Patrick Ventrell
Posted on 05/02/2013 6:33:06 PM PDT by Nachum
See note Victoria sent me:
Greta, I really do not appreciate a headline saying I was accused of lying. Here is my response for you to add to your piece: I said Ventrell was “incompetent or lying’” because he said on 4/30 he knew of no “attorney” requests when he knew very well that Issa had written two letters asking for a process to clear lawyers and DOS had not responded. He purposefully mischaracterized it as an “attorney” request so he could shoot it down. I have never said I requested my clearance; I always said the Department had not responded to Issa’s requests and in so doing has thwarted our ability to get clearances. I have also clarified for reporters who say witnesses are stopped from testifying that my argument is that the witness cannot tell the FULL story because he/she has to stop when getting to the classified information. Therefore , the witness is prevented from providing important classified information to Congress, which violates 18 USC 1505. . It is not just ”possible” Ventrell was mischaracterizing my statements. He did so with intent. I want to see the transcript where I said I had tried to get a clearance.
Interestingly, Joe and I both sent our requests for clearances within an hour of being told in the May 1, 2013 DOS letter to Issa to go to Legal’s Employment office ( a strange place I would never have thought to go), who said they really do not have a process, and asked for a basic one page of information, e.g. ssn and dob.
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Can anyone do a “Cliff Notes” version of this story for the uninformed? (Like me.)
It depends on what the definition of is, is? What love child with a mistress that I paid with campaign funds?
I heard from a reputable source, that no taxes were paid for the last 10 years.
Ohhh, that rental property in the dominican republic. Taxes? Gosh I just forgot.
No amount of air spray can cover up the stench emanating from 1600 and environs.
She knows her stuff. If anyone can get the story right, she will. She won’t tolerate crap from the press...or the ‘agencies’. Good for her.
Patrick Ventrell
R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.
LOL!
I am guessing Ventrell is a turd poker?
Ping
From Greta:
UPDATE 7:52pm: Victoria just sent me another email saying she has now received her 42-pager.
Hmmm... 46 pgs —— Fri May 3, weekend, Mon, May 6, Tues May 7, Wed, May 8
I suspect the goal is to give Toensing her clearance the day before or the day after her hearing -— whichever they think they can get away with.
When asked about a letter from Congressman Issa over the stonewalling of Benghazi witnesses and documents, State Department Acting Deputy Spokesman Patrick Ventrell lauded the Department’s “unprecedented” cooperation with Congress. When pressed about access to personnel familiar with the Benghazi security failures Ventrell said, “We think that we’ve done an independent investigation, that it’s been transparent, thorough, credible, and detailed, and that we’ve shared those findings with the U.S. Congress.” “And that should be enough?” a reporter asked. “And that should be enough,” Ventrell replied.
Transcript:
MR. VENTRELL: Right. But the appropriate avenue for investigation was the FBI, which interviewed these witnesses, and the independent ARB, which also did so, and that was the appropriate avenue to do so that would allow the information to come forward but do so in a way that protects these people as well.
QUESTION: I have another Libya question.
QUESTION: So that’s your answer to Elise, which is you regard Congress as an inappropriate vehicle for investigating at that level of granularity.
MR. VENTRELL: We think that we’ve done an independent investigation, that it’s been transparent, thorough, credible, and detailed, and that we’ve shared those findings with the U.S. Congress.
QUESTION: But I just don’t —
QUESTION: And that should be enough?
MR. VENTRELL: And that should be enough.
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State Dept saying no LAWYERS asked for clearances to help whistle blowers come forward, who various people are saying have been threatened or pressured by the Obama Regime. Obama said he knows nothing about any of it, State Dept plays lawyerly tricks to lie and mislead. Victoria Toensing says State Dept intentionally doing this deception.
Nachum,
Check this out (the rest of the story!)
She and Joe had to fill out a 42 page form....
if its what I think it is, its gonna take awhile for the security folks to do the check.....
From the link:
“Joe got a 42-page form to fill out in response. I received nothing and when I inquired this am, DOS claimed it had never received my one-pager. We sent it again immediately. As of sending this email I have not received my 42-pager. Joe arranged for a very nice security guy to fingerprint us. UPDATE 7:52pm: Victoria just sent me another email saying she has now received her 42-pager.”
(Facepalm)
I didn’t read all the way down to your comment; I grabbed the “rest of the story” & put my 2c in LOL.
42 pages is a LOT of background to check :0
The Obama Administration lie? Never! (/s)
Interesting. The rabbit hole must go very deep indeed.
Nachum wrote:
Interesting. The rabbit hole must go very deep indeed.”
Yup. Like I said, those kinds of checks take a LONG time, more than a week!
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