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Jake Tapper: Remember when Rand Paul asked Hillary about gun running in Libya?
Twitchy ^ | 8-1-2013 | Twitchy Staff

Posted on 08/01/2013 5:26:31 PM PDT by smoothsailing

Jake Tapper: Remember when Rand Paul asked Hillary about gun running in Libya?

Posted at 8:05 pm on August 1, 2013 by Twitchy Staff

Recall H Clinton answer when Sen Paul asked about gun-running: "you’ll have to direct that question to the agency that ran the annex."—
Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 01, 2013

Nearly a year out from the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, CNN’s Jake Tapper unveiled what looks like an enormous puzzle piece that’s been missing from the “phony scandal.” On today’s episode of “The Lead,” sources told CNN that dozens of people working for the CIA — the agency that ran the annex — were in Benghazi that night, and survivors are reportedly undergoing monthly polygraphs to ensure whatever they were doing there remains secret.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton might have trouble recalling things now and then, but Tapper remembers a question put to her by Sen. Rand Paul during the infamous “what difference does it make” hearing.

See Video

There’s little question there’s a massive, ongoing cover-up in progress: the question now is whether it’s motivated more by national security or by politics.......

(Excerpt) Read more at twitchy.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: benghazi; bho44; cia; fastandfurious; gunrunning; hillary; hillaryclinton; hrc; impeachnow; irs; randpaul; randsconcerntrolls; soshillary; tapper; waronterror
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1 posted on 08/01/2013 5:26:31 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Kudos to Jake Tapper.


2 posted on 08/01/2013 5:29:03 PM PDT by griswold3
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To: smoothsailing

Looks like Obama will be out attacking anything in sight.


3 posted on 08/01/2013 5:30:14 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If global warming exists I hope it is strong enough to reverse the Big Government snowball)
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To: smoothsailing

ping for later


4 posted on 08/01/2013 5:31:10 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: smoothsailing

Wow! Is Tapper now a “wacko bird”? This is pretty shocking.


5 posted on 08/01/2013 5:31:18 PM PDT by cdcdawg (Be seeing you...)
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To: smoothsailing

The floggings and polygraph test will continue until morale improves!


6 posted on 08/01/2013 5:32:55 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: smoothsailing

Tapper is the closest thing to a real journalist in Washington. It will be interesting to see how much out on a limb he’ll go. I am intrigued that he’s talking about this.

I figured one of the reasons he got the cushy prime time spot on CNN was to get him out of the press corp where he might actually do the job of asking real questions of this administration.


7 posted on 08/01/2013 5:34:06 PM PDT by ilgipper (Obama is proving that very bad ideas can be wrapped up in pretty words)
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To: smoothsailing

Just another undeclared WAR started by the peace loving LIARS!


8 posted on 08/01/2013 5:36:09 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall With no one to raise him up; And I will set)
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To: ilgipper

Now that IS funny. Thanks.


9 posted on 08/01/2013 5:36:41 PM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

He won’t throw PIAPS under the bus at this point. She has been selected by the Lear Jet globalists as their next puppet prez.


10 posted on 08/01/2013 5:37:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: smoothsailing

Just read that on Tapper’s Twitter feed.


11 posted on 08/01/2013 5:38:38 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Great vid by ShorelineMike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjJk6nbD4&feature=plcp)
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To: rawcatslyentist

It’s George Zimmerman’s fault.


12 posted on 08/01/2013 5:39:17 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

I appreciated Tapper in the WH briefings. I figured he had gone soft to leave and head up the Clinton News Network. Hopefully his conscience will compel him to bring out ALL the evidence and truth.


13 posted on 08/01/2013 5:41:07 PM PDT by originalbuckeye (Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Yeah, it’s current, his twitter feed shows that he posted it at 8:26 PM.

https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/363078364057600000


14 posted on 08/01/2013 5:42:15 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing
On a earlier string today I posted ...

