Oh, please. We can't even tell if there is anything to cover up, so you should stop assuming that there is.
True. We can't even really know if they are covering up because there are vital secrets at risk or simply because they can, just to avoid embarrassment or criminal charges.
Certainly. In my very first post in the first Benghazi thread, I criticized the Obama administration for not being more forthcoming in acknowledging it was a terrorist attack. While I recognized that Rice hedged in her statements that Sunday, always saying they were still investigating and it might have been something more than a spontaneous attack, I found it unconvincing. There were so many others, mostly on the right, who adamantly asserted that everyone knew right from the very start that there was no demonstration in Benghazi that day.Those are good points.
You hold our current President to the same standard, yes?
Even more potentially shocking, DiGenova claimed the missiles are now in the hands of Al Qaeda operatives, according to his sources. His sources include “former intelligence officials who stay in constant contact with people in the Special Ops and intelligence community.”
“And it’s pretty clear that the biggest concern right now are 400 missiles which have been diverted in Libya and have gotten in the hands of some very ugly people,” he added.
What was not immediately clear is why the U.S. government had stockpiled 400 surface-to-air missiles somewhere in Libya, or when exactly they were stolen and where they were taken from, although the suggestion seems to be the were taken around the time of the attack.
He also said the Obama administration is “deeply concerned” that the weapons may be used to shoot down airliners.
In an interview with WMAL radio, Joe DiGenova explained that the stolen missiles also represent one of the reasons the U.S. State Department shut down 19 embassies across the Middle East last week.
Joe DiGenova, a lawyer in a firm representing representing witnesses from Benghazi, says sources claim about 400 surface to air missiles were (likely) taken in the Benghazi attack.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...ery-ugly-people-says-whistleblowers-attorney/
Fern
When asked if the weapons were taken from the annex on the night of September 11, DiGenova said that I do not know, whether they were at the annex. However, the attorney said it is clear that the [CIA] annex was somehow involved in the process of the distribution of those missiles.
Joe DiGenova, a lawyer in a firm representing representing witnesses from Benghazi, says sources claim about 400 surface to air missiles were (likely) taken in the Benghazi attack.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...ery-ugly-people-says-whistleblowers-attorney/
Fern
Yeh, and Iraq's WMD's were spirited away to the Bekaa Valley by Spetsnaz, Right?
How desperate is your need to Believe, anyway?
They were guarding Obama's real birth certificate.I heard there were dozens of IRS agents on the ground the day of the attack.
wearing boots or bootless?I heard there were dozens of IRS agents on the ground the day of the attack.
I wonder what the Republicans will become emotionally invested in once Benghazi disappears from the news. I can't imagine that they would become concerned over a real issue like health care and propose solutions for it. Why worry about something like health care when you can focus on more important things like Benghazi and vaginal ultrasound probes.
The party insiders are probably working on "scrubbing the stupid" from the surface of the Republican Party so that the general populace isn't exposed to more honest thoughts about rape. (Another Republican said what about rape !?!)
I wonder what the Republicans will become emotionally invested in once Benghazi disappears from the news. I can't imagine that they would become concerned over a real issue like health care and propose solutions for it. Why worry about something like health care when you can focus on more important things like Benghazi and vaginal ultrasound probes.
The party insiders are probably working on "scrubbing the stupid" from the surface of the Republican Party so that the general populace isn't exposed to more honest thoughts about rape. (Another Republican said what about rape !?!)
In May, Senator Rand Paul criticized the Obama administrations lack of discipline over the attack on the American mission in Benghazi. In particular, Paul claimed that no one was fired. Was that true? The Washington Posts fact-checker Glenn Kessler was determined to evaluate the truth of Pauls claim. Kessler found that four officials were removed from their State Department posts but were not actually fired, as we understand the term. .....................
