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Did Darrell Issa Just Sabotage the New Benghazi Committee? [Useful idiot alert!]
New Republic ^ | May 22, 2014 | Brian Beutler

Posted on 05/25/2014 6:11:37 AM PDT by don-o

Either Darrell Issa is so miffed at Republican leaders for yanking the Benghazi investigation out from under him that he's intentionally undermining the new House Select Committee, or he just vindicated those who believe he wasn't up to the task. Either way he just blew a hole in one big piece of the conspiracy theory.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; benghazivideo; darrellissa; deadenddarrell; gowdybsc; issa
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Fool misses THE point that linking Ben Rhodes to the talking points gives the lie to testimony (from Hillary? and others) that the talking points came from the CIA.
1 posted on 05/25/2014 6:11:37 AM PDT by don-o
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To: don-o

No true patriot he.
Issa always seems to be about - Issa.


2 posted on 05/25/2014 6:21:05 AM PDT by thesearethetimes... (Had I brought Christ with me, the outcome would have been different. Dr. Eric Cunningha.m)
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To: don-o

Right. If this would have helped the White House narrative they would have released it themselves long before now.


3 posted on 05/25/2014 6:21:36 AM PDT by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: don-o

Nice attempt as distraction, though I give credence to the hypothesis— it’s the same thing I thought when I read the e-mail about the WH warning about the video during the attack. However, there’s nothing convoluted or conspiratorial about Obama’s having to answer the main question, where was he during the attack?


4 posted on 05/25/2014 6:23:56 AM PDT by gusopol3
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To: don-o

First of all New Republic has this story completely twisted
around.

“Ah…ok. Let’s draw out that conspiracy theory in a little more detail, shall we? What follows is a brief, fictitious dialogue between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the night of September 11, 2012.”

“brief, fictitious dialogue” In other words lets use another
lie to enplane this lie.

“The White House is thrilled with this revelation because it supports the view that their early citations of the YouTube video were sincere”
No Mrs.Beutler it doesn’t you jackass, it exposes the lie
they told when they said it came from the CIA.


5 posted on 05/25/2014 6:32:04 AM PDT by Slambat
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To: don-o

I don’t understand that with the appointment of the Select Committee, that Issa’s Committee isn’t required to cease its’ investigation of Benghazi and turn over all information gained to the Select Committee. Obviously, The Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader have less power than I thought.


6 posted on 05/25/2014 6:32:48 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: Slambat

It’s a damned good attempt to muddy the waters. These guys are good at Propaganda. The USSR would have killed — and did — for this caliber of propaganda liars.


7 posted on 05/25/2014 6:37:54 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: don-o
from FactCheck.org: Benghazi Timeline
posted October 26, 2013|updated May 16, 2013


Sometime between 10 pm EDT and the next day, the 'movie' excuse evolved.

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The back-and-forth editing of the 'official' talkingpoints took place during the days leading up to Rice's appearances on the Sunday talks shows [September 16]. Obama was still using the movie excuse in his UN speech, September 25, 2012.

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Whether by intent or by complexity, one problem with the whole Benghazi affair is the obfuscation of the timeline. Too many agencies have their versions of events, many of which are CYA, by design.

We actually need a conflux of the various departmental/personal timelines into a single, overall picture of what the government did and did not do.


8 posted on 05/25/2014 6:38:38 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: don-o

“ISSA” is JESUS in Arabic.


9 posted on 05/25/2014 6:43:36 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: thesearethetimes...

Just another”Super-Ego”begging to be Accomodated!!!!!!!!!


10 posted on 05/25/2014 6:51:48 AM PDT by bandleader
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To: TomGuy
From the CNN story you linked (Thursday, 9/13/12) well before the Saturday meeting that nailed down the fictitious talking points.

State Department officials said the two incidents at the diplomatic missions were not related and said they believe the Benghazi violence was a "clearly planned attack."

