Romney says White House is ‘doubling down on denial’ about Libya attack
Source: Wash. Post
Republicans escalated their charges against the Obama administration for alleged failures in handling last month’s Libya attack, thrusting the death of the U.S. ambassador there into the center of the presidential campaign Friday.
Mitt Romney accused his rival of “doubling down on denial” about the true origins of the Sept. 11 siege in Benghazi, which senior Obama officials initially said appeared to be an outgrowth of anti-American protests, not terrorism. Whether the administration has truthfully disclosed what it knew about the perpetrators of the attacks became a flash point in Thursday night’s debate, when Vice President Biden blamed the administration’s shifting explanations on U.S. intelligence agencies.
“There were more questions that came out last night because the vice president directly contradicted the testimony of State Department officials,” Romney told supporters Friday at a campaign event in Richmond. “American citizens have a right to know just what’s going on.”
Earlier in the week, State Department officials had said that they had not received reports of protests outside the compound before the killings. But Biden said the explanation that the attacks grew from a protest — rather than from terrorists determined to hit the consulate — persisted “because that’s exactly what we were told” by intelligence officials.
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From what I know, didn't the perps of the consulate attack use the Innocence of Muslims movie as a cover to distract the investigators?
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Un-friggin'-believable.
This is the headline on the AOL news page:
BIDEN'S SLIP AT DEBATE IGNITES BATTLE
Controversial Statement Under Fire
for this article
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/12/mitt-romney-paul-ryan_n_1962609.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmaing9%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D219703
Apparently:
Biden said in a debate Thursday night that "we weren't told" there had been requests for more security at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi ahead of the terrorist attack one month ago.
A State Department official testified before Congress on Wednesday that she had, in fact, refused requests for more security in Benghazi because the department wanted to train Libyans for the task. Another U.S. official testified he had argued unsuccessfully for more security for weeks.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said that when Biden said "we weren't told," Biden meant President Barack Obama and himself. Carney said such security matters are handled by the State Department.
(snip)
"The vice president directly contradicted the sworn testimony of State Department officials," Romney said. "He's doubling down on denial. And we need to understand exactly what happened as opposed to just have people brush this aside. When the vice president of the United States directly contradicts the testimony, sworn testimony of State Department officials, American citizens have a right to know just what's going on. And we're going to find out."
What "slip"? What "controversial statement"? He didn't "contradicted the sworn testimony of State Department officials". This is all over what the antecedent to the pronoun "we" meant. The GOP laughably pretends to think it can only mean the entire Executive Branch 
Republicans and AOL are just trying to make it look like Ryan didn't get his ass handed to him. (and Romney is getting his handed to him very soon)
Pitiful!