Jake Tapper was ABC's top WH correspondent for several years. He, at least initially, was drinking the Obama cool aid all the WH correspondents were slurping up with great relish. However, I began to detect a note of cynicism creeping into Tapper's reporting as time went on ... especially towards the end just before he left ABC to join CNN. It would appear Jake Tapper isn't in the bag for O anymore ... he's becoming much more objective. This is good for those of us that want to get to the bottom of the 9'11/’12 Benghazi attack. Not good for Hildabeast & O.

15 posted on 08/01/2013 5:44:06 PM PDT by BluH2o
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To: smoothsailing

Ol’ Malkin and Twitchy are FAST! :-)


16 posted on 08/01/2013 5:44:54 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Great vid by ShorelineMike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjJk6nbD4&feature=plcp)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

They are! Great source for breaking news. :o)


17 posted on 08/01/2013 5:46:22 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

It’s always motivated by politics but it’s become exponentially so with the infliction of the criminal Øbongo regime.


18 posted on 08/01/2013 5:50:10 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: BenLurkin
He won’t throw PIAPS under the bus at this point. She has been selected by the Lear Jet globalists as their next puppet prez.

I wonder if they've decided to throw Obama under the bus now, to give it time for the stench to wear off of Hillary before 2016.

19 posted on 08/01/2013 5:56:57 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: smoothsailing

What about the meeting in Ben Ghazi with the Turkish Ambassador earlier that same day?


20 posted on 08/01/2013 6:04:03 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Excellence

Bfl


21 posted on 08/01/2013 6:10:32 PM PDT by Excellence (All your database are belong to us.)
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To: smoothsailing

From reporting to a congressional investigation, how far are we?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLprAUar11U

“And in the mirror there’s a vision

Of what used to be a man”

Thanks for posting, smoothsailing


22 posted on 08/01/2013 6:10:39 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: All; Dave Mellon
Snip from Dave Mellon's work, I thought it would be nice to throw out here again.

classified

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The classified bldg

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23 posted on 08/01/2013 6:13:44 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: Paladin2

Gateway Pundit has an interesting piece on that...

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/08/more-on-benghazi-from-a-former-muslim-brotherhood-member/


24 posted on 08/01/2013 6:23:10 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing
Tapper should start driving an older car that isn't controlled by microprocessors.

-PJ

25 posted on 08/01/2013 6:24:54 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Irenic

how’s about some context, Irenic?


26 posted on 08/01/2013 6:25:39 PM PDT by cookcounty (IRS = Internal Revenge Service.)
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To: Irenic

The B1 gate is the one the terrorists came through.


27 posted on 08/01/2013 6:25:46 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: smoothsailing

I think I may know the answer. It has been all over the internet and I now believe it may be right that Hillary and the administration were frustrated with the UN no authorizing a “no fly” zone so the Al Qaeda could stop the pair power of Qaddafi before his fall. The CIA refused to supply them Stinger missises to shoot down his air force— so Hilliary convinced Obama to run the risk. It worked. hundreds of jets and aircraft were shot down and the Al Qaeda killed Qaddafi and took over libya— absolute fact.
As the election loomed there were negotiation with the Al Qaeda w(our enemy) to buy back the unused Stingers .not to send them to Syria but to get them “off the street” ( and away from our domestic air craft— like TWA 800) . The deal was struck. Ambasador Steben (whos office was in Tripoli) was dispatched with millions of dollars and two contractors to meet the Al Qaeda in Benghazi. Things went horribly wrong. We were so stupid we met their demand to be there with the cash on 9/11 ( a clue) . The entire CIA post knew what was going down . After the Al Qaeda killed Stevens and the others and wounded many we don’t know about, they took the cash and kept the stingers.
Panic ensued in Washington. The election and Hilliary’s future was at stake. Desperate the had Susan Rice go on TV and lie!! ( you tube video?) . Now they are desperately threatening the employees that knew the truth. It is going to blow. read the state department response to the CNN question on this
“The State Department told CNN in an e-mail that it was only helping the new Libyan government destroy weapons deemed “damaged, aged or too unsafe retain,” and that it was not involved in any transfer of weapons to other countries.” Wow. nothing but truth — what a joke. I assure you no stingers were going to the Al Qaeda in Syria — they already had them — What you see here is treason


