As the State Department was delivering 1,300 printed pages of emails from deceased Ambassador Chris Stevens to the Select Committee on Benghazi, Judicial Watch was continuing its effort to chip away at the Benghazi debacle with dozens of Freedom of Information Act requests. The most recent documents Judicial Watch secured are heavily redacted but do mention the White House’s rush to coordinate its response to the Benghazi terror attack with “U-Tube.”
BREAKING: New State Documents Show Quick White House Effort to Link Benghazi to Internet Video: https://t.co/QE6HIJjkIO via @JudicialWatch
— Judicial Watch ? (@JudicialWatch) October 20, 2015
An email sent to the Diplomatic Security Command Center management team and watch team on the night of Sept. 11, 2012 — “only three hours after the initial attack on U.S. personnel in Benghazi” —concludes with a note that the “White House is reaching out to U-Tube to advise ramifications of posting of the Pastor Jon video.” (The Pastor Jon video, entitled “God vs. Allah,” seems to have been passed over in favor of “The Innocence of Muslims,” produced by Nakoula Basseley Nakoula.)
A previous dump of 296 State Department emails in May included one telling the story of the “right-wing extremist” whose anti-Muslim had sparked the “deadly riots.” That email was sent Sept. 12 — pretty quick work.
Day after attack, Hillary getting her "it was a video!" talking points from noted anti-Semite Max Blumenthal. pic.twitter.com/iXZTPyacgs
— Jimmy (@JimmyPrinceton) May 22, 2015
Judicial Watch also reports that the newly procured documents “also include a previously Secret ‘Attack Timeline,’ dated September 12, 2012, which raised additional questions about the Obama administration’s response to the attack. The State Department Bureau of Diplomatic Security makes no mention of any spontaneous demonstration or Internet video in describing the Benghazi assault.”
“The attack timeline also includes a section labeled ‘Causes and Responsibility,’ which is redacted completely,” notes Judicial Watch.
“@JudicialWatch: BREAKING: New State Documents Show Quick White House Effort to Link Benghazi to Internet Video:" This is truly sickening.
— Tim McKay (@uncletimsband) October 20, 2015
@uncletimsband @JudicialWatch Obama/Clinton needed video scapegoat. Started with "Pastor John" before uncovering "Innocence of Muslims."
— Sheldon Kaufman (@SheldonKaufman) October 20, 2015
@JudicialWatch It is an indictment of all American politicians that the video creator is still a political prisoner.
— luke abrams (@LukeBuf) October 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/Valvemonkey1/status/656515569844285441
@JudicialWatch Hillary got warning Benghazi attack was premeditated terrorism https://t.co/oXsI21cFWF via @nypost
— 1coolcatman (@1coolcatman) October 20, 2015
@JudicialWatch Susan Rice appearance was enough to warrant suspicion as she was nothing more than a clown driving the clown car! Disgraceful
— Robert W Eddy (@rweddy1) October 20, 2015
@JudicialWatch How can we not feel anything but disgust for an admin that justifies dragging and burning of US oath takers!? Blame a video!?
— M M D (@AgataBabette) October 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/AngelsCame04/status/656519569541083136
@JudicialWatch @SharylAttkisson where was Obama on that fateful night?? Someone has to know?
— JW (@moonlightnstars) October 20, 2015
And now Hillary Clinton is campaigning on the idea that the entire Benghazi investigation was put together to drag down her poll numbers?
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