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By Igor Volsky
On Wednesday, in a moment of rich irony, Fox News invited Oliver North, a military official who was convicted of covering up the governments role in the Iran-Contra scandal, to discuss the Obama administrations alleged cover-up of the Sep. 11, 2012 attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi. North joined host Megyn Kelly to analyze the House Oversight Committees hearing featuring three witnesses who claim that the government could have done more on the night of the attack to save American lives.
During the segment, North explained that the administration falsified talking points provided to people who were going to speak publicly about it in the days following the incident and manipulated the Accountability Review Board report, which came out months later, to escape political blame.
North specifically singled out Ambassador Thomas Pickering and Admiral Mike Mullen, who headed the review, and accused them of lacking integrity. Watch it:
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http://thinkprogress.org/media/2013/05/08/1982891/fox-news-invites-convicted-cover-up-expert-oliver-north-to-comment-on-alleged-benghazi-cover-up/
Cheney slams Obama over Benghazi: We were always ready on 9/11?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022815670
Grampy McCain says Benghazi just like Iran-Contra.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022805271
JustAnotherGen
(31,879 posts)Horse and Pony show for them to keep half of this country's minds on things less important than sequestration, defaulting on our debts to other countries, decimating the cap on what we pay into SS each year, etc. etc.
I'm not paying attention to it because I already believe it's just a bunch of made up lies by the Republicans. There is nothing truthful to their supposed evidence that lead to this investigation. It's just a bunch of lies.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)"This is just some
Horse and Pony show for them to keep half of this country's minds on things less important than sequestration, defaulting on our debts to other countries, decimating the cap on what we pay into SS each year, etc. etc."
...if anyone needs proof of that, here it is.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Bob Corker (R-TN) said Wednesday that he's "fairly satisfied" with the Obama administration's account of events that led to the deaths of American diplomats in Benghazi last year.
"We need to know were these people culpable or not. If they were, why are they still on the payroll? Other than that, I've been able to read all the cables. I've seen the films," Corker told MSNBC. "I feel like I know what happened in Benghazi. I'm fairly satisfied."
He cautioned House Republicans to be "respectful" if they probe the issue further.
"Look, if the House wants to have hearings," he said, "I hope they're done in a respectful way and hopefully it will shed some light on what happened."
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/top-republican-fairly-satisfied-with-white-houses-account
JustAnotherGen
(31,879 posts)Thanks you! I'm going to watch Rachel real time tonight (I usually DVR and watch in the AM) because I bet you anything she'll call them out.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Rhetorical question, I know why.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Cheney had the GALL to compare it to 9/11 and then went on to say how safe we were (under HIS terms) and that Obama dropped the ball!
REALLY!?!? WE WERE SAFE DICK?
Tell that to the thousands and thousands of dead and their family. If he was in front of me, I would spit in his face!
BobbyBoring
(1,965 posts)How about the 3,000 that were killed on US soil on Jrs watch. Bush fought tooth and nail against having ANY investigation of the original 9/11 and would only testify with Cheney in private and not under oath.
I wish the Dems would scream this all day long!
The Wizard
(12,547 posts)They did the full coverup. The war criminals belong on a scaffold.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)Infotainment
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Well done!
SunSeeker
(51,691 posts)lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)"Fox" and "News" are polar opposites.
Faux is the propaganda Ministry of the Greedy Obstructionist Party
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)He needs to make a living, too!
Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)is criticizing someone else. Fuck you, North. I wish there was a hell so you would burn in it. You wouldn't know integrity if it bit you in your pasty white ass.