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In reply to the discussion: E-mails: White House knew of extremist claims in Benghazi attack [View all]Billsmile
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You don't think Americans give a crap about four murdered Americans? It would be sad if
24601
Oct 2012
#78
And when the WH sorted through all the possibilities, they told us what they thought.
randome
Oct 2012
#3
Funny how differently CNN treated the real 9/11, which really was negligent homicide.
leveymg
Oct 2012
#5
Too Bad the President didn't call it an act of terror the morning after it happened & golly gee-
jillan
Oct 2012
#7
Of course they knew the claims. What don't people get about keeping things close to the vest...
pointsoflight
Oct 2012
#9
Nonissue. They knew and on 9/12 they told us, (see video, Rose Garden speech, 04:18-22)
leveymg
Oct 2012
#25
Do you have a trove of evidence showing claims of responsibility by terrorists are usualy false? eom
sharkman25
Oct 2012
#12
Just quit with your ridiculous assertions. Billsmile and I are talking about this...
sharkman25
Oct 2012
#47
Terrorists, or people claiming to be terrorists, take credit for everything bad that happens.
JDPriestly
Oct 2012
#57
So, the President and SOS should have run to microphones and spewed this?
sinkingfeeling
Oct 2012
#13
Again, nonsense. Nobody in the Administration 'pushed' a story about the film.
sinkingfeeling
Oct 2012
#67
Where in this transcript does the President say that the attack in Libya was the
sinkingfeeling
Oct 2012
#72
and this oh-so-vigilant CNN had nothing to say when Dubya failed to read the 9-11 PDB
Adenoid_Hynkel
Oct 2012
#14
The weapons listed bear a lot to do with violence in what is still a war zone.
JDPriestly
Oct 2012
#63
What the hell people! Even local murder investigations take time to be investigated..
rainlillie
Oct 2012
#18
Fox's Van Susteren Misrepresents State Dept. Emails To Rehash Tired Libya Talking Points
ProSense
Oct 2012
#19
I don't know why anyone didn't deduce that the WH had received something like that anyway, hence...
patrice
Oct 2012
#20
That's non responsive to the question and does not defend your intital statement.
sharkman25
Oct 2012
#43
This is what the righties on Twitter (& I assume elsewhere are spinning this)
justiceischeap
Oct 2012
#29
This will blowback on those who are trying to twist the facts and politicize the attack.
leveymg
Oct 2012
#33
Yes. And the president was probably trying to get Americans out of Libya safely.
JDPriestly
Oct 2012
#64
Half of the extremist groups in the world take credit for an attack when it happens.
MjolnirTime
Oct 2012
#49
Extremists make claims all the time for things they didn't do as well as for things they did.
yellowcanine
Oct 2012
#54