The Barack Obama administration eager to deflect controversy and blame over Benghazi talking points has released more than 100 pages of emails. Analysts are pointing out that much of the emails reveal little direct involvement in the construction of talking points by the White House, however some of the emails reveal active tweaking after a meeting with the CIA. One participant, whose name was removed, noted that a draft of the talking points were “all wrong.”
Speaker John Boehner had called on the White House to release these emails previously.
Page 92 is the only page that mentions the word “video.”
Obama White House Benghazi Released Emails
UPDATE (6:00pm ET): Victoria Nuland, then State Department spokesman said in one of the emails, ”the penultimate point could be abused by Members to beat the State Department for not paying attention to agency warnings so why do we want to feed that either? Concerned…”
Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-Ut.) isn’t satisfied, taking to Twitter to put the released emails in perspective.
.JakeTapper @cnnsitroom The White House should release ALL the unclassified #benghazi documents and emails. Instead, they pick and choose.
— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) May 15, 2013
.@jaketapper @cnnsitroom Did White House or State Department release the email brought up by@TGowdySC at our hearing last week? Unclassified
— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) May 15, 2013
BTW there are at least 25,000 docs they have but won’t give us @jaketapper @cnnsitroom #benghazi
— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) May 15, 2013
This begins evening of 9-14, after key participants already have agreed on protest lie. Useless.
Page 91 - "The currently available information suggests that the demonstrations in Benghazi were spontaneously inspired by the protests at the US Embassy in Cairo..."
What information was that? It was fairly obvious to anyone who was paying attention - as described by Chris Hicks in his testimony - that it was a pre-planned and coordinated attack.