Posted on 04/24/2013 4:07:07 PM PDT by raptor22
Scandal: A congressional report shows security cuts before the Benghazi attack were approved by the secretary of state and that White House talking points describing the events were edited to protect the State Department.
The "progress" report by House Republicans will no doubt be dismissed as a partisan political document. But it effectively records administration efforts to ignore the threat of terrorism before the attack on our diplomatic mission in Benghazi, to cover up administration culpability afterward and to sweep aside responsibility for the deaths of four Americans to make the administration look caring and competent.
Despite then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's denials that pleadings from Ambassador Chris Stevens, killed in the terrorist attack, never reached her desk, the interim Benghazi report concludes that:
"Reductions of security levels prior to the attacks in Benghazi were approved at the highest levels of the State Department, up to and including Secretary Clinton. This fact contradicts her testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on January 23, 2013."
Indeed it does. On that date, Clinton testified:
"I have made it very clear that the security cables did not come to my attention or above the assistant secretary level where the ARB (Accountability Review Board) placed responsibility."
The 46-page report by the five committees of jurisdiction cites an April 19, 2012, cable bearing Clinton's signature acknowledging a formal request dated March 28, 2012, from then-U.S. Ambassador to Libya Gene Cretz for additional security assets but ordering the withdrawal of security elements to proceed as planned.
After the attack, the talking points that became the administration's version of events were drafted. But contrary to administration rhetoric, changes to the talking points were not made to protect classified information. Concern for classified information is never mentioned in email traffic among senior administration officials.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.investors.com ...
It does make a difference, now, doesn’t it?
What a surprise........NOT.
The former “madam co-president” is not nearly as smart as she’d like to think. She needs to be occupying a cell a SuperMax or GITMO while charges are pending for the numerous “mysterious” deaths linked to her.
The sun rises in the East and the Clintons lie and wild bears....
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Vince Foster to Chris Stevens: “Welcome to the club.”
Uh... if I recall correctly, it’s not the first time a Clinton lied.
So who put her in charge of anything?
Hint: he’s ineligible to be president under the United States Constitution.
It's hard reading. I get totally pissed about every three pages and have to take a break.
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Thanks for the ping.
Excellent pictorial.
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And this lady is who is supposed to be the most competent and qualified candidate in the next election.
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