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Topic: Transparency: White House Meets Privately to Discuss Benghaz
willing2's photo
Mon 05/13/13 02:20 PM
Stolen from a friend.
In the White House’s latest efforts at transparency, the administration announced to reporters that it would brief reporters on the latest shocking developments about the Benghazi situation … behind closed doors. Politico reports that the meeting started at approximately 12:45 PM ET, and that it moved the normal press briefing to 1:45 PM ET. Jay Carney, White House press secretary, did not comment on whether the meeting took place.

Politico reports:

The off-the-record session was announced to reporters in the wake of an ABC News report showing that White House and State Dept. officials were involved in revising the now-discredited CIA talking points about the attack on Benghazi.


The administration routinely exerts pressure on reporters it feels are not kind enough in their coverage. Reporters like Cheryl Attkisson of CBS News have felt the hand of their bosses for “wading dangerously close to advocacy” with regard to Benghazi. No doubt this “off-the-record” meeting was designed to get all the president’s horses and all the president’s men to put the Benghazi humpty dumpty together again.

UPDATE: Reporters not invited to the off-the-record briefing are reportedly incredibly unhappy about it:



UPDATE II: Jake Tapper of CNN reports that the regularly scheduled press briefing has been delayed even further:



UPDATE III: Politico now reports that the meeting has been characterized as "deep background." The existence of the meeting itself is considered "off-the-record." White House spokesman Josh Earnest said, "Deep background means that the info presented by the briefers can be used in reporting but the briefers can't be quoted." So expect a fair number of "White House sources" to appear in reportage for the next few days.

UPDATE IV: Jay Carney began his on-the-record press briefing by announcing that 14 news organizations were invited to the closed door briefing, but that it was not a substitute for the on-the-record briefing. He then announced that it was "erroneous" to describe the briefing as "off-the-record," and instead suggested it was "deep background."

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/05/10/White-House-Benghazi-off-the-record
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And the cover up continues, only now the Obama regime is trying to remind the mainstream news media that it works for... Obama. The password is "Deep Background".

Sojourning_Soul's photo
Mon 05/13/13 02:32 PM
Edited by Sojourning_Soul on Mon 05/13/13 02:34 PM
Yep, if the WH quits giving the media "news", reporters might actually have to become journalists and work again for a living instead of being pampered celebs with talking points from "anonymous sources" to report as fact

All any of them do anymore is read the news off the AP printer, straight from the WH media control room

motowndowntown's photo
Mon 05/13/13 03:46 PM
When are the right wing crazies going to stop focusing on Benghazi and who said what when why, and get to getting this country back to work?

TJN's photo
Mon 05/13/13 03:58 PM

When are the right wing crazies going to stop focusing on Benghazi and who said what when why, and get to getting this country back to work?

How about when this administration stops lying and tells the truth.

motowndowntown's photo
Mon 05/13/13 04:13 PM
When was the last time you have heard any administration, or any politician for that matter, tell the truth.

The fact is that most right wingers still haven't gotten over the fact that there's a black man in the oval office.

Dodo_David's photo
Mon 05/13/13 04:18 PM

When was the last time you have heard any administration, or any politician for that matter, tell the truth.

The fact is that most right wingers still haven't gotten over the fact that there's a black man in the oval office.


Excuse me, but your race card expired a long time ago.

TJN's photo
Mon 05/13/13 07:44 PM

When was the last time you have heard any administration, or any politician for that matter, tell the truth.

The fact is that most right wingers still haven't gotten over the fact that there's a black man in the oval office.

It has nothing to do with race. 4 Americans were murdered. It was a terrorist attack on America. I'd like to know who changed the talking points not just one word but it was changed 12 times. And WHO GAVE THE ORDERS TO STAND DOWN? It was givin twice, by who?
Yes you can play Monday morning QB and say we wouldn't have gotten help there in time. I call BS on that. You at least try. That's what spec ops are for!!! Use them!!!
This whole thing is a crock and stinks to high heaven from the sec of defense up to the administration.