Agree very much that a definitive timeline must be produced. I have seen some but I am not certain we have it all. Sharyl Atkisson, are you out there?

11 posted on 05/25/2014 6:55:29 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: thesearethetimes...

“Issa always seems to be about - Issa.”

I think he’s working in the interest of the fascist
party. He runs out there ahead of everyone and exposes all
the evidence that is readily available so the fascist can
bury any corroborating evidence like what, most likely, was
done with this e-mail. Thanks to him, all investigations were
compromised and it gave the fascist administration a heads
up on what to withhold, declare classified or out right
destroy.


12 posted on 05/25/2014 6:57:09 AM PDT by Slambat
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To: Slambat
Hillary Clinton released this statement at 10 PM. The YouTube message went out at 9:11 PM. You don't have to be a conspiracy nut to believe that this was done as part of a cover-up and misdirection attempt. The President had already been informed at 5 PM of the attack. The WH and Hillary had three to four hours to concoct a story about the video. And there were other demonstrations taking place throughout the ME and Islamic world against our diplomatic missions. Also, Obama and Hillary made a video saying that the USG was not responsible for the YouTube video that was played in Pakistan and other countries in the region.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Office of the Spokesperson

September 11, 2012

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON

Statement on the Attack in Benghazi

I condemn in the strongest terms the attack on our mission in Benghazi today. As we work to secure our personnel and facilities, we have confirmed that one of our State Department officers was killed. We are heartbroken by this terrible loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and those who have suffered in this attack.

This evening, I called Libyan President Magariaf to coordinate additional support to protect Americans in Libya. President Magariaf expressed his condemnation and condolences and pledged his government’s full cooperation.

Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet. The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind.

In light of the events of today, the United States government is working with partner countries around the world to protect our personnel, our missions, and American citizens worldwide.

13 posted on 05/25/2014 6:59:34 AM PDT by kabar
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To: don-o

I wonder if anyone here actually read the article. Please do so and then explain what Issa did wrong. This is the New Republic doing the “reporting”. Look them up in wikipedia.

Yes, Trey Gowdy is a much better choice than Issa was to lead the Behghazi charge. But this article is just a typical lib hit piece. Issa was simply point out the obvious. This article is just trying to muddy the waters on the on the issue of Hillary’s favorite YouTube video. It won’t work. 60% or so of the people in this country aren’t stupid. Well maybe 52%.


14 posted on 05/25/2014 7:03:52 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: don-o

This article is sooo stoopid! I knew that it was gonna be some kinda sh*t sandwich the moment I saw that it was printed in the New Republic. Weak!


15 posted on 05/25/2014 7:05:55 AM PDT by old school
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To: kabar

Yeah, the president heard about this obscure video, but couldn’t/ didn’t hear about the VA scandal, the running of guns, the severe problems with the Obamacare website and many, many more????????


16 posted on 05/25/2014 7:08:14 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (The love that dare not speak its name is now the love that will not shut its *bleeping* mouth)
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To: old school

Being old school, you surely know that the original forte’ of this board was to deconstruct media lies and spin.

We’re still pretty good at it.


17 posted on 05/25/2014 7:08:57 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

“... before the CIA began the process of compiling talking points on its analysis of what happened—the White House believed it was in retaliation for a controversial video”

Only way these tools would have so quickly made that connection was to possess the knowledge of the attack in advance, so they could contrive their storyline


18 posted on 05/25/2014 7:11:49 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: thesearethetimes...

Plenty of other scandals for him to go after: Fast and Furious, Lois Lerner IRS, Pigford, VA, Solydra, NSA abusing power, C’mon Darrell, there is plenty to go after.


19 posted on 05/25/2014 7:12:03 AM PDT by CPT Clay (Follow me on Twitter @Clay N TX)
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To: Shimmer1

Good point.


20 posted on 05/25/2014 7:13:17 AM PDT by Slambat
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