Ckmlb1 said:
“[t]he currently available information suggests that the demonstrations in Benghazi were spontaneously inspired by the protests at the US embassy in Cairo and evolved into a direct assault against the US consulate and subsequently its annex.” That's what the CIA says in the emails http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/benghazi-emails-talking-points-changed-state-depts-request/story?id=19187137#.UZV_i7XU-VM All 12 versions of the talking points, as previously reported by ABC News, say that the attack in Benghazi was "spontaneously inspired by protest in Cairo." In other words, all the talk of protests – which proved to be wrong – started with the CIA. What did get removed was the CIA's saying that it believed Ansar al-Sharia took part in the attack and that the CIA had warned of the terror threat. Educate yourself. |
Just to help you out, the media reporting that the CIA led the charge is already back pedaling from their analysis of the Emails. It now appears from the emails the the original talking points from the CIA never mentioned the video but referenced not only the al Qaeda inspired groups but also the mention of the previous attacks in Libya. The state department took the lead in removing theses specific phrases and that is very clear from the emails, and the motive to remove these phrases was also very clear as the state department did not want congress using the knowledge that there had been warnings of attacks.
The post did a horrible job of analysis on the emails and again took direction from the administration that there is no there there.
Sadly this was a lie that never had to be and all for the sake of an election that they probably still would have won.
