Posted on 04/25/2013 2:44:58 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
White House: Clinton’s 'Signature' on Benghazi Docs Doesn't Mean She Knew of Them April 25, 2013 By Fred Lucas
(CNSNews.com) – The White House dismissed the signature of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on documents ignoring security concerns in Benghazi, calling it “protocol” for government official “signatures” to appear on documents they did not sign.
“It is standard protocol that cables originating from the department in Washington go out under the authority of the current Secretary of State with their signature, i.e. their name, typed at the bottom,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday, using his fingers for quote marks when he said “signature.” He continued. “This practice has been in place throughout this administration and across prior administrations, both Democratic and Republican.”
A report by five House committees released Tuesday found that Senior State Department officials, including Clinton, approved reductions in security at the facilities in Benghazi, Libya. The report cites an April 19, 2012, cable bearing Clinton's signature acknowledging a March 28, 2012, request from then-U.S. Ambassador to Libya Gene Cretz for more security, yet allowing further reductions.
On Sept. 11, 2012, terrorists killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, in Benghazi. Obama administration officials first told the public that the attack was a spontaneous response to an anti-Muslim You Tube video.
The interim report was a joint effort of the Republican controlled House Judiciary, Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence committees. House Democrats on these committees said they were not asked to participate.
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That darned iced tea!!! Potty breaks and the staff just sign her name willy nilly
She can’t recall.
We don’t read the laws, we just pass them.
We don’t read the documents, we just sign them.
Clinton doesn’t know how her fingerprints got on the “Whitewater” documents, either...
Horse hockey. You sign it, you own it.
Dang. I could have sworn this was satire, until I confirmed the source.
Satire is dead. It cannot compete with “reality”.
Heh, we’ll I’ll agree that it’s a “summation”, but “thoughtful”, “honorable”, and “gentleman”, well you’ve definitely confused me with someone else!
“Robo-signing?”
is it possible that SHillary was told what was in the document, and allowed it to be signed for her by auto-pen [?], for purposes of plausible deniability?
So if I sign a document, it is now meant that I didn’t understand it?
This administration is the fail of all fails.
The amount of spin and cover-up attempted is unbelievable!
If her signature in this case means nothing, then her signature means nothing on every document and she might as well hire Monica Lewinsky to be Secretary of State!
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