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By KIMBERLY DOZIER, Associated Press 55 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) The deputy CIA director has told lawmakers that U.N. ambassador Susan Rice was provided with an unclassified version of what happened during the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Libya that later proved to be incorrect.
Mike Morell briefed members of the House Intelligence committee on Thursday. Emerging from the session, Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff said Morell told the panel that Rice was given an initial assessment that a spontaneous protest over an anti-Muslim video evolved into an attack on the consulate ...
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Lochloosa
(16,002 posts)tridim
(45,358 posts)RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)They have no idea that life exists outside that bubble. They even try to push their bubble beliefs on Facebook. A bunch of lonney-toons!
Bibliovore
(185 posts)The fact of the election results got through. Many of them are trying to spin it (remember the five stages of grief, including denial and bargaining?), but some have acknowledged it and more may come to do so. If nothing else, they know they were misled by their "news" sources.
I think if we broadly write off all right-wingers and those brainwashed by Fox, we do them and ourselves a disservice. Engaging and educating human to human may be frustrating and sometimes seem impossible, but it can bring change (at least some, if often slowly) which ignoring the situation or declaring them universally hopeless cannot.
tridim
(45,358 posts)Being trapped in a bubble with insane people who constantly lie to you can't be fun.
BainsBane
(52,999 posts)if they had read the CIA briefs the White House released to them or bothered to attend meetings.
Cha
(295,543 posts)lie their little puppet heads off..
http://theobamadiary.com/
JoeyT
(6,785 posts)ashredux
(2,588 posts)Poor old John McCain....this is rather sad. He is going out badly.
struggle4progress
(117,949 posts)and shot it full of holes!"