Intelligence office says it got Libya attack wrong, not White House

McClatchy ^

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WASHINGTON — Extremists from groups linked to al Qaida struck the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in a “deliberate and organized terrorist attack,” the top U.S. intelligence agency said Friday, as it took responsibility for the Obama administration’s initial claims that the deadly assault grew from a spontaneous protest against an anti-Islam video.

The unusual statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence appeared to have two goals: updating the public on the latest findings of the investigation into the assault, and shielding the White House from a political backlash over its original accounts.

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Film's fault
CIA's fault
Intelligence Office's fault
Obama/Clinton's fault

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Who will bear the brunt of the blame when the last lie falls apart?
Will she go quietly under the bus... Thereby falling on her sword for Obozo?


The Clintons are not used to falling on their own swords... Everyone around them goes down without a whimper, but not the Clintons...
Pass the popcorn...

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First the Dept of Labor and there new found 450k jobs, now Director of National Intelligence covering for Dear leader. It's not a matter of if, but when the shooting starts.

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...now Director of National Intelligence covering for Dear leader.

Really, it's tragic. We still have good people out there and foreign agents who risk their lives. Then, the intel goes up the bureaucratic ladder until it turns into exactly what the boss wants to hear. I saw an old CIA guy who said the agency went downhill when they moved into Langley. Before that, they were hidden in little offices all over DC and got things done. After, they became a top-down bureaucracy with all the predictable pitfalls. And, post 9/11, they just made it worse!