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If you believe this I’ve got a nice bridge spanning Brooklyn and Manhattan
for sale.
CBS News has learned that the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence (DNI) cut specific references to “al Qaeda” and “terrorism”
from the unclassified talking points given to Amassador Susan Rice on the
Benghazi consulate attack – with the agreement of the CIA and FBI. The
White House or State Department did not make those changes.
There has been considerable discussion about who made the changes to the
talking points that Rice stuck to in her television appearances on Sept. 16
(video), five days after the attack that killed American Ambassador to
Libya Chris Stevens, and three other U.S. nationals.
Republicans have accused her of making misleading statements by
referring to the assault as a “spontaneous” demonstration by extremists.
Some have suggested she used the terminology she did for political reasons.
However, an intelligence source tells CBS News correspondent Margaret
Brennan the links to al Qaeda were deemed too “tenuous” to make public,
because there was not strong confidence in the person providing the
intelligence. CIA Director David Petraeus, however, told Congress he agreed
to release the information — the reference to al Qaeda — in an early draft
of the talking points, which were also distributed to select lawmakers.
“The intelligence community assessed from the very beginning that what
happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack.” DNI spokesman Shawn Turner
tells CBS News. That information was shared at a classified level — which
Rice, as a member of President Obama’s cabinet, would have been privy to.
An intelligence source says the talking points were passed from the CIA
to the DNI, where the substantive edits were made, and then to FBI, which
made more edits as part of “standard procedure”.
They still don’t explain why Obama kept talking about the YouTube video
weeks later. | G***G
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: by Jammie
: If you believe this I’ve got a nice bridge spanning Brooklyn and Manhattan
: for sale.
: CBS News has learned that the Office of the Director of National
: Intelligence (DNI) cut specific references to “al Qaeda” and “terrorism”
: from the unclassified talking points given to Amassador Susan Rice on the
: Benghazi consulate attack – with the agreement of the CIA and FBI. The
: White House or State Department did not make those changes.
: There has been considerable discussion about who made the changes to the
: talking points that Rice stuck to in her television appearances on Sept. 16
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