28 posted on 08/01/2013 6:29:36 PM PDT by SADMILLIE (r)
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To: smoothsailing
"Stevens, from his Benghazi base, was stockpiling weapons – and resourcing the expert fighters who could use them – to topple Assad’s rule in Syria. On September 11, 2012, Assad powerfully punched back, raiding the Benghazi compound which housed the armament for his own destruction. Though Assad’s reprisal resulted in the loss of four American lives, including Stevens, he forcefully conveyed that he would not be thrown out of the ring."

Wow. Don't know if this is accurate, but it DEFINITELY is something Obama and gang would desperately want to cover up.

Thanks smoothsailing and Gateway Pundit....and "Mark Christian"

29 posted on 08/01/2013 6:31:36 PM PDT by cookcounty (IRS = Internal Revenge Service.)
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To: cookcounty
The building is right to the left of the B1 gate, the one the terrorist came through. The satellite dish suggests it is related to communications. Other than that...*shrug*....I was hoping some would speculate as to what they think this classified bldg is. Also recall some terrorist guy said he went to get some of his guys that were being held and there are stills of our people loading guys with ziptied arms into the armored truck.

Also, what could this tower be?

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30 posted on 08/01/2013 6:35:17 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: SADMILLIE

The only thing missing is the audio/video that says : “ Don’t shoot !! ..We were sent by President Morsi”


31 posted on 08/01/2013 6:37:55 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” - Ronald Reagan)
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To: smoothsailing
More from "Mark Christian":

"On the morning of September 11, 2012, Christopher Stevens and his aide, Sean Smith, were meeting at the Benghazi headquarters with Turkish Consul General, Ali Sait Akin, and his associates. Turkey was the staging ground through which the Syria-bound guns and rebels were smuggled. Thirty-four additional Syrian opposition supporters were also in attendance. Shortly after Mr. Akin & Co. made a substantial “financial contribution” and left, the compound was struck by a highly-organized assault by Hezbollah fighters. The eyes of the Middle East, as well as any online observer of Libyan and Middle Eastern press, watched the brazen attack on Benghazi…

…If Americans knew what really happened, if the mainstream media uncovered and exposed Obama and his Sunni agenda, Obama would not be the current American president, but a prosecuted American citizen.....

It's worth reading the Gateway Pundit article in its entirety.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/08/more-on-benghazi-from-a-former-muslim-brotherhood-member/

Good find, smothsailing

32 posted on 08/01/2013 6:43:46 PM PDT by cookcounty (IRS = Internal Revenge Service.)
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To: Irenic

Thanks, Irenic. Observation Tower? On the other hand, in the ME, water towers can look something like this.


33 posted on 08/01/2013 6:47:07 PM PDT by cookcounty (IRS = Internal Revenge Service.)
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34 posted on 08/01/2013 6:47:42 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: SADMILLIE

Then they run into the problem of one of Putin’s passenger flights fired at by two missiles over Syria’s airspace.

It kinda all went downhill from there.


35 posted on 08/01/2013 6:49:46 PM PDT by txhurl ('The DOG ate my homework. That homework, too. ALL my homework. OK?' - POSHITUS)
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To: ilgipper
Tapper is the closest thing to a real journalist in Washington.

Tapper...and Sharyl Attkisson of CBS, who hasn't been afraid to follow Benghazi or Fast & Furious.

But that's it. There are no others.

36 posted on 08/01/2013 6:50:30 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: smoothsailing; maggief
Jazz Shaw ‏@JazzShaw 2h @jaketapper Could you provide a list of administration officials you *don't* plan on pissing off tonight for planning purposes?

Jake Tapper ‏@jaketapper 2h @JazzShaw the night is still young

37 posted on 08/01/2013 7:04:12 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: okie01
"Tapper is the closest thing to a real journalist in Washington. "

A lot of the work has been done by Drew Griffen of CNN, as Tapper himself has stated.

