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Topic: Rice on Benghazi: Blame the intelligence community |
Rice on Benghazi: Blame the intelligence community
Foreign Policy, by Josh Rogin
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Posted By:BabyBlueEyes, 10/7/2012 6:23:19 PM
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| U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice told Republican senators that her televised statements last month on the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi were based entirely on information she was given by the intelligence community."In my Sept. 16 Sunday show appearances, I was asked to provide the administration's latest understanding of what happened in Benghazi," Rice wrote in a Thursday letter to Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC). "In answering, I relied solely and squarely on the information the intelligence community provided to me and other senior U.S. officials,
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Keekng, 10/7/2012 6:34:15 PM (No. 8916553)
Full of poop. It was a obama regime contrived spin, it did not work any better than his vacuous debate performance.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Frank Dunn, 10/7/2012 6:35:52 PM (No. 8916554)
Re: She also pointed to a Sept. 28 statement from Shawn Turner, spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, admitting that the intelligence community had changed its view of the attack.
The Office of Nat Intell is a White House operation, and Clapper reports directly to Obama or Jarrettt, whomever is higher. So, Rice is stating that the WH misled her so that she could mislead us on Obama"s failure. Or, caveat emperor.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Bubbasuncle, 10/7/2012 6:43:38 PM (No. 8916564)
"Revolt of the Spooks Intelligence officials angered by Obama administration cover up of intelligence on Iranian, al Qaeda surge in Egypt and Libya" Did she not see this headline?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
FenwayFrank, 10/7/2012 6:44:33 PM (No. 8916565)
Rice's response is too long and detailed. She is lying. Again. And she's absolutely stupid beyond belief to toss the intel community under the bus. They will take her down, and the master debater too.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 10/7/2012 6:51:31 PM (No. 8916577)
Then subpoena whomever in the `intelligence community` gave her the information and verify truth or consequences. If she is lying prosecute her for lying to Congress.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Bur Oak, 10/7/2012 7:16:26 PM (No. 8916600)
Congress needs to call Susan and Hillary in to testify under oath. By the way, has anyone heard from Hillary lately?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Coy860, 10/7/2012 7:22:07 PM (No. 8916609)
A "little bird" might be singing in the ears of some Congressional members. October surprise, anyone? Stick a fork in Rice.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
lakerman1, 10/7/2012 7:22:45 PM (No. 8916610)
#4 is correct. The intelligence people have already leaked a little bit, but Rice is being really stupid by poking that hornet's nest. There will be swarms of intelligence people beating on the administration, as they should.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
hoopsfan, 10/7/2012 7:28:33 PM (No. 8916619)
We're weren't lying. We were just incompetent, blind, naive, and warped.
What a defense.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Robinsolana, 10/7/2012 7:31:05 PM (No. 8916622)
After 3 or 4 weeks of lies, suddenly Obama's crew pick 'intelligence' as the scapegoat. Does that mean they are going to release the hapless California con-man that they first picked to blame?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
pigop, 10/7/2012 7:33:57 PM (No. 8916626)
You don't want to anger the spooks. They can make your life miserable. Rice is toast! Rice et al keeps poking at a leashed dog with 5 ft long stick never thinking that the dog's leash is 8 feet long.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
EQKimball, 10/7/2012 7:47:07 PM (No. 8916655)
Here's one the Left will surely appreciate: Obama knew.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
judy, 10/7/2012 7:56:16 PM (No. 8916674)
I bet Bush is relieved.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
wlit22z, 10/7/2012 8:23:39 PM (No. 8916724)
Lies, lies, and damned lies from Rice and others in the Mulatto Kid's administration. I want to see the outline that the intelligence office prepared for her that she relied on. Bet a buck there isn't one or else there's a ginned up one to CYA. Hope the intelligence community racks her up over this one.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
ocjim, 10/7/2012 9:13:29 PM (No. 8916807)
Balderdash! Ms Rice, you've got a lot of nerve to even show your face after that outrageous Sunday morning disinformation tour you ran on the American people. I know that as part of your hellbent Leftist credo that any lie in the service of your leader and his power is justifiable, even required. And I would expect nothing less from any administration operative than to blame others for what you did that Sunday. One question, Who ordered you to do that? [crickets,...]
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
ocjim, 10/7/2012 9:17:56 PM (No. 8916820)
#1, I agree with you completely that she's full of it, but please, lies and disinformation are not mere spin.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
coldoc, 10/7/2012 9:43:19 PM (No. 8916890)
Rice has shown herself to be a puppet of the administration with absolutely no scruples or conscience. As for a sense of survival or level of competence, we shall see how long it takes her to abandon the WON and his criminal SoS.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 10/8/2012 8:07:42 AM (No. 8917438)
Oh sure, blame the intelligence community (what's left of it). Barry never takes responsibility for anything.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Quaestio, 10/8/2012 9:06:18 AM (No. 8917533)
The real professionals in the IC are not going to take one for the team - in large part because Barry and his administration are not on the team.
Why hasn't Petraeus said anything? I find his lack of comment very interesting at this point.
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