Dodo_David's photo
Mon 05/13/13 08:05 PM


When was the last time you have heard any administration, or any politician for that matter, tell the truth.

The fact is that most right wingers still haven't gotten over the fact that there's a black man in the oval office.

It has nothing to do with race. 4 Americans were murdered. It was a terrorist attack on America. I'd like to know who changed the talking points not just one word but it was changed 12 times. And WHO GAVE THE ORDERS TO STAND DOWN? It was givin twice, by who?
Yes you can play Monday morning QB and say we wouldn't have gotten help there in time. I call BS on that. You at least try. That's what spec ops are for!!! Use them!!!
This whole thing is a crock and stinks to high heaven from the sec of defense up to the administration.



Yeah, the White House has more spin cycles than my washing machine.

Peccy's photo
Mon 05/13/13 09:13 PM

When was the last time you have heard any administration, or any politician for that matter, tell the truth.

The fact is that most right wingers still haven't gotten over the fact that there's a black man in the oval office.
Here we go.... race card...........why? Nothing left?

no photo
Mon 05/13/13 09:23 PM
Look at the lies that Bush told....how many people died?
Look at the lies that Cheney told....how many people died?
Look at the lies Powell told.....how many people died?

Obama was pressed hard by the left to hold hearings about their lies and he said no.

This is nothing more than a right wing witch hunt to discredit Hillary Clinton.


metalwing's photo
Tue 05/14/13 04:56 AM

Look at the lies that Bush told....how many people died?
Look at the lies that Cheney told....how many people died?
Look at the lies Powell told.....how many people died?

Obama was pressed hard by the left to hold hearings about their lies and he said no.

This is nothing more than a right wing witch hunt to discredit Hillary Clinton.




Well, if you saw the news yesterday, ABC and NBC would disagree with you on that one. The tide has turned.

Conrad_73's photo
Tue 05/14/13 05:17 AM
http://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/white-house-smoke-blower-overheats-t11079.html



It seems the device used to blow smoke up the collective behinds of the Washington Press Corps overheated on Saturday during intense questioning about the Benghazi cover-up lies workplace violence, causing an evacuation of the West Wing after Jay "Carney" Carney finally barked, "OK, even I can't see where I'm going with this, so let's get out of here."

One MSNBC reporter, who could not be identified in the dense cloud, said that it did not bother him/her it, because "I've had so much smoke blown up my behind by this administration you could ride a horse up in there and not need to take off your hat, and that's the way I like it."

There was some concern expressed by The Annointed One, and Moo, who is said to have been relieved that it was not lunch burning, and is quoted as saying "ya know with the evil rethuglikkkan sequester harming The Collective Children™ we can't waste anything, so we need to cook every Kobe tenderloin perfectly."




quite a bit of Smokeblowing going on!


TJN's photo
Tue 05/14/13 05:54 AM

Look at the lies that Bush told....how many people died?
Look at the lies that Cheney told....how many people died?
Look at the lies Powell told.....how many people died?

Obama was pressed hard by the left to hold hearings about their lies and he said no.

This is nothing more than a right wing witch hunt to discredit Hillary Clinton.



If that's the case then congress should have had the balls to do it.
The incompetence in dealing with this needs to be unveiled. Who gave the orders to stand down and let 4 Americans be murdered?

willing2's photo
Tue 05/14/13 06:44 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tQ40cxD8H_U#at=132

Published on May 11, 2013

Rep Elijah Cummings (D-MD): Death Is Part Of Life!
Benghazi Whistleblowers Explosive Testimony Stuns At Hearing
Judge Jeanine Pirro - Obama Admin Lied To America!!- Opening Statement -Benghazi
They Denied, People Died See Link Bellow
Col David Hunt & Formal Navy Seal Christopher Mark Heben Weigh On Military Assets Around Benghazi Libya!
Benghazi Attack Timeline Could Help Have Saved American Lives? - Judge Jeanine Pirro http://youtu.be/-548jVAYxNk

mightymoe's photo
Tue 05/14/13 08:03 AM

Look at the lies that Bush told....how many people died?
Look at the lies that Cheney told....how many people died?
Look at the lies Powell told.....how many people died?