38 posted on 08/01/2013 7:07:18 PM PDT by cookcounty (IRS = Internal Revenge Service.)
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To: SE Mom

GO GO GO GO GO GO GO!


39 posted on 08/01/2013 7:09:42 PM PDT by txhurl ('The DOG ate my homework. That homework, too. ALL my homework. OK?' - POSHITUS)
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To: txhurl

:)

I know!

It’s a hell of a thing isn’t it?

GRETA is on this now, TREY GOWDY


40 posted on 08/01/2013 7:12:20 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom

HA! :)


41 posted on 08/01/2013 7:12:24 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing
Thanks for the gateway link.

From Christian...

Eye-witnesses, including the thirty-four various nationals who participated in Stevens’ meeting on the morning of September 11, 2012, could provide testimony exponentially more illuminating than the scripted smoke of the one-day Congressional performance of Benghazi whistle blowers. However, their interest in exposing the truth, and their whereabouts, is extremely unlikely since they were undoubtedly complicit with the Sunni scheme.

TREASON all around.

42 posted on 08/01/2013 7:14:49 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: SE Mom

Oh, and... Happy Birthday, Mr. POS.


43 posted on 08/01/2013 7:16:08 PM PDT by txhurl ('The DOG ate my homework. That homework, too. ALL my homework. OK?' - POSHITUS)
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To: SE Mom

On it like Susan Rice on a White film producer.


44 posted on 08/01/2013 7:18:26 PM PDT by txhurl ('The DOG ate my homework. That homework, too. ALL my homework. OK?' - POSHITUS)
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To: SE Mom

Awesome. Hopefully Tapper redeems himself after the WH played him like a fiddle.


45 posted on 08/01/2013 7:28:26 PM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

I don’t think he holds a grudge- but he won’t forget it either.


46 posted on 08/01/2013 7:30:50 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: txhurl

I did not know that. Thanks. We have the scandle of all history right in our face. Hillary supplied the Al Qaeda in Libya with stinger missiles and we tried to buy them back on 9/11!!


47 posted on 08/01/2013 7:31:45 PM PDT by SADMILLIE (r)
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To: okie01

You are correct. Attkisson, too. I see a lot more of Tapper on a regular basis, or at least used to before he went on CNN (ha ha), so he’s the only one that came to mind.


48 posted on 08/02/2013 7:14:54 AM PDT by ilgipper (Obama is proving that very bad ideas can be wrapped up in pretty words)
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To: txhurl

No boots on the ground!

Googulled ‘no boots on the ground’ and came across loads of stuff from 2011 and 2012 exposing obummer’s bootprints on the ground,in Libya.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/08/more-on-benghazi-from-a-former-muslim-brotherhood-member/

snip

“If Americans knew what really happened, if the mainstream media uncovered and exposed Obama and his Sunni agenda, Obama would not be the current American president, but a prosecuted American citizen. If his orchestration and support of Arab Spring, including Syria, was revealed, President Obama, who has hidden much more than Benghazi from the American people, would finally be held accountable for his actions. If it became public knowledge that – while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was ignoring the body of her American Ambassador Christopher Stevens, she was ordering that all of Stevens’ classified information in Tripoli be destroyed – then Ms. Clinton’s presidential aspirations might be imprisoned. And the families of Stevens, Smith, Woods, and Doherty would definitively know what difference it does make when the daylight of truth shines on the darkness of night.”

snip

‘Trust me’, obummer said, “No boots on the ground”.

The CIA annex in and of itself is boots. On the ground.


49 posted on 08/02/2013 11:17:56 AM PDT by widdle_wabbit
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To: smoothsailing; ExTexasRedhead

Ping for later .......................................................................................... FRegards


50 posted on 08/02/2013 1:12:31 PM PDT by gonzo ( Buy more ammo, dammit! You should already have the firearms ... FRegards)
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