That, really, was the point of Pauls tirade anyway. When Clinton eventually was called to testify on Benghazi, Paul said he would have fired her for her incompetence. As for the officials back at work after being put through this bit of theater, no harm no foul, right? Not so fast, according to Raymond Maxwell, a scapegoat from the bureau of Near Eastern Affairs:
No explanation, no briefing, just come back to work. So I will go in tomorrow, Maxwell said.
Maxwell previously told The Daily Beast that the reasons for his administrative leave designation had never been explained to him. He contended that he had little role in Libya policy and no involvement whatsoever in the events leading up to the Benghazi attack.
The overall goal is to restore my honor, Maxwell had said.
While not a formal discplinary (sic) action, Maxwell regarded his treatment as punishment because he was not able to work and was publicly identified as being blamed for the tragedy that cost the lives of four Americans, including his friend Ambassador Chris Stevens.
His reputation had been unfairly sullied with no explanation. He was reactivated with no explanation. But he has spent the better part of a year having been blamed by the administration for the death of an American ambassador and three others, so what will the administration do to make sure his name is cleared? What will Clinton do to make it right?
Furthermore, if these officials arent (fully) to blame for what happened, who is? Surely the fact that disciplinary action was taken suggests the State Department believes someone deserves opprobrium for the tragedyor was it not serious enough, in Kerrys judgment, to warrant anything more than a shuffling of desks around the office?
I wonder what the Republicans will become emotionally invested in once Benghazi disappears from the news. I can't imagine that they would become concerned over a real issue like health care and propose solutions for it. Why worry about something like health care when you can focus on more important things like Benghazi and vaginal ultrasound probes.
The party insiders are probably working on "scrubbing the stupid" from the surface of the Republican Party so that the general populace isn't exposed to more honest thoughts about rape. (Another Republican said what about rape !?!)
It's not as if there's a lack of scandals coming down the pike. The IRS, the NSA, the Obama administrations stonewalling, cover ups, blocking FOIA requests etc. etc. etc.
You have no idea how the conservative bubble you're in is built, do you?
The IRS targeting Tea Party groups was defused already by the release that they targeted liberal groups as well. Can't really maintain the farce of, "Oh we're a persecuted minority" when it can be countered with data that easily slips in and can be processed at a conservatard's mental level.
The NSA's operations are supported by Republicans. There was just a bill to repeal the NSA's sanction, and it was voted down by both sides. So again, it's not something that will work. "It's the Democrats' fault!" can be countered with facts that will fit in a conservatard's head.
A lie that been refuted by the IRS Inspector general, but little baby bronies like yourself continue to spew it.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/27/irs-auditor-reaffirms-conservatives-not-liberals-w/
No dispute that the Obama administration has taken this behavior a giant leap further, but more Democrats than Republicans (percentage-wise) supported the recent Republican bills to end the NSA spying even though it was a Republican bill attempting to rein in a Democrat administration. It's a bipartisan problem, but the Dems are marginally better on it than are the Pubbies.A lie that been refuted by the IRS Inspector general, but little baby bronies like yourself continue to spew it.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/27/irs-auditor-reaffirms-conservatives-not-liberals-w/
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/06/bronies-my-little-ponys/
There's always a few Republicans that support the NSA and the loss of freedom, no dispute there, but this administration has taken that loss of freedom a giant leap further.
No dispute that the Obama administration has taken this behavior a giant leap further, but more Democrats than Republicans (percentage-wise) supported the recent Republican bills to end the NSA spying even though it was a Republican bill attempting to rein in a Democrat administration. It's a bipartisan problem, but the Dems are marginally better on it than are the Pubbies.
http://www.ibtimes.com/irs-tea-part...ts-show-irs-targeted-progressives-too-1392677
The continuing data just isn't in the direction the Republican spinmeisters need it to be. They can keep up the bold BS proclamations for a time, but there's just nothing coming in that adds to the spin.
"The latest document dump in the IRS affair includes a 2010 training presentation that instructs IRS employees to screen both “progressive” and “tea party” groups applying for tax-exempt status. "
The Obama administration is the worst ever on this issue.How is this particular administration on the issue ?