Chris Cassone delivers a tribute to the slain heroes of the Benghazi attack on our embassy — Tyrone Woods, Glen Doherty, Sean Smith and Ambassador Chris Stevens. Cassone’s new song also is a rebuke of the treason that let them die. All proceeds (except the Bandcamp 15%) will go to the SEAL NSW Family Foundation. H/T The Other McCain
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CBS News has reported that the Director of National Intelligence’s office — headed by Obama appointee James Clapper — made the decision to scrub any references to “Al Qaeda” or “terrorism” from the Administration’s talking points regarding the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
Apparently, the CIA had confirmed the attack was an act of terrorism but also subsequently acquiesced to the DNI’s watered-down account meant for mass consumption. As the Ace of Spades blog observed, “The White House wanted the terrorism angle all but written out of the report, and Clapper was the man who did the editing, and then the CIA, to its great dishonor, signed off on this lie.”
Yes, every Administration needs a Clapper. Plug it in, clap twice, and behold how quickly you can turn out the lights, and hide any semblance of truth from the public.
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President Obama covered up an attack by Iranian jets on a US drone missile on November 1 and didn’t tell us until after election day. Added to the Benghazi coverup and the cooking of the books to make unemployment numbers appear less onerous, the Administration engaged in shady deceit to win a razor-thin victory. Pundit Dick Morris calls for Congressional probes.
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The resignation of David Petraeus as director of the Central Intelligence Agency raises questions. Not so much about the extramarital affair that led to him stepping down, but rather about the timing of the resignation and whether he was forced to leave.
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It’s most curious the announcement came just after the election and just ahead of Petraeus’ scheduled testimony before Congress on the Benghazi mess. It’s doubly curious because the affair apparently happened while the former four-star general served as commander in Afghanistan, more than a year ago. Why did news of the affair surface at this particular juncture, and what compelled the FBI to launch an investigation of Paula Broadwell, author of the biography All In: The Education of General David Petraeus?
Widespread news reports have identified Broadwell as Petraeus’ mistress, although neither she nor the general have acknowledged that assertion as fact. Without spelling out any further particulars, Petraeus’ resignation letter declared, “After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours.”
Broadwell herself is married, but was embedded (adding new meaning to the term) with Petraeus while he was serving in Afghanistan and she was researching her book. Here is an interview Broadwell gave this past March with CBS News upon the book’s release.
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We’ll be watching this story closely as it unfolds.
CMN breaks away from its coverage of Libya to drop the other shoe on Mitt Romney for his purchase of $400 gold-buckled Bluno Magli loafers. And these shoes don’t even carry the Anna Wintour seal of approval. H/T American Digest
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Nice costumes, ladies! Why is President Obama extending a finger of blame toward Hillary Clinton? And the ever-changing Benghazi bologna. All this—plus—mom jeans in the latest edition of The Great Eight from Ben Crystal, conservative pundit from Personal Liberty Digest.
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The porn industry backs Obama 5-1. “Ah, no surprise there,” says pundit Stephen Green. “Everyone in that business is used to getting professionally screwed.” Also find out who told the biggest lie of the week — Vice President Joe Biden, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) or First Lady Michelle Obama? Green brings you all this, and the latest on the Benghazi attacks, in this Week in Blogs.
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On September 11, the anniversary of a fateful day in US history, terrorists in Libya attacked our consulate in Benghazi, killing US Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. Instead of acknowledging the true nature of the attack, Obama administration officials in unison spread a false narrative, deflecting blame to an obscure YouTube video.
Now we know terrorists — and not a filmmaker — plotted the attack, and also that the White House had ample reason beforehand to beef up security for our Libyan diplomats, but chose for its own politically expedient reasons to disregard the advance warnings. It will take months, if not years, to get to the bottom of this mess, but the Heritage Foundation delivers a useful compendium of clips that begins the process of charting this disinformation campaign. Strange, indeed, that it involved lying to the American public while extending a fig leaf of obfuscation to protect our enemies.
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Mickey Kaus, columnist with The Daily Caller, takes a critical look at President Obama’s efforts to water down work requirements for welfare recipients. Kaus also examines the terrorist assault on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and speculates on how the attack might impact the 2012 election. Kaus shares his thoughts with Glenn Reynolds in a new installment of InstaVision. H/T PJTV
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