Sharryl Attkisson, who left CBS News because of their unwillingness to report on news harmful to the Obama administration, reports on the attempt by the Obama administration to intentionally lie to the American people about the Benghazi attack:
Newly-released documents reveal direct White House involvement in steering the public narrative about the September 11, 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, toward that of a spontaneous protest that never happened.
One of the operative documents, which the government had withheld from
Congress and reporters for a year and a half, is an internal September 14,
2012 email to White House press officials from Ben Rhodes, President Obama’s
Assistant and Deputy National Security Advisor. (Disclosure:Ben Rhodes
is the brother of David Rhodes, the President of CBS News, where I
was employed until March.)
In the email, Ben Rhodes lists as a “goal” the White House desire “To
underscore that these protests are rooted in an Internet video, and not a
broader failure or policy.”
The email is entitled, “RE: PREP CALL with Susan, Saturday at 4:00 pm ET”
and refers to White House involvement in preparing then-U.S.Ambassador
to the U.N. Susan Rice for her upcoming appearance on Sunday television
network political talk shows.
The Rhodes email states that another “goal” is “To reinforce the President and Administration’s strength and steadiness in dealing with difficult challenges.”
A court compelled the release of the documents, which were heavily-redacted, to the conservative watchdog group JudicialWatch, which has sued the government over its failed Freedom of Information responses. I have also requested Benghazi-related documents under Freedom of Information law, but the government has only produced a few pages to date.
Today, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called the Rhodes email the “smoking gun” showing the “political manipulation by the White House” after the attacks.
Go here to read the rest. We have never been had a more contemptible and mendacious administration than the Obama administration.
We never merited this much contempt and mendacity before either.
I disagree Ernst. The only people who deserve this administration are the misguided fools who voted for it.
The fools have us outnumbered Donald. Our guilt lies in the fact we let that happen.
Anyway, it was meant more as an allusion to Franklin, seeing as we’ve just about reached the point “when the People shall become so corrupt as to need Despotic Government, being incapable of any other[.]”
“Our guilt lies in the fact we let that happen.”
The wise voters being outvoted by the foolish is an occupational hazard of Democracy! 🙂
I would be more disturbed by this administration currently if Obama’s job approval ratings were not now sinking to new depths.
I think his approval ratings were slightly lower in the fall of 2011 during one of the Euro-convulsions. The man is an indicator of loss of seriousness among the political class and populace alike, so sinking approval ratings are to be welcomed as one might falling temperature during a fever.
Disturbing to know that this man was voted in mostly because of his skin color and not about the content of his character, which is a mile wide and an inch deep.
Obama’s always struck me as both narrow and shallow. But I’ll concede he can fake an appearance of broadness, whatever we mean by that.
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And letting our Republic devolve into, and remain, a democracy is exactly where our collective guilt resides.
“And letting our Republic devolve into, and remain, a democracy is exactly where our collective guilt resides.”
Most of the Founding Fathers were complaining about the ignorance of the voters throughout the Revolutionary War and the early years of the Republic. Such complaints are a constant feature of American life.