McCain Backs Away From Benghazi Conspiracies

By Hamed Aleaziz

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) today issued a statement essentially conceding that he was wrong in accusing the White House of changing U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice’s talking points on Benghazi for political purposes.

Former CIA Director David Petraeus told lawmakers last week that the CIA’s assessment that al Qaeda was responsible for the Sept. 11 attack that killed four Americans in Benghazi was taken out of Rice’s talking points after an interagency review. McCain and his allies then claimed the White House took out the talking points because it supposedly undercut the Obama administration’s narrative that it had severely weakened al Qaeda.

But Intelligence officials told CNN yesterday that the intelligence community was responsible for the changes made to Rice’s talking points. The Director of National Intelligence spokesperson said that the White House did not make any “substantive changes.”

McCain responded today and instead of taking issue with the substance of the report, the Arizona Republican wondered why administration and intelligence officials didn’t offer this information in closed door sessions:

More: McCain Backs Away From Benghazi Conspiracies | ThinkProgress

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Official: Changes to Benghazi talking points made by intel community – CNN Security Clearance - CNN.com Blogs
You source your drivel from left wing nut jobs.....just vote for more free shit
 
Can anyone imagine a Commander In Chief going to sleep so he can get "pretty" for his fundraiser in Vegas while men are dying in his name in Libya?

What a pig.

God bless you tinydancer for pointing out something that even I havent thought of..and I've been on this Benghazi thing all the way, hoping to nail the POS for dereliction of duty as Commander in Chief.

The libtards have no answer to your hard hitting truth do they? Just wise ass remarks. Yep, the POS got in bed with fat ass Moooochelle and went to sleep , dreaming of Vegas while Stevens and the others were killed, begging for help..not only THEN but months BEFORE asking for more help. The POS deserves impeachment for this.
 
But a November 16 Times article Dowd cites earlier in her column reports that while the talking points drafted by the CIA were edited to remove references to specific terrorist groups, according to Democrats present during former CIA director David Petraeus' closed hearing last week, Petraeus denied that those changes were made for political reasons (emphasis added):

Some intelligence analysts worried, for instance, that identifying the groups could reveal that American spy services were eavesdropping on the militants -- a fact most insurgents are already aware of. Justice Department lawyers expressed concern about jeopardizing the F.B.I.'s criminal inquiry in the attacks. Other officials voiced concern that making the names public, at least right away, would create a circular reporting loop and hamper efforts to trail the militants.

Democrats said Mr. Petraeus made it clear the change had not been done for political reasons to aid Mr. Obama. "The general was adamant there was no politicization of the process, no White House interference or political agenda," said Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California.​

More: NY Times' Maureen Dowd Defies Her Paper's Reporting To Attack Susan Rice Over Benghazi | Blog | Media Matters for America

Media Matters for America as the quoute ...must need your marching orders from the socialist regime.
 
Hey libtards.....what about tinydancer's very good point on how your boy, the POS in the WH, went to sleep while his Ambassador and 3 Seals were killed?

Dereliction of duty? I think so. Are there ANY libs with a sense of honor to condemn this Admin for Benghazi?
 
Hey libtards.....what about tinydancer's very good point on how your boy, the POS in the WH, went to sleep while his Ambassador and 3 Seals were killed?

Dereliction of duty? I think so. Are there ANY libs with a sense of honor to condemn this Admin for Benghazi?

No, we all enjoyed it. Look forward to seeing the movie.
 
Hey libtards.....what about tinydancer's very good point on how your boy, the POS in the WH, went to sleep while his Ambassador and 3 Seals were killed?

Dereliction of duty? I think so. Are there ANY libs with a sense of honor to condemn this Admin for Benghazi?

No, we all enjoyed it. Look forward to seeing the movie.

You enjoyed the slaughter?
 
7 hours.

No help.

Beauty rest for the Vegas fundraiser.

Priorities, right?

This is the part that hurts the soul.

He went to sleep. Men under fire. Men told to stand down. And he goes to sleep.

Actually, Panetta himself said that there wasn't enough assets to provide enough information to mount a rescue.

Yeah................you COULD send in a couple of jets to drop bombs, but how would that go over? Especially how would it play out if the bombs ended up taking out the ambassador because they didn't have proper intel? Panetta said there was only 1 drone in the air, but that wasn't enough to provide data needed to mount a rescue.

And.............don't forget................a rescue of those people would have required HELICOPTERS to get them out, which have a much shorter range than jets do.

BTW..............got proof for this "stand down" order that never happened?

Of course not.

Your post clearly demonstrates the idiocy of any such premise.
 
Hey libtards.....what about tinydancer's very good point on how your boy, the POS in the WH, went to sleep while his Ambassador and 3 Seals were killed?

Dereliction of duty? I think so. Are there ANY libs with a sense of honor to condemn this Admin for Benghazi?

No, we all enjoyed it. Look forward to seeing the movie.

You enjoyed the slaughter?

Yeah, we loved it. We also enjoyed the Bush slaughters.
 
No, we all enjoyed it. Look forward to seeing the movie.

You enjoyed the slaughter?

Yeah, we loved it. We also enjoyed the Bush slaughters.

Back in. How insane are you?

Do you understand the gravity of this situation?

This is not a joke. This is not a game on a board. Do you understand this at all?

I'm about to ramp this up at my end with my government.

Do you think we are playing a game here kid? What type of jerk are you?

Do you really think this is a game?
 
This is the part that hurts the soul.

He went to sleep. Men under fire. Men told to stand down. And he goes to sleep.

Actually, Panetta himself said that there wasn't enough assets to provide enough information to mount a rescue.

Yeah................you COULD send in a couple of jets to drop bombs, but how would that go over? Especially how would it play out if the bombs ended up taking out the ambassador because they didn't have proper intel? Panetta said there was only 1 drone in the air, but that wasn't enough to provide data needed to mount a rescue.

And.............don't forget................a rescue of those people would have required HELICOPTERS to get them out, which have a much shorter range than jets do.

BTW..............got proof for this "stand down" order that never happened?

Of course not.

Your post clearly demonstrates the idiocy of any such premise.

I have the direct quote from Panetta. I've posted it before. He didn't want anyone to get a boo boo.
 
Panetta actually said he didn't think he could risk anyone going in to save these men.

You do know this correct? He chose to let them die.
 
You guys really do know this? Boy I hope you do. This person, this Panetta and how he ever got this job is beyond me.

He actually said he didn't want to risk any one going into Benghazi because it would be too dangerous, but he let his people die.
 

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