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BENGHAZI SMOKING GUN EXPOSED
FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE ^ | May n1, 2014 | Arnold Ahlert

Posted on 05/01/2014 10:32:58 AM PDT by Dqban22

BENGHAZI SMOKING GUN EXPOSED

Posted By Arnold Ahlert On May 1, 2014 @ 12:55 am In Daily Mailer,FrontPage | No Comments

The idea that the Obama administration willfully orchestrated a disinformation campaign with regard to the attacks in Benghazi has now been confirmed.

An email written by then-White House Deputy Strategic Communications Adviser Ben Rhodes and obtained by Judicial Watch contained four bullet-point “Goals” outlined as part of the strategy to contain the political damage engendered by the murder of four Americans on September 11, 2012 at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. One bullet-point in particular revealed the Obama administration’s deliberate crafting of a deceitful narrative following the incident. According to the Judicial Watch emails, the objective of the Obama administration was to “underscore that these protests are rooted in an Internet video, and not a broader failure of policy.”

The email was part of a series of 41 new Benghazi-related documents obtained by Judicial Watch through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed June 21, 2013. That effort was aimed at gaining access to the documents used by then-UN Ambassador Susan Rice for her September 16 appearance on five different Sunday TV news programs. Rhodes’ email was sent on Friday, September 14, 2012 at 8:09 PM. It contained the following subject line: “RE: PREP CALL with Susan, Saturday at 4:00 pm ET.”

“Now we know the Obama White House’s chief concern about the Benghazi attack was making sure that President Obama looked good,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “And these documents undermine the Obama administration’s narrative that it thought the Benghazi attack had something to do with protests or an Internet video. Given the explosive material in these documents, it is no surprise that we had to go to federal court to pry them loose from the Obama State Department.”

Rhodes’ email was sent to several members of the administration’s inner circle. They included White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, Deputy Press Secretary Joshua Earnest, then-White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer, then-White House Deputy Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri, then-National Security Council Director of Communications Erin Pelton, Special Assistant to the Press Secretary Howli Ledbetter, and then-White House Senior Advisor and political strategist David Plouffe.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: benghazi; cbs; clinton; criminalgunrunning; electionfraud; obama; rhodes; rice
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Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer, who believes the newly released emails completely undermine President Obama’s 2012 campaign narrative (i.e. “Al Qaeda is on the run”), also believes a more thorough investigation of Benghazi is warranted. “I think the Republicans have something here that really ought to be looked at,” he said Tuesday. “I just don’t know if there’s gonna be any interest in the mainstream media. They should, because this exposes a cover-up of a cover-up. The fact that it was redacted when the documents were asked for and only revealed by a court order is telling you this is a classic cover-up of a cover-up, and that is a serious offense.”

What Krauthammer is referring to is the reality that Rhodes’ email wasn’t included in the 100 pages of emails released by the administration last May, when Republicans refused to confirm John Brennan as CIA director until the “taking points” memos were released.

1 posted on 05/01/2014 10:32:58 AM PDT by Dqban22
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The dirtbags pissed on the 1st Amendment.


2 posted on 05/01/2014 10:35:00 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Gene Eric

Another case of, “OK., it’s Obama, nothing to see here folks, move on.”


3 posted on 05/01/2014 10:40:55 AM PDT by Russ (Repeal the 17th amendment)
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To: Dqban22
(Trey Goudy questions reporters about Benghazi)
4 posted on 05/01/2014 10:43:10 AM PDT by yoe (BHO changed the rules without Congressional input making Obamacare Null&Void...EO's arent law....)
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To: Dqban22

It be like days after september 11, 2011 attack, Bush went on national tv to complain about the youtube video that was responsible for it


5 posted on 05/01/2014 10:43:28 AM PDT by 4rcane
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To: Dqban22

“...telling you this is a classic cover-up of a cover-up, and that is a serious offense.”

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And what will the “opposition” party do about it ???


6 posted on 05/01/2014 10:50:14 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Dqban22

I didn’t know that this information had beeen withheld in a previous release.

There is nothing in this memo that needed to be blocked. There is no sensitive information.

Jay Carney can can lie all he wants about alternate talking points. This is clear evidence of obstruction.

This calls into question the redacted information in the Fast and Furious case, and Eric Holder’s obstruction.


7 posted on 05/01/2014 10:55:47 AM PDT by kidd
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To: Dqban22

I still, to this day, have to listen to liberals talk about “Iran-Contra.” At least that event involved trying to help people.

Benghazi was solely about arming Al Qaeda.

I want an independent investigator - one whom I know will find that Boehner was complicit and “in the know” about ARMING Al Qaeda. As well as McCain, Graham, Mrs. Clinton, and Obama.

