Please note however that the Obama administration has better protected American installations abroad than any other administration since President Ford. Mistakes happen, and they've happened less under Obama. Hoepfully they'll happen even less going forward.

2. I'm OK with it because the deputy director of the CIA strongly argued that he didn't want it to be known that the CIA knew that it was planned terrorism. I would have preferred if their concealment of that knowledge had been handled better. They could have said it's quite likely to be terrorism without tipping their hand about what they knew.





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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri May 17 12:15:09 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by AlM on Thu May 16 08:38:13 2013.

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This itself is a lie. It was the State Dept, not the CIA.

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri May 17 12:16:15 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by AlM on Fri May 17 12:00:14 2013.

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Clearly you do not understand the facts here. I suggest you broaden your reading menu to sources outside the NYT.

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by AlM on Fri May 17 12:19:02 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri May 17 12:15:09 2013.

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???

Unclear antecedent.



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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri May 17 12:19:14 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by AlM on Wed May 15 19:46:17 2013.

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Bullshit. That's the central point of the entire issue, the covering up of a terrorist attack on the anniversary of 9/11 because it was politically embarassing.

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by AlM on Fri May 17 12:19:37 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri May 17 12:16:15 2013.

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So you disagree that the deputy director of the CIA argued against revealing any knowledge that this was terrorism?



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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by AlM on Fri May 17 12:21:20 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri May 17 12:19:14 2013.

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Huh?

You said the State Department prepared the talking points. Even Fox says you are wrong about that. The CIA prepared them, and then the State Department wanted, and got, changes.

But so what?


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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Charles G on Fri May 17 13:03:26 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by AlM on Fri May 17 12:00:14 2013.

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So, to be clear, you're OK with the government lying when it suits their own purposes.

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by AlM on Fri May 17 13:05:46 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Charles G on Fri May 17 13:03:26 2013.

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I'm OK with the CIA concealing what it knows for temporary time periods when speedy revelation would be damaging to US interests. You are not?



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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Easy on Fri May 17 13:13:40 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by AlM on Fri May 17 13:05:46 2013.

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Funny how those on the left are ok with the left lying and vice versa for the right yet neither admits to it being partisan. And the reasons for both are essentially the same. If the lying enables the furthering of their agenda then it's for the greater good.

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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by AlM on Fri May 17 13:22:34 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by Easy on Fri May 17 13:13:40 2013.

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Funny how those on the left are ok with the left lying and vice versa for the right yet neither admits to it being partisan.

The CIA is the "left"?





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Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?

Posted by Easy on Fri May 17 13:24:53 2013, in response to Re: So what's left of the Benghazi Scandal?, posted by AlM on Fri May 17 13:22:34 2013.

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Oh yeah. The deflection also happens. Thanks for reminding us. lol.

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