Obama was pressed hard by the left to hold hearings about their lies and he said no.

This is nothing more than a right wing witch hunt to discredit Hillary Clinton.




yawn same ole democratic BS.... fact is, most of you people that are the hardcore libs are just butt hurt right now because you voted for this loser and now your finding out how wrong you were...

Conrad_73's photo
Tue 05/14/13 08:10 AM

When was the last time you have heard any administration, or any politician for that matter, tell the truth.

The fact is that most right wingers still haven't gotten over the fact that there's a black man in the oval office.
Bbbbut he is White too!laugh

Conrad_73's photo
Tue 05/14/13 09:11 AM
Benghazigate: sent Americans to a hotbed of terrorists, refused requests for added security, took much of what little security they had away, lets 4 Americans to die and then lied to the American people.

IRS Scandal: Knowingly and with intent targeted Conservatives, when outed was forced to apologize.

Lying about the Sequester: fireman wouldn't be able to fight fires and all the other lies, when all Sequester is, is a reduction of 2.4% in NEW SPENDING.

Food Stamps: Half the country is on them now because of Obama

Crony Capitalism for green energy companies: Taking billions of dollars in TAXPAYER money and giving it to companies that pocket the money, promptly declare bankruptcy, keep a portion of the money and funnel much of it back to the Obama machine.

GSA extravagant parties during the recession: While millions of people are losing their homes and declaring bankruptcy GSA is spending untold millions of taxpayer money on extravagant parties and recreation and making video's laughing at the stupid American people who pay for it.

Dodo_David's photo
Tue 05/14/13 09:20 AM


Look at the lies that Bush told....how many people died?
Look at the lies that Cheney told....how many people died?
Look at the lies Powell told.....how many people died?

Obama was pressed hard by the left to hold hearings about their lies and he said no.

This is nothing more than a right wing witch hunt to discredit Hillary Clinton.




yawn same ole democratic BS.... fact is, most of you people that are the hardcore libs are just butt hurt right now because you voted for this loser and now your finding out how wrong you were...


Yeah, it is nonsense alright.

If a person believes what he or she says, then that person isn't lying even if what the person says turns out to be false.

HappyBun's photo
Tue 05/14/13 09:23 AM


Look at the lies that Bush told....how many people died?
Look at the lies that Cheney told....how many people died?
Look at the lies Powell told.....how many people died?

Obama was pressed hard by the left to hold hearings about their lies and he said no.

This is nothing more than a right wing witch hunt to discredit Hillary Clinton.




yawn same ole democratic BS.... fact is, most of you people that are the hardcore libs are just butt hurt right now because you voted for this loser and now your finding out how wrong you were...


What everyone is finding out is, that nothing has changed. The lesson that has to be learned is, it matters not who the puppet is, those who have the real power need to be dealt with. When will supposedly educated people realise that while the believe there are two sides there is no hope. There is only right and wrong.

Conrad_73's photo
Tue 05/14/13 09:35 AM



Look at the lies that Bush told....how many people died?
Look at the lies that Cheney told....how many people died?
Look at the lies Powell told.....how many people died?

Obama was pressed hard by the left to hold hearings about their lies and he said no.

This is nothing more than a right wing witch hunt to discredit Hillary Clinton.




yawn same ole democratic BS.... fact is, most of you people that are the hardcore libs are just butt hurt right now because you voted for this loser and now your finding out how wrong you were...


What everyone is finding out is, that nothing has changed. The lesson that has to be learned is, it matters not who the puppet is, those who have the real power need to be dealt with. When will supposedly educated people realise that while the believe there are two sides there is no hope. There is only right and wrong.
so,you will replace their coercive system with your coercive system?laugh

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