It was treasonous.

People should be hanged for providing arms to our enemies which resulted in the deaths of Americans. Hanged.


8 posted on 05/01/2014 10:56:02 AM PDT by Noamie
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To: Dqban22

The first Democrat to speak at today’s hearing (Cummings) reads a prepared statement about how messy things were in LIBYA. He doesn’t specifically speak about Benghazi. Why? Because the Democrats have thrown in the towel on Benghazi and are falling back to their final defensive positions around Hillary and Obama. Hillary and Obama probably aided and abetted our nation’s enemies in Libya, and that is treason. Conviction of treason can get you a death sentence. Knowingly helping traitors is collusion and accessory to a crime and the Democrats, including the media, better come clean or they could wind up sitting in a federal pen.


9 posted on 05/01/2014 10:58:11 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: 4rcane
It be like days after september 11, 2011 attack, Bush went on national tv to complain about the youtube video that was responsible for it

That's a stretch. Obama had a chance to act in Lybia. The attack at our embassy took place over hours. The 9/11 attacks happened fairly quickly, and there was really very little the President could've ordered in advance. 9/11 was much more like Pearl Harbor (though I'm sure there were many conspiracy theorists for that as well.)

10 posted on 05/01/2014 10:58:56 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: yoe; WildHighlander57; maggief; LucyT; Liz

Needs to be in its own thread. Gowdy hits it ootp


11 posted on 05/01/2014 10:59:29 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: Dqban22
this is a classic cover-up of a cover-up, and that is a serious offense.

Says who?

It's only a "serious offense" in a nation of laws, and America is no longer that. I really believe that Scooter Libby was the last federal administration official to go to jail over something.

-PJ

12 posted on 05/01/2014 11:06:34 AM 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: Dqban22

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13 posted on 05/01/2014 11:13:34 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Bathhouse/"Rustler" Reid? :-)
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To: Dqban22
I think the Republicans have something here that really ought to be looked at

The GOP? These ass hats wouldn't know how.

14 posted on 05/01/2014 11:30:50 AM PDT by Logical me
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To: 4rcane

It be like days after september 11, 2011 attack, Bush went on national tv to complain about the youtube video that was responsible for it....What happened on Sept 11, 2011 that brought Bush out of retirement? I thought he was painting? Or are you a stupid Democrat?


15 posted on 05/01/2014 11:32:23 AM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Dqban22

The GOP now has the evidence to initiate a special investigation. Let’s hope they do it.


16 posted on 05/01/2014 11:37:53 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Dqban22

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocence_of_Muslims

(Excerpt)
The video titled “The Real Life of Muhammad”, uploaded on July 1, 2012, has a running time of 13:03 in 480p format. The video “Muhammad Movie Trailer”, was uploaded on July 2, 2012, with a running time of 13:51 in 1080p format. Both are similar in content. Most references to Islam have been overdubbed, added after the filming over the original spoken lines. Sarah Abdurrahman, a producer for WNYC’s On the Media program, watched the trailer and concluded that all of the religious references had indeed been overdubbed after filming.[16] The film’s 80 cast and crew members have disavowed the film: “The entire cast and crew are extremely upset and feel taken advantage of by the producer. [...] We are deeply saddened by the tragedies that have occurred.”[17]

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2014 court ruling on removal

On February 26, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ordered YouTube to remove the video from its website by a 2-1 majority. The ruling was in response to a complaint by actress Cindy Lee Garcia, who had objected to the use of her performance, which had been partially dubbed for its inclusion in Innocence of Muslims. Garcia had believed during production that she was appearing in a film called Desert Warrior, which was described as a “historical Arabian Desert adventure film”, and was unaware that anti-Islamic material would be added at the post-production stage. Garcia had argued that she held a copyright interest in her performance.[80][81]


17 posted on 05/01/2014 11:42:53 AM PDT by RetSignman (ObamacACA is full of crap.)
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To: Political Junkie Too
I really believe that Scooter Libby was the last federal administration official to go to jail over something. .....and he wasn't the guilty man...Armitage was.....(The bulk of the column dealt with Powell’s comments about Cheney. In retrospect, Powell’s comments probably merited two Pinocchios as well....)
18 posted on 05/01/2014 11:47:22 AM PDT by yoe (BHO changed the rules without Congressional input making Obamacare Null&Void...EO's arent law....)
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To: Dqban22

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W11lA4E0yk

No doubt this will be Cryer Boner’s response.


19 posted on 05/01/2014 11:58:05 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Dqban22

What about the crime of imprisoning the maker of the video for political purposes?


20 posted on 05/01/2014 12:01:32 PM PDT by WMarshal (Free citizen, never a subject or a civilian)
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