Tuesday, June 30, 2015

SPECIAL UPDATE: THE “SMOKING GUN OR TICKING TIME-BOMB” EDITION


THE WHITE HOUSE AND STATE DEPARTMENT ARE FIGHTING TO KEEP SECRET THE SUBSTANCE OF A HILLARY CLINTON-BARACK OBAMA PHONE CALL  >>>>  THAT CALL TOOK PLACE WHILE THE BENGHAZI ATTACKS WERE HAPPENING  >>>>  AND BEFORE TWO OF THE AMERICANS HAD BEEN KILLED IN THE SECOND WAVE OF BENGHAZI ATTACKS

SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON IDENTIFIED AS PROBABLE SOURCE OF THE “INTERNET VIDEO” COVER STORY  —    ON THE NIGHT OF 9/11/12, THE WHITE HOUSE DECIDED  “WE SHOULD LET [THE] STATE DEPARTMENT STATEMENT [ABOUT THE ANTI-ISLAMIC VIDEO]  BE OUR COMMENT FOR THE NIGHT...” 



"It is little wonder that Mrs. Clinton and the entire Obama administration have fought so hard to keep these documents from the American people -- they shine a spotlight on the administration's incompetence and indifference. All evidence now points to Hillary Clinton, with the approval of the White House, as being the source the Internet video lie."                                         –  Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton



According to a report by Catherine Herridge of Fox News, “New documents released by a federal court show President Obama called then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the night of the 2012 Benghazi attack -- but the contents are being withheld by the State Department....  It had previously been disclosed that Clinton and Obama spoke the night of the terror attacks. But the documents offer additional information about the timing of the call -- after the initial attack on the U.S. consulate, but before the second wave where mortars hit the nearby CIA annex and killed former Navy SEALs Ty Woods and Glen Doherty....  The contents of the call, however, are being withheld, not because the information is classified but because the administration claims they represent internal deliberations about the 2012 terror assault....” (See “Benghazi night call between Clinton and Obama withheld, documents show” by Catherine Herridge 6/29/15, Fox News [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/29/benghazi-night-call-between-clinton-and-obama-withheld-documents-show/]).

The Fox report went on to say that the contents of the Obama-Clinton phonecall were only shared with Obama's and Clinton's closest aides; and that Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes sent an email about the Obama-Clinton phone call to State Department officials Jake Sullivan and Philippe Reines, and National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan.

STATE DEPARTMENT'S "INTERNET VIDEO" NARRATIVE APPROVED AS COVER STORY WHILE BENGHAZI ATTACKS WERE STILL IN PROGRESS

According to Fox News’ Catherine Heeridge:  “The [Ben Rhodes] email was released as part of an ongoing lawsuit by conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch....   The email on the Obama-Clinton phone call bears the subject line, ‘Call.’ The text of the email says, ‘Readout of President's Call to Secretary Clinton,’ but the rest of the details are fully redacted. The State Department cited the so-called ‘B5' exception for internal deliberations....  The emails also show that Rhodes, on the night of Sept. 11, 2012, and before the attack was over, endorsed a statement from Clinton that cited an anti-Islam Internet video.... That statement noted some tried to justify the assault ‘as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet.’ Rhodes [a high-level White House Operative] told Clinton's aides that ‘we should let State Department statement be our comment for the night.’...   The following day, Sept. 12, Meehan sent an email to State and NSC officials saying Rhodes would host a conference call that morning ‘to ensure we are all in sync on messaging for the rest of the day.’...”

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Stonewalling did not work for Nixon because of internal White House leaks.

The Hillary e mails are the equivalent of the White House tapes and Valerie Jarrett is a modern day Butterfield.

Galewyn Massey said...

UPDATE: THE “ECHO CHAMBER” EDITION

ACADEMIC BLOG PICKS UP AND HIGHLIGHTS THE FOX NEWS-CATHERINE HERRIDGE STORY ABOUT THE OBAMA-CLINTON BENGHAZI PHONE CALL OF 9/11/2012

IN THE TIME-LINE — ON 9/14/2014 WHITE HOUSE OPERATIVES WERE SAYING CONGRESSIONAL SOURCES WERE “MISINFORMED” WHEN THOSE SOURCES INDICATED THAT BENGHAZI WAS A PLANNED TERRORIST ATTACK — AS A RESULT THEY VETTED THE SUSAN RICE “TALKING POINTS” BLAMING THE ANTI-ISLAMIC VIDEO

“Another day, another tiny, minuscule, pin-width beam of light shining down on who knew what, when, and how during and in the wake of the 2012 attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.... We already knew that Clinton and Obama spoke on the night of the Benghazi attacks; what we didn’t know is what they talked about. But finally! A federal court has released a new document, the contents of which have the potential to blow this whole thing wide open....
The problem? The “unclassified” document is almost completely redacted.... This e-mail was released as part of a FOIA demand made by activist group Judicial Watch, and it’s a vital link in the timeline.... [Via Fox News] The emails [ ] show that Rhodes, on the night of Sept. 11, 2012, and before the attack was over, endorsed a statement from Clinton that cited an anti-Islam Internet video.... (See “Hillary Clinton’s Secret #Benghazi Phone Call” posted by Amy Miller, 6/29/15, Legal Insurrection/ College Insurrection [http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/06/hillary-clintons-secret-benghazi-phone-call/]).

The article by “Legal Insurrection” goes on to note the following: “It’s one more piece in the corrupt, secretive puzzle that conservatives have been trying to assemble ever since the Benghazi attacks. It’s not just a battle—it’s a full-out war; members of Congress, activists, lawyers, and the media have all tried to get their hands on information describing how the Administration approached the siege and murders, and every time something has surfaced, that information has served not to vindicate but to cast an even deeper shadow on both the Obama White House and the Clinton State Department.... Everything is propaganda, but this was particularly destructive propaganda—and when they figured that out, they tried to cover it up. It’s the worst sort of malpractice, the proof of which leaks out with every e-mail and record that is released to the public.... This investigation has been long, drawn out, and controversial—but it’s also based in the belief that the truth is out there.... If the Administration’s actions are any indication, we’re closer than ever to finding it.”

ANOTHER PIECE OF THE PUZZLE
One of the comments following this article pointed out that in the Benghazi time-line, E-mail statements by Ben Rhodes and Tom Vietor on 9/14/2012 showed that the preparation of the “talking points” was to correct the “misinformation” being floated around the Congress that the Benghazi attacks were pre-planned terrorist attacks. It was those talking points that were used to prep the State Department’s, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice for her multiple TV appearances on the Sunday shows just under a week following the Benghazi attacks.

Anonymous said...

Butterfield?

Anonymous said...

Ticking Bomb or Smoking Gun = Defeat

Galewyn Massey said...

REVERIE: THE "HISTORY REPEATS AND THEN WHAT ?" EDITION

HILLARY CLINTON & BIG DICK NIXON -- AND -- WATERGATE & BENGHAZI-GATE

WHO DOES THE AFTER-IT'S-OVER INTERVIEW ?????

Coverup = Coverup -- Missing tape = Missing E-mails -- "I am not a crook..." = "What difference does it make..." -- Nixon once in the White House = HILLARY once in the White House -- Frost/ Nixon = ?????/ HILLARY

Galewyn Massey said...

UPDATE: THE “PRESTO-CHANGEO — AND NOW WE HAVE AN ‘EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE’ OBSTRUCTION TO BENGHAZI DISCLOSURES” EDITION

STATE DEPARTMENT HOLDS BACK SOME BENGHAZI DOCUMENTS BECAUSE OF “IMPORTANT EXECUTIVE BRANCH INSTITUTIONAL INTERESTS”

IF WHITE HOUSE AND/OR THE STATE DEPARTMENT ARE ASSERTING “EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE” WHY IS THERE STILL SO MUCH CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO ? ? ?

According to the Washington Examiner’s Byron York, “The State Department has informed the House Select Committee on Benghazi that it is withholding "a small number" of documents from investigators on the basis of "important executive branch institutional interests." The statement, made in a letter from Assistant Secretary of State Julia Frifield to committee chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, amounts to a de facto claim of some form of executive branch privilege....” (See “State Department asserts privilege against Benghazi committee” by Byron York, 7/1/15, The Washington Examiner/ Beltway Confidential [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/administration-asserts-executive-privilege-against-benghazi-committee/article/2567400?custom_click=rss]).

Assistant Secretary of State Frifield made the claim of “institutional interest” in a letter turning over 3,600 pages of Benghazi-related documents from three current and former administration officials: Susan Rice, a former United Nations ambassador, whois now national security adviser; and Jake Sullivan, and Cheryl Mills, who worked at the State Department when Mrs. Clinton was Secretary of State, and who are now close aides to candidate Hillary Clinton.

Byron York also made note of the following: “.... The State Department has informed the House Select Committee on Benghazi that it is withholding ‘a small number’ of documents from investigators on the basis of ‘important executive branch institutional interests.’ The statement, made in a letter from Assistant Secretary of State Julia Frifield to committee chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, amounts to a de facto claim of some form of executive branch privilege.... It's not clear how many documents are among the ‘small number’ withheld. Nor is it clear what ’important executive branch institutional interests’ are involved. Finally, it's not clear whether Gowdy will take action to try to force State to turn over the withheld documents.”

Anonymous said...

Trump is a nut who gets worse by the day.

I dont know why I'm voting for him.

Galewyn Massey said...

RESPONSE: THE "NOW -- THAT IS A TRULY INSIGHTFUL, PERHAPS EVEN EXQUISITE EXPOSITION" EDITION

You described a phenomenon that is driving many in the GOP toward the candidacy of Donald Trump for President. That zeitgeist might also be described as the common set of the plots and characterizations in "Close Encounters of a Third Kind," "E.T." "Chinatown" and "Network."

Ah, good